Five high school seniors received scholarships from the Auxiliary. These five shared $52,500 of financial aid with 24 other recipients, who included eight awards of continuing support to previous awardees, and 11 BCH employees.

The high school recipients, all of whom plan to attend college in Colorado, have human health care career goals ranging from Nursing and pre-med to Intergative Physiology. The students are:  

The employees receiving financial aid for their continuing education are:

Scholarship winners and their families were introduced to members of the hospital board, the foundation board, and the auxiliary board. at the Scholarship Awards Tea, May 9, 2008

Four high school seniors planning to pursue a career in health care received scholarships from the Auxiliary of Boulder Community Hospital. The four and their families were honored at the annual Scholarship Reception at Foothills Hospital.

Andrea Apodaca, who is graduating from Centaurus High School,  plans to attend CU-Denver with the ultimate goal of becoming a doctor. Amy Grace Hittle and Hannah Walters both plan to attend CSU to study Nutrition and Food Science. Amy is graduating from Monarch High School and Hannah from Nederland High School. Julia Stadele, also from Nederland High School, is going to Regis to study nursing.

The BCH Auxiliary also announced continuing support for eleven other students. Leora Jordan will attend CSU's master's program in Health and Exercise.  Six undergraduates received scholarships for their on-going BSN (Bachelors of Science in Nursing) studies: Hanna Clark, Megan McCarthy, and Emma Pinkerton at UNC and Jorden Martin, Christian Montes-Carr, and Katy Stickle at Regis. The two scholarship recipients in CU's Integrative Physiology Program have different goals. Megan Eandi plans to be a physical therapist and Megan Hicks is looking toward medical school. Rachel Trujillo attends CSU where she is working toward a BS in Health and Exercise and Michelle Cleminson attends Pima Medical Institute specializing in radiography.

Auxiliary Awards First Betty Lue Hill Scholarship

Julie Rinaldi Fuller, RN in the Cancer Care Center, is the first recipient of the Betty Lue Hill Endowed Scholarship awarded by the BCH Foundation. She and Leo Hill were honored at the Scholarship Reception hosted by the BCH Auxiliary. Leo Hill was present for the award of the scholarship he established to honor his wife, Betty Lue, and in appreciation of the care she received from BCH.

The scholarship is earmarked for an RN or respiratory therapist. Ron Secrist, President of the BCH Foundation, displayed the plaque that will be mounted in the hospital to honor Julie and future recipients of the scholarship.

Ron Secrist, President of the BCH Foundation, recognizes Julie Rinaldi Fuller, a BCH RN, as the first recipient of the Betty Lue Hill Endowed Scholarship as Leo Hill looks on.

Lan Zeckser,  BCH Auxiliary Scholarship Chair, said, "It is easy to understand why the Auxiliary chose Julie for this first award. Being a cancer survivor herself, she is passionate about nursing and takes her job very seriously. We all wish her the best in her continued health care education." Julie is studying a Master's in Health Administration at Regis.