When the Mid-Florida Chiropractic
Society (MFCS) created a scholarship fund
for deserving Florida Campus students in
2006, its goal was to raise $50,000 to
establish an endowed scholarship. It also
had provisions to award a total of $10,000
in gift scholarships—with one $2,000 gift
being granted each year for five years.
In 2010, MFCS exceeded both of these
goals by raising $62,500 for the endowed
scholarship and $10,500 for the gift
scholarships for a total of $73,000. This
impressive amount was raised by an
organization of both Palmer alumni and
graduates from other chiropractic colleges.
Says Micah Richeson, D.C., a Parker
College graduate, “For me it is about supporting
chiropractic, not just a particular
institution. I help people every day
through chiropractic and want others to
be able to do that also; by helping this
school it helps the advancement of chiropractic
education.”
Michael Chance, D.C., Davenport, ’78,
one of the MFCS members to propose the
endowed scholarship, remembers coordinating
the first “Swing Back into Spring”
golf tournament—which has been the
society’s primary fundraiser—with Keith
Richeson, D.C., Davenport ’75.
Dr. Chance also credits MFCS president
John Frazier, D.C., Davenport ’94, and
subsequent presidents Dr. Richeson and
David West, D.C., Davenport ’00, as key
players in making the now annual golf
tournament a success.
In order to be eligible for the annual
scholarships, applicants must be full-time
Florida Campus students, come from
nearby Florida counties, be in good standing
and have enrolled in the 2nd or above
quarter by that spring’s quarter. In the Fall
of 2011, the first scholarship to come from
the endowment will be awarded.
Says Florida Campus President Dr. Peter
Martin, “The generosity of the Mid-Florida
Chiropractic Society has and will continue
to touch the lives of deserving students.
The scholarships seek to reward those
students who have exhibited strong
scholastic abilities and the desire to serve
others through their extracurricular
activities, traits that will carry over into
successful practices after graduation.”