Health foundation awards 66 scholarships

The Mat-Su Health Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $262,579 to 66 members of the Mat-Su community. The program has distributed $1,142,929 to 344 local residents since it began in 2007.

The 2014 scholarships were given in two categories, academic scholarships for students pursuing college degrees with health or wellness majors, and vocational scholarships to assist students with the cost of training and certifications for jobs in health care.

Two of the Academic Scholarships were given in honor of revered and respected former employees of Valley Hospital. The Annie Demming Scholarship was awarded to Paulo Wolcoff. Annie Demming served as Director of the Medical Records Department for Valley Hospital and retired after 28 years of service. The Vivian Shaver Scholarship was awarded to Kelsey Olson, and this scholarship is given in honor of Vivian “Babe” Shaver, who worked at Valley Hospital and passed away in 1978.

The 2014 recipients of MSHF academic scholarship are:

Annemarie Acord; Marlena Acord; Ruby Acord; Jacqueline Alstrom; Kathryn Applin; David M. Arthur; William Bocast; Kristina Bowen; Heather Buben; Miracle Burton; Joshua Christensen; Michael Craig; Bryan Dahms; Daniel Davis; Adina Demske; Valerie Dull; Cassidy Evans; Trey Farber; Starr Flavin; Mary Geist; Raynie Hamlin; Trisha Hardwick; Reckia Heuton; Donna Hickle; Mikaela Hull; Stephanie Huycke; Alyasha Ivins; Andre Koehrer; Svetlana Kolomeychuk; Kara Larson; Jennifer Lee; Ruth Malak; Dana Manelick; Richard Manrique; Jennifer Martin; Candace Mauldin; Kathryn Mayer; Helen Michaelson; Lily Michels; Delaney Mitchell; Kelsey Olson; Brittany Ornquist; Matthew Packa; Meagan Rector; Kayla Scheibl; Kelsey Schober; Hannah Schruf; Leyla Sinyawski; Ariel Sizemore; Hope Spargo; Bailey Stevenson; Rebecca Stiner; Molly Sullivan; Terra Swartzbacker; Brittany Wailes; Jake Williams; Paulo Wolcoff; Eli Wouk; Johanna Zivotic; and Tobbie Zook.

Vocational scholarship applications are accepted year-round by the health foundation. The recipients of vocational ccholarships so far this year are: Jena Enderson-Roop, Mercedes Moser, Samantha O’Mara, Jamie Church, Brittney Kauffman, and Diana Zitmanis.

For more information, and an online application, visit bit.ly/1kOOX85.