Scholarships are available to any high school student residing in one of the counties Adena Health System considers to be part of its service area who is pursuing an education within the field of health care. Applicants must have a high school Grade Point Average of at least 3.0 and be receiving a high school diploma or have a GED score of at least 550 to be considered. Employees of Adena Health System are eligible. Decisions on the awarding of scholarships apply equally to all without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, age, gender, religion or disability.

A wide range of fields are represented through the scholarship program. Here’s a rundown with special eligibility criteria listed:

• James R. Manchester Radiology Education Endowment: Staff or students pursuing a career in imaging/radiology.
• Soon Phil Choice Scholarship Endowment: Students studying radiology, medical imaging-related fields or nursing.
• Beth Ann Elliott Memorial Scholarship Endowment: Nursing students only.
• Catherine Evanoff Memorial Scholarship Endowment: Students studying any health care-related field of study.
• Gordon F. Streicher Memorial Scholarship Endowment: Students seeking a degree in the medical laboratory profession. Recipients must be second-year students accepted into a Bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology (MT) program or have been accepted into a program leading to an Associate’s degree in Laboratory Sciences. Students pursuing this scholarship must live in one of the nine counties making up Adena’s service area.
• Reginald C. Blue Nursing Scholarship Endowment: Nursing students only. Students pursuing this scholarship must live in one of the nine counties making up Adena’s service area.
• Adena Health Foundation Scholarship Endowment: There are no restrictions on this scholarship opportunity.
• Volunteer Scholarship Fund: Students pursuing any health care field of study
• Cindy Drummond Commemorative Scholarship Fund: Students pursuing non-clinical fields of study with preference given to students pursuing health care-specific courses of study. Students pursuing this scholarship must live in one of the nine counties making up Adena’s service area.
• G. Howard Wood, MD, Medical and Nursing Student Loan Trust Fund: Students studying to become medical doctors, osteopathic doctors, registered nurses or studying any of the allied medical arts (AIM students). Residents of Chillicothe and/or Ross County or students who are graduates of a high school located in Chillicothe or Ross County are eligible.
• Jack Berno Hope For Our Future: Available to students in any field of study, but applicants must have a desire to work in health care post-graduation. Must be a dependent of an Adena caregiver who demonstrates academic excellence. For consideration of this scholarship, the dependent must live within Adena’s nine-county service area.
• NOTE: Adena’s nine-county service area includes Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton counties.

Applications must be complete and on-time to be considered. A completed application will need to have the following items in this order:

• Application: An application form must be completed online and may be obtained by visiting www.adena.org/foundation and clicking on the “Hope for our Future” link down the left side of the page.
• Official school transcript: The transcript must indicate the student’s Grade Point Average.
• Letters of Recommendation from two references. One of the references must come from a current or former teacher, and references from relatives will not be accepted.
• A personal essay. The short essay may be typed into the online application and should in some way address the idea of Hope for our Future.
• Letters of acceptance from college(s)

The information supplied on each applicant will be made available to all Scholarship Committee members for review. The scholarship committee is comprised of members from the Volunteer Advisory Council, Women’s Board, Community Council and Adena Foundation Board members. Applications will undergo an initial review to make sure they are complete and that eligibility requirements are met and those that pass that test will go to the committee, where consideration will be given to academic performance, community and school involvement, the quality of the overall application and attention to detail.

The application due date for 2025 will be April 11, 2025.

For those selected to receive a scholarship, the funds will be paid directly to the school at the beginning of the school year and disbursed by the school. We do not notify every applicant. We notify the schools for the winning applicants but NOT every student and NOT those who were not chosen.

Recipients will be expected to represent themselves with integrity and dignity, do well in school, graduate and practice their professions faithfully.

To learn more about donating to a scholarship fund, please visit www.adena.org/foundation or call the Adena Health Foundation office at (740) 779-7528.