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Holiday BookFair Offers Chance
to Double Your Gift-Giving
There’s a special place in John Healy’s heart for books. Not just because he’s a student. But also because he received a scholarship as a result of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Holiday BookFair at Barnes & Noble Booksellers last year.
Buying books Dec. 1-4 at Barnes & Noble Booksellers,
3003 W. Holcombe, can help fund scholarships for UT
Health Science Center at Houston students like John
Healy.
Photo by Dawna Jarvis
The book fair this year is again an opportunity to give a gift twice. Simply purchase your holiday gifts of books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, calendars or journals at the Barnes & Noble store at 3003 W. Holcombe between Dec. 1 and 4, and up to 25 percent of your purchase price will benefit student scholarships at the health science center. The store is open 9 a.m.-11 p.m.
Using the health science center gift voucher at that location during the book fair will allow shoppers to designate a particular school, the University Classifed Staff Council’s scholarship program, or the university’s general scholarship fund.
“This is an opportunity to buy a gift for a family member or friend, and also help prepare the next generation of health care professionals,” said C. Gwin Morris, Ph.D., vice president for public affairs. “In essence, it is a way to double our gift-giving during the holiday season.”
John Healy, a second-year medical student, expressed gratitude for the generosity of others. “It is a very fright-ening thing to see the financial aid report for school each year and to realize how much debt one must go into in order to receive a medical education,” Healy said. “Each year I step back and find myself questioning my ability to succeed because of the risk of assuming such a debt.
“I have been so grateful to receive the assistance of the scholarship because, in a sense, it is symbolic that others also believe that I can succeed and are willing to help in the achievement of that goal,” he said. “It provides even more incentive (not that there isn’t a lot already) to do the best I can, so that one day I can in turn help the community. For the emotional strength, as well as the purely financial support that those involved in the book fair provide, I am forever grateful.”
The Barnes & Noble store has many items to choose from, but gift cards and café consumables will not count toward book fair totals. For more information visit http://www.uthouston.edu/community/barnesnoble/ or contact Elease Jenkins, Office of Public Affairs, (713)500-3035 or Elease.P.Jenkins@uth.tmc.edu.