The application period is now open for the Lenertz Family Healthcare Scholarship and the Roger and Lois Samuelson Family Scholarship through the RiverView Foundation. Applications for the scholarships are due to the Foundation office by noon on Friday, November 17, 2023.
Lenertz Family Healthcare Scholarship: In recognition of the time and efforts Thomas C. Lenertz provided to establish and advance the RiverView Health Foundation, its Board of Directors established the Lenertz Family Healthcare Scholarship. As one of the RiverView Foundation’s founders in 1990, Lenertz was instrumental in all development stages of the Foundation. As
RiverView Health CEO, he continued to serve the Foundation as an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors until his December 2000 retirement. The $1,000 Lenertz Family Healthcare Scholarship will be awarded to a recipient from RiverView’s service area pursuing post-secondary education in healthcare.
Roger and Lois Samuelson Family Scholarship: Roger and the late Lois Samuelson have been lifelong farmers in the Crookston area. Sadly, Lois passed away in September 2021. Roger decided to create the scholarship because of the excellent care Lois received as a patient at RiverView Health and as a resident at the Benedictine Living Center.
“We would like to help students pursue a healthcare career,” he shared. “We believe some students need a little help to further their education.'”
The $1,500 scholarship will go to a high school graduate from Crookston, Climax, or Fisher who intends to enroll in a post-secondary program in a healthcare field.
Guidelines and applications are available online at www.riverviewhealth.org/foundation/, by calling the Foundation office at 281-9249, emailing Foundation Director Randy Schoenborn at rschoenborn@riverviewhealth.org, or by stopping at the Foundation office located at 721 S. Minnesota Street, Crookston.
