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HMB Memorial
Scholarship Fund
BY CHRISTOPHER COSTANTINI, CPED
The Heather Moore Bernard (HMB)
Memorial Scholarship Fund was
established to preserve Heather’s
memory and legacy. Heather, an
advocate for Pedorthics, training and
education, grew up and worked in
her family’s Pedorthic shoe store and
business. The Pedorthic Foundation
is honored to make scholarship
funds and financial assistance up to
$500 available to persons working
in a Pedorthic shoe store for either
footwear-related education and/
or to persons pursuing Pedorthic
continuing education requirements.
Examples of footwear related
business education include
conference attendance at the semi-
annual National Shoe Retailers
Association (NSRA) and the Annual
United Shoe Retailers Association
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Pedorthic Footcare Association www.pedorthics.org
For qualifications and additional
information please follow these links:
www.pedorthicfoundation.org/docs/
forms/HMB_Scholarship.pdf
www.pedorthicfoundation.org/hmb/
Pedorthic
Foundation
www.pedorthicfoundation.org/hmb/
Editor's Note: The following article is
adapted from Pedorthic Foundation's
Website.
(USRA) May Event. An example of
Pedorthic continuing education
includes conference attendance for
mandatory education units (CEU)
at the Annual Pedorthic Footcare
Association (PFA) Symposium. There
are also a number of educational
opportunities available online,
through footwear manufacturers/
vendors and through local Pedorthic
associations. Requests for Pedorthic
Pre-Certification education financial
assistance do not qualify under
the HMB Scholarship Fund; other
Foundation scholarship opportunities
are available for this purpose.
Credentialed Pedorthists working in a
purely clinical setting are not eligible
under the HMB Scholarship Fund as
the credentialed Pedorthist must
work in a shoe store.