Home Health Care Foundation Nursing Scholarships 26-27 AY

The Home Health Care Foundation are offering three $5000 scholarships for students in the Valentine School of Nursing. These scholarships will be for the 2026-2027 academic year. To qualify, students must:

1.) Be a junior or senior student for the next academic year, that being 2026-2027
2.) Be pursuing a degree in the Bachelor of Science – Nursing program on a full-time basis
3.) Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
4.) Demonstrate financial need by filing a FAFSA for the 2026-2027 academic year

The three scholarships of $5000 each under the Home Health Care Foundation Umbrella are as follows:

The Marcella Cohen Scholarship:
The Home Health Care Foundation has designated a scholarship in honor of
Marcella Cohen, the first CEO of Visiting Nurse Association of Greater St. Louis.

The Charles How Wallace Scholarship:
The Home Health Care Foundation has designated a scholarship in honor of
Charles How Wallace. Mr. Wallace retired in 2006 as Chairman of the Home Health
Care Foundation after providing 37 years of continued volunteer service and
leadership to the VNA of Greater St. Louis, the VNA Foundation, and the Home
Health Care Foundation. Mr. Wallace was one of three VNA officials who founded
the VNA Foundation in 1975. In 1993, the VNA Foundation changed its name to the
Home Health Care Foundation, and it continues the principal purpose of annually
funding nursing scholarships to the local nursing schools in St. Louis.

The Teddi Johnson Scholarship:
Teddi (Theodora) Johnson served as a member of the Home Health Care Foundation
Board for more than ten years, and was actively involved in the development and
administration of the Foundation’s scholarship programs. She demonstrated
continuing concern and dedication to the work of the Foundation in providing
opportunities for nursing, physical therapy, and occupational science and therapy
students in the St. Louis area.
Ms. Johnson worked at the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater St. Louis for more
than 33 years, as a staff nurse, Aide Supervisor, Nursing Supervisor, and
District Manager, and retired as Vice President of Clinical Services, having served in
that position for 13 years. She had previously worked as Head Nurse at a major
hospital in St. Louis.
Ms. Johnson served on the American Diabetes Association Board for many years, and,
at the request of the Mayor of the City of St. Louis, served on a committee to help
bring the old St. Louis City Chronic Hospital/Nursing Home into compliance with
state and federal regulations. Additionally, she served on a number of local agency
Boards to establish and maintain ancillary health care careers in St. Louis.
Ms. Johnson graduated from the Jewish Hospital School of Nursing in 1959, studying
on a full scholarship, and was one of the first African-Americans to be admitted to the
school. She later studied at Saint Louis University School of Nursing in the
RN Transfer Program and enrolled in Management classes at Meramec Community
College, St. Louis.