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"Rock for the Nurses 2014" happens June 1st

The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund teams-up with the Idle Hour Restaurant & Bar in Point Pleasant to help the nurses of Ocean Medical Center at its third annual fundraiser “Rock for the Nurses 2014” to be held Sunday June 1 starting at 12 noon.

The six hour event will feature live performances from The Matt Noffsinger Band, The Pickles, Two Story Outhouse, Captain Eric & The Shipwrecks, Guns 4 Hire Trio, Ned Ryerson, Tyler Veit & Bad Minds and Where’s Judy. The event will include an all you can eat BBQ buffet, pig roast, outside tent party, cash bar, coffee, soft drinks, dessert, games, prizes and more…!!

Tickets are $20 per person (kids 12 and under are free) and are available at The Idle Hour (Point Pleasant), Ocean Medical Center (Brick), Bow-Kay Florist (Brick) or on-line at Eventbrite.com. Tickets will also be available for purchase the day of the event at the door.

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All proceeds from the event will go to The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund which annually benefits the nurses of Ocean Medical Center by providing nursing scholarships to nurses and nursing students looking to further their formal education in the nursing profession.

For more information log on to www.forfarscholarship.org or connect with The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship on Facebook or Twitter.

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Be sure to also join our “Rock for the Nurses 2014” Facebook Event and invite all your friends..!!

 

About The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund:

The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund was established on January 15, 2011 and is part of the Ocean Medical Center Foundation family of funds. The fund provides monetary assistance to qualified nurses and nursing students of Ocean Medical Center who desire to continue their formal education in nursing profession in the form of scholarships. The fund awards one (or more) nursing scholarship during September of each year to eligible applicants. The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund was established to honor the memory of long-time Point Pleasant resident Barbara Forfar or “Foof” as she was called by her fellow nurses and other colleagues in the operating room, and her forty-four years of dedication to the nursing profession with all but three years of her service associated with the Ocean Medical Center or its predecessor hospitals.

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