CANANDAIGUA – The Thompson Health Guild recently awarded scholarships to five 2021 high school graduates.
Each scholarship, worth $2,000, goes to a recipient registered in a health-related field who must successfully complete their first college semester with the intent to study the second semester in a health-related field.
The recipients were as follows:
- Emily Baker of Victor High School is the recipient of the Deborah L. Kimble Memorial Scholarship. With plans to attend the University of Delaware and become a nurse, she took part in the Finger Lakes Technical and Career Center’s New Visions Health Therapy Sciences Program and a Medical Explorers program during high school. She also volunteered at Thompson and Highland hospitals as well as shadowed at her pediatrician’s office.
- Lauren Bell of Bloomfield High School is the recipient of the Gail D. O’Brien Memorial Scholarship and in the fall will attend Daeman College in Amherst, NY, where she is pursuing a five-year Physician Assistant degree. During high school, Bell participated in the New Visions Medical Program and was an athlete involved in both student government and community service.
- Isaiah Delgado of Midlakes High School is the recipient of the Gerry North Memorial Scholarship. Delgado is attending the Rochester Institute of Technology in the fall, to major in Biomedical Science with the ultimate goal of becoming a doctor. An athlete, musician and volunteer, Delgado participated in New Visions Health Therapy Sciences during his senior year.
- Jillian Genthner of Livonia High School is the recipient of the Phyllis Ehmann Memorial Scholarship. A high school athlete active in student government and her church, she will be pursuing a five-year master’s degree in nursing from St. John Fisher College in Rochester. Her minor will be in Spanish for Healthcare Professionals and her ultimate goal is to become a nurse practitioner.
- Kennedy Knopf of Canandaigua Academy is the recipient of the Theresa Tremblay Memorial Scholarship. An athlete who was involved in her school’s band program and in community service, Knopf will attend the University of Washington for its four-plus-one bachelor’s/master’s program. Majoring in Bioengineering with a minor in Spanish, her goal is to become involved in stem cell research.
The Thompson Health Guild is the auxiliary of UR Medicine Thompson Health, fundraising for the nonprofit organization in order to support capital campaigns, purchase medical equipment and offer programs for hospital patients, nursing home residents, staff members and community members. The scholarships are among the guild’s annual traditions.
For more information about the guild, which welcomes new members, visit www.ThompsonHealth.com/Guild.