ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Spanish Plaines Hospital Auxiliary Foundation is proud to have awarded more than $945,000 in scholarships since the Scholarship Program’s inception in 2015 to local high school seniors and hospital employees who wish to pursue or advance their career in the health care field. The Scholarship Program continues to flourish, thanks to our many generous donors.
2025 Awards
In May 2025, seven high school students and eleven hospital team members were awarded with scholarships totaling $71,834.
Become a scholarship sponsor
To become a scholarship sponsor or to learn more about this program, call the Auxiliary Foundation at (352) 751-8871 or email Shelly Scarbrough, Philanthropy Operations Coordinator at shelly.scarbrough@ufhealth.org.
Our partners
Corporate partners
- Boy Scouts of America Central Florida Council
- City Fire
- Demshar’s Foundation
- Florida Cancer Specialists
- Fort Knox Self Storage Services, Inc.
- Insight Credit Union
- Jewish Federation of The Villages and Greater Sumter County
- Lake Sumter State College
- Project SOS
- Property Owners’ Association of The Villages, Inc.
- Rotary Club of The Villages® Foundation
- Sumter Landing Bicycle Club
- The Villages® Insurance
Individual partners
- Deidre Anderson
- John & Beth Bondurant
- Clifford & Jean Cable
- Diana Ballard & John Capone
- George & Gloria Counselman
- Kathryn Deering
- Russ & Marie D’Emidio
- Grace AME Church & William F. Crumel, Jr. Foundation
- Dr. Erika Jasper
- Maurice & Betsy Joy
- Gary & Barbara Kadow
- Diane Kupchak
- Joe Lalonde
- Dr. & Mrs. Edwin McDaniel
- Fred Robey
- Jim & Pam Smothers
- Daniel & Alberta Sullivan
- Dave & Cindy Taylor
- Gerald & Marilyn Ten Eyck
- Dr. Vilma C. Witten
- Christine Cote & Hugo Yepez