Amelia Standridge, Louisiana nursing student, awarded our $5,000 Academic Nursing Scholarship for 2024
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About Our Scholarship

Heartfelt Dreams Foundation is pleased to be able to provide financial assistance to very deserving cardiac nurses as they pursue advancing their careers in nursing to better care for congenital heart defect patients. Through years of medical and surgical treatment of Lori Ankerud’s tetralogy of Fallot condition, nurses have played a critical role in her recovery. From handling the many tubes and wires to providing the hard to find ice cream in a cardiac critical care unit, we appreciate what nurses do to make a patient’s life better. Heartfelt Dreams Foundation will proudly work to increase access to quality healthcare for congenital heart defect patients by promoting professional development of nurses through recognition and scholarships.

Scholarship Winners

  • 2024 – Amelia Standridge – William Carey Nursing School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • 2023 – Hannah Dowd – Graduate Nursing Program at Simmons University in Boston, Massachusetts
  • 2022 – Erica Yang – Nursing Program at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio
  • 2021 – Nicole Van Nuland – Nursing Program at De Anza College in Cupertino, California
  • 2020 – Samuel Murphree – Mississippi University for Women, College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • 2019 – Morgan Evans – The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing

Heartfelt Dreams Foundation Academic Nursing Scholarship

Heartfelt Dreams Foundation understands that education takes time, money, and commitment. We believe that our scholarship recipients will be making a genuine difference in the delivery of quality healthcare for congenital heart defect patients. The Heartfelt Dreams Foundation Academic Nursing Scholarship has been created to further the development of cardiac nurses in hospitals throughout the country with scholarships that will support the applicants’ goals to advance their nursing careers.

Financial Support

Thanks to the generous charitable donations from people and organizations that support Heartfelt Dreams Foundation, our goal is to award this annual scholarship as we strive to promote quality cardiac nursing care for congenital heart defect patients. We hope that you will consider supporting our Foundation’s academic scholarship.

Application Process

Each academic year, Heartfelt Dreams Foundation will award a $5,000 scholarship to a deserving hospital-based cardiac care nurse or nursing student pursuing a career in cardiac care based on a competitive application process. Nurses or nursing students wishing to apply for the Heartfelt Dreams Foundation Academic Nursing Scholarship are invited to complete the Application Form below, and include a current version of your resume, before the posted deadline. Applications will be reviewed by a Foundation committee and the scholarship winner will be announced on our website.

Please note that applications are now being accepted for the 2025 academic nursing scholarship through September 30, 2025. The scholarship winner will be announced in October 2025.

Heartfelt Dreams Foundation Academic Nursing Scholarship Application

  • Tell us a little about yourself

  • Education

  • MM slash DD slash YYYY

  • Employer Information

  • Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, Max. file size: 20 MB.

Our Testimonials

I am being discharged today! I want to Thank you, once again, for your generosity with accommodations for Beth. I am so dependent on her support when I am hospitalized that your providing a place for her while I am here is priceless to me. I would not survive if she were not here for support. I can't thank you enough.
BruceHeartfelt Dreams Foundation patient
I want to thank you again for helping my family and I through this. My mom and aunt and uncle had a great place to stay and relax while I was here in Boston this past Friday having my Pre Procedure Evaluation. These past few days have flown by and I think I am all ready for the big day, tomorrow. I feel so much better just knowing my mom and sister can be close while I am going through the surgery and recovery afterward.
OnnaHeartfelt Dreams Foundation patient
Thank you so much again for all that you are doing to help our patients, it is invaluable!
Dr. Defaria YehMassachusetts General Hospital cardiologist
First thank you so much for all the help and support you give us. My wife and baby are doing good so far thank God. Thank you again and may God bless you and your family.
MohammedHeartfelt Dreams Foundation beneficiary
We would like to start by thanking you guys for the service you are providing for Congenital Heart issues. Your Foundation is going so far to even include the future development of crucial Medical training for our care providers. We feel truly blessed.
BethHeartfelt Dreams Foundation beneficiary
When we received your note yesterday confirming reservations for my wife, I was in tears over this gesture. The secure feeling and knowledge my Wife will be able to stay with me provides a Terrific relief for me. With this in place, I am now entering this operation with a renewed sense of Faith and Peacefulness.
BruceHeartfelt Dreams Foundation patient
Thank you so much for your assistance with this! The patient’s wife will be greatly relieved to receive this news! Knowing that this is one less worry for this family right now makes my heart smile more abundantly today!
KeshiaHouston Methodist social worker
I can't tell you how much I appreciate you arranging hotel accommodations for me. It is so kind of the Foundation and much appreciated.
JaclynHeartfelt Dreams Foundation patient
There are no words to convey how grateful my husband and I are for the generosity of you and your Foundation. You have eased a great deal of stress to an already stressful upcoming surgery.
DoriHeartfelt Dreams Foundation patient
Thank you so much, I really can't express how much your program is helping us. You are such a blessing to so many families.
Terrywife of CHD patient
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Heartfelt Dreams Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Our non-profit tax ID is 83-2964412. 

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