Chehalis native Jim Lintott has established a $500,000 endowment honoring his mother to help train school nurses in the Washington, D.C., area.
Lintott, a 1982 W.F. West High School graduate who co-founded money management firm Freedom Management Group in the nation’s capital, established the Virginia Lee Lintott Endowment for Excellence in School Nursing and Community Health at the Children’s National Health System.
The endowment is designed to enhance opportunities for those who wish to attend nursing school, while at the same time honoring his mother’s commitment to caring for kids as a school nurse.
According to a news release from the Washington, D.C.-based Children’s Hospital Foundation, the endowment serves to advance skill levels among school nurses, giving them an opportunity to take part in a three-day summer intensive that will be known as the Virginia Lee Lintott Summer Institute for Learning. Through that program, the hospital expects 170 school nurses to practice real-life simulations designed to enhance their skills.
The hospital also said that with the endowment comes the creation of the Virginia Lee Lintott Lectureship for School Nursing and Community Health, which is a lecture brought forth by a professional in the health industry who will share perspectives and insights.
According to the release, Children’s National Health System has partnered with the District of Columbia Public Schools to recruit and manage nurses for the school system. Of 109 public schools in the District of Columbia, 88 percent of them have a school nurse, along with 80 percent of its charter schools.
The endowment is the latest in a series of contributions from Jim Lintott to community efforts. Locally, Lintott donated $100,000 originally for the renovation of Alexander Park; he later donated another $35,000 to expand the park. Most recently in 2013, Lintott, along with former Starbucks Corp. chief executive officer Orin Smith, volunteered to match dollar-for-dollar all funds raised for the Gail and Carolyn Shaw Aquatic Center, up to $150,000.
Lintott was named chairman of the Children’s National Medical Board of Directors in 2010.
