On May 22, 2025, Nurses Educational Funds (NEF) is holding their Gala Reception. This year the NEF Gala will be held in a new location, The Columbus Citizens Foundation Townhouse, 8 East 69th Street, NY, NY, 10021. Thursday, May 22, 2025 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The tickets are $150 each and the general public is welcome. Dress is business/professional.

There is much to celebrate, including:

• A new scholarship inaugurated by Diane J. Mancino, EdD, RN CAE, FAAN and our Keynote Speaker;
• Two alumni association Scholarships funded by: Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association and The Mount Sinai School of Nursing, NY Alumnae Association;
• Scholarship commitment made by Lisa Ackerman with colleagues from MSKCC in memory of Martha Rodriguez, MS, NP, RN.

NEF will also honor our NEF colleagues:

• Longtime Board Member, Treasurer and Portfolio Administrator Henry Spencer for sharing his expertise;
• A remembrance of NEF Board Member Larry Siegel, MBA, JD, for his philanthropic fundraising expertise promoting NEF;
• A remembrance of Living Legend Thelma Schorr for her commitment to NEF.

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When she left home at the age of 17 to attend nursing school, Thelma Schorr (nee Mermelstein) could not have predicted what lay ahead—forty years at the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) company, progressing from editorial assistant to editor-in-chief, and then ten years as president and publisher; being named a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing; receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from ANA; being named Outstanding American Jewish Nurse by Hadassah; three honorary doctorates and many other honors.

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In August 2024 the "Columbia University – Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association Inc./Penny Hund West" Scholarship was established. This is the second Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association Inc. Scholarship donated to Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Both of these permanent scholarships will give preference to a Columbia University School of Nursing student or alumnus.

A second new NEF Scholarship was established in October 2024 by the Conroy Family Charitable Foundation, in honor of Joan L. Conroy, who was a master's prepared nurse. This scholarship will be awarded to PhD prepared nurses specializing in Nursing Education.

Also established in October of 2024 was the Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, New York Alumnae Association/Edith G. Ryan and Joan Herman Bilder Scholarship. Nurses Educational Funds will award this scholarship to master's or doctoral nursing students who have achieved academic excellence and exhibit excellence in nursing leadership.

On May 8, 2024, Dr. Francine Bono-Neri will be recognized and honored by the NURSES WITH GLOBAL IMPACT and VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing at the United Nations as, "the extraordinary nurse who is making a huge impact".

NEF congratulates Francine for this remarkable honor and for her tireless efforts dedicated to the prevention of Human Trafficking.

Francine and NEF have established the Francine Bono-Neri Scholarship Fund to support graduate nurses who are specializing their studies in the prevention of Human Trafficking. As an experienced pediatric nurse practitioner, Dr. Bono-Neri's passion for the global reach of human trafficking inspired her to co-found and serve as president of Nurses United Against Human Trafficking. read more.

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https://www.n-e-f.org/donate

Or you can write a check, payable to NEF and mail the check to NEF, 137 Montague Street, Ste.144, Brooklyn, NY 11201

If you have any questions, please contact the NEF Executive Director, Jerelyn Weiss by email:
jweiss@n-e-f.org

All donations to NEF, a nonprofit organization are tax deductible.

Mission

To promote leadership and health equity through scholarship support for professional nurses seeking master’s and doctoral degrees in nursing education, practice, service and research.

Vision

To be a national leader in providing scholarships to nurses that benefit nursing, health care and the global community.