The St. Mary’s Auxiliary celebrated a very successful year by awarding $15,000 in scholarships to worthy recipients at the Annual Meeting and Scholarship Luncheon, held May 20th. The Auxiliary presented six high school seniors with scholarship awards. The awards included the Achievement Award Scholarships, Teen Volunteer Awards and The Daughters of Charity Mission Award. Recipients were selected based on their financial need, GPA, activities, leadership, interviews and other leadership criteria.
The winners of the 2015 Annual Achievement Awards are:
- Tyler Halbig received $5,000. He is the son of Beth Halbig who works in the Radiology Department of St. Mary’s. Tyler will attend St. Louis University in the fall.
- Dalton Morrow received $3,500. He is the son of Julie Morrow who works in the Strategic Services Department. Dalton is planning to attend IU in the fall.
- Patrick Helfrich received $2,500. Patrick is the son of Cindy Helfrich. Cindy works for Dr. Weinzapel’s office. Patrick plans to attend IU in the fall.
The achievement award winners were interviewed and scored by community leaders Dr. Sharon Kazee, University of Evansville First Lady and Community Volunteer and by Mr. Dan Carwile, SVP at Old National Bank and St. Mary’s Foundation board member.
The winner of the $2,000 Daughters of Charity Mission award is:
- Hannah Heindorn – daughter of Jennifer Heindorn who worked in the Labor and Delivery Department.
The winners of the $1,000 Teen Volunteer Awards are:
- Melanie Baker – Melanie volunteered 80 hours at St. Mary’s.
- Hannah Shull – Hannah volunteered 101 hours over four summers during high school.
The Auxiliary also contributed $7,000 to fund a scholarship for nursing staff members to advance their degrees.
