PHILADELPHIA, PA – The BUCK Cancer Foundation announced the winner of their 2019 Pay A BUCK Forward educational grant for $1,000 on Thursday, May 30. Jocelyn F., a student at the Won Institute, majoring in acupuncture and Chinese medicine, was awarded the grant.

Flay’s work with the Nutritional Wellness Center in Palmyra, New Jersey, and passion for Reiki compliment her formal education from Rutgers and the Won Institute. These experiences as well as Jocelyn’s holistic approach to integrative care made her a great candidate.

“This is a tremendous honor to be awarded this type of grant.”, reported Jocelyn.  “Not only is it helping me to pursue my education without worrying as much about the finances, but instead of paying interest to a bank, I know my future contributions will be going towards students like myself with similar values and expectations.  I look forward to working closely with the BUCK Cancer Foundation for years to come.”

The Pay A BUCK Forward educational grant program offers pay-back grants to students pursuing a degree in integrative medicine or a complementary cancer treatment. A pay back grant provides funds to selected students with the expectation that once the student has graduated and is fully employed, they pay back the grant as a percentage of their salary. The grant paybacks provide additional grants to future health and wellness students. Students funding students!

The BUCK Cancer Foundation offers two grant periods and awards at least one educational grant a year. BUCK’s goal is to help fund the education of future physicians supportive of integrative medicine. The President of BUCK, Lori Nonnemaker, stated that, “BUCK is focused on making integrative oncology standard cancer care in America.” BUCK’s next educational grant period opens on November 1 and ends December 31, 2019.

About the Won Institute and Buck Cancer Foundation

The Won Institute of Graduate Studies and Acupuncture Clinics is the only regionally accredited graduate school for Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, and Won Buddhist Studies in Pennsylvania, located in Glenside, Pennsylvania.

The BUCK Cancer Foundation seeks to support and fund opportunities and endeavors that help build a bridge between ALL viable forms of cancer research and treatment (natural, holistic AND conventional) and unite them in one goal: to provide greater comfort to cancer patients during treatment while working toward a cure.  For more information, please visit our website at www.buckcancerfoundation.org.