The purpose is twofold:
1. Scholarships will be awarded annually to nursing or allied health professional staff within the hospital who have demonstrated a commitment to improving the cancer patient's experience. The scholarships will be used to support the continuing education of staff and preference will be given to those who: Have a demonstrated dedication to cancer patients, have participated in other recent educational activities, are able to demonstrate how the educational experience will be applied to the hospital, are willing to share the information from the educational experience with other staff in the hospital
2. Supporting educational speakers on cancer care on-site for all nursing or allied health professional staff. (Few large donations and a lot of small donations from 2003-2008)