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Little
Rock Couple Endows Two Nursing Scholarships at UAMS in Memory of Their
Daughter
08-09-02
A Little Rock couple has endowed two scholarships in memory of
their daughter, Camilla Dawn Giffin Haynes, in the College of
Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
A nurse in Brinkley, Ark., Mrs. Haynes died in August 1998.
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Camilla Dawn Giffin Haynes
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In making the gift to the College of Nursing, Darlene and Jerry
Giffin said, "Our hope in providing these scholarships in
Cammy's memory to the UAMS College of Nursing is that her desire
to help educate young people will be met. All of us who loved her
and benefited from ‘Cammy Care’ always knew that she was an
inspiration to her family, friends, community and her profession.
Through this gift we believe that Cammy Giffin Haynes' light and
love for nursing will shine forever."
The Giffins donated $50,000 to the college to fully endow two
scholarships to support bachelor of science nursing students with
academic promise and financial need. Preference will be given to
graduates of Joe T. Robinson High School in Pulaski County and to
registered nurses who were graduated from Eastern Arkansas
Community College in Forrest City, Ark., and are returning to
college to earn the bachelor of science in nursing degree.
Camilla Dawn "Cammy" Giffin was born Dec. 14, 1959, to
Darlene Shepherd Giffin and Gerald (Jerry) M. Giffin in Wichita,
Kansas. She was the eldest of three children. When she was 15
years old, she had already developed an interest in health care.
In the summer of 1974 she worked as a candy striper at University
Hospital and served as a counselor at a UAMS-sponsored summer camp
for developmentally disabled children. She was graduated from Joe
T. Robinson High School in 1978. Continuing her education, she
attended the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville as a freshman
and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock as a sophomore.
In the summer of 1980, Cammy married the love of
her life and her best friend, Gary W. Haynes. The young couple
moved to Gary's family farm near Brinkley. The following year she
followed her dream and enrolled at Eastern Arkansas Community
College (EACC) to major in nursing. She received the associate
degree in nursing in the spring of 1983. While attending EACC, she
served as president of the Student-Teacher Association. She was an
honor graduate.
Following graduation, Cammy worked at Baptist Hospital, Baptist
Health Care Systems in Forrest City from 1983 until 1994 as a
certified critical care nurse. Cammy loved her patients and loved
nursing. In 1994, she joined Baptist Home Care in Brinkley, where
she was employed until the time of her death, August 3, 1998.
Along with her full-time employment, her other activities
included: CPR instruction, patient teaching, and in-service staff
education programs. She volunteered to present "Nursing as a
Career" for the sixth grade at the Brinkley Elementary School
Annual Career Day.
Her parents note, "Cammy loved her family
and her friends." She and Gary had three children, Jerrod
Wayne, born in 1984, Dustin Matthew (1986), and Noelle Dawn
(1988), who currently attend school in Brinkley. Cammy was vitally
interested in education. A week before her death she wrote, "
I would like to know that I have helped make a young person a
productive part of society as a working individual. I would like
to be an active part of providing a positive educational
experience for all students."
Dean Linda C. Hodges, Ed.D., of the College of Nursing was the
host of a luncheon in honor of the Giffin and Haynes family Tues.,
Aug. 6, at UAMS. Mr. and Mrs. Giffin; Mr. Haynes; the children,
Dustin, Jerrod, and Noelle Haynes; Mrs. Haynes’ sister, Lisa
Nichols, and her children, Emily and Brandon; and Mrs. Haynes’
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Todd Giffin, and their
children, Jacob, Colton, and Katelyn attended the luncheon. The
following friends of the family also attended: Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Clifford, Mary Kay Meacham, Karen Lowery, Lolly Honea, Kathy Frein,
Laurie Skinner, Rhonda Carol, Virginia Manatt, Charles Davidson,
Richard Quintus, Patricia Bryant, and Gwen Tucker.
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