SCNRI Program

After retiring from a 38-year-long career in sales, marketing, and business management at the Dow Chemical Company, Bob Elliott, a resident of Bluffton, SC, put his love for golf and his “desire to give back” to work.

Elliott has chaired the committee responsible for the Hilton Head Hospital Auxiliary golf event fundraiser for the past seven years. The event raises money for the hospital’s auxiliary programs, including scholarships for nursing students attending The University of South Carolina Beaufort and the Technical College of the Lowcountry. 

Although this program helps nursing students enter the profession, Elliott realized that only a small percentage actually remained in our communities to work , post graduation.  

Elliott created the SCNRI to employ nurses immediately upon graduation in Beaufort County. He says it’s been gratifying to work on a groundbreaking program that will directly impact the health and wellness of Lowcountry residents. Elliott hopes to see programs similar to the SCNRI replicated across the state someday.