Ridgeview is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of a $2,000 Health Care Scholarship. Scholarships were awarded to the following high school students who are pursuing a health-care related degree or career:
- Jessica Breuggemeier Belle Plaine
- Audrey Steinhagen Central (Norwood Young America)
- Bronwyn-Boyce-Erickson Chanhassen
- Marissa Grothe Chaska
- Gretchen Wuerger Delano
- Miah Busse GFW Schools
- Rhyan Hermann Glencoe-Silver Lake
- Brielle Bornhorst Holy Family
- Katlyn Pokornowski Holy Trinity
- Ariana Higgins Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted
- Nathaniel Hausladen Lester Prairie
- Kelsey Berndt Le Sueur-Henderson
- Megan Thomas Mayer Lutheran
- Ayush Shah Minnetonka
- Lauren Lachenmayer Mound-Westonka
- Anna-Maya Sipilia Orono
- Brooke Willmsen Sibley East
- Sophia Strelnieks Southwest Christian
- Ciera Johnson Waconia
- Grace Zieske Ridgeview employee child, Waconia
- Haley Jensrud Watertown Mayer
- Brielle Iddings Non-Traditional
This year, Ridgeview awarded $44,000 in scholarships to west-metro students. Funding for the Ridgeview Health Care Scholarship Program is generously provided by Ridgeview Foundation’s Friends & Family Committee, Ridgeview Sibley Foundation, Ridgeview LeSueur Auxilliary Group and an anonymous community donor.
In 2001, Ridgeview Foundation created the scholarship program in response to the shortage of health care workers. Nearly $90,000 was raised at the 2001 Ridgeview Foundation Golf Extravaganza toward the creation of the scholarship program. With this year’s awards for 2019, we have now awarded nearly 300 scholarships since the program’s inception. Ridgeview becomes an educational resource for many recipients as they frequently participate in job shadows and internships offered by Ridgeview. To date, over 20 previous scholarship recipients have come to work at Ridgeview.
For more information about the scholarship program and its eligibility requirements, or to donate to the scholarship fund, please contact Ridgeview Foundation at 952-442-6010. Application forms for the 2020 scholarships will be available February 2020.
