CMH Junior Volunteer Earns Maria Cavallo Scholarship
Michelle Pablo (center), with Gary Wilde, CMHS President and CEO, and CMH Auxiliary President Edie Marshall By Anonymous — Wednesday, July 1st, 2015
Community Memorial Hospital’s Auxiliary awarded Michelle Pablo, member of the hospital’s Junior Volunteer program who plans to pursue a career in healthcare, with scholarships totaling $1,200 from its Maria Cavallo Scholarship Fund. Pablo was awarded the scholarship by Gary Wilde, CEO and President of Community Memorial Health System. She started her volunteer service in September 2012, working 269 hours CMH’s pharmacy. In addition to her CMH service, she is dedicated to Foothill Technology High School’s KIWIN’s club, a Kiwanis-sponsored school community service organization that focuses on helping in the community, school and home. She organized activities such as KIWIN’s Relay for Life, beach cleanup and other local service events. Pablo also participated on Foothill Tech’s speech team and helped as an English tutor as well. Pablo’s sport of choice is roller skating, spending 13 years as a competitive roller-skater. She has won state and regional championships and is an instructor at Skating Plus in Ventura. Additionally, she won branch honors through the Music Teachers of California, studying piano for nine years. Michele graduated with a 4.5 GPA and as a member of her school’s National Honor Society. Her career goal is to become a physician specializing as an anesthesiologist or neurologist. Michelle has been accepted at UC San Diego with a projected major of human biology. The Auxiliary annually honors one or more of its junior volunteers, a graduating high school senior, with the scholarship. Recipients must have served at least 100 hours in the Auxiliary, maintained a grade-point average of 3.50 or better in high school and plan to attend an accredited college with the goal of pursuing a healthcare career, such as a physician, nurse, physical therapist or pharmacist. To donate, call the Community Memorial Healthcare Foundation office at 805-667-2881. Application forms to apply for both Auxiliary and the Juniors program are available at Community Memorial Hospital’s Auxiliary front desk. Community Memorial Hospital is a member of Community Memorial Health System, a not-for-profit health system, which is comprised of Community Memorial Hospital, Ojai Valley Community Hospital, and 12 family-practice health centers entitled Centers for Family Health. The health system is located in Ventura County, California. |