Illuminate a legacy: How a $5 donation can light up hearts and futures

LIGHT THE HEART!

February is Healthy Heart Month. Please help light the heart on the front of the Caruthersville High School Auditorium. A $5.00 donation will place a light in the heart in memory or honor of a loved one, friend, family member, co-worker, etc. Funds raised will be used to award the

Healthy Heart Scholarship to a graduating student entering a health-related field. Names of those memorialized will be sent to the local radio station and newspaper. For a memorial contribution of $15 or more, a card will be sent to the designated family to acknowledge the memorial.

This scholarship fund was started in 1996 by J. J. Bullington, in memory of her mother, Bernice Bullington, who died of heart disease in 1994. Since that time over $46,000 has been awarded in scholarships to a graduate entering a health related occupation. The scholarship is made possible by citizens of Caruthersville through donations made in memory of or to honor friends and loved ones.

To make a donation, send a check to the Healthy Heart Scholarship Fund, c/o Amy Stricklin, 1711 Ward Ave., or stop by the Caruthersville School District Administration Building. Please include name of individual being honored or memorialized, as well as the name and address the memorial card is to be sent to.

HEALTHY HEART MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

1997 Jill Saengsamran University of Missouri at Kansas City

1998 Amy Henson Murray State University

1999 Beth Ann Prost Harding Academy

Ronnie Chanvityapongs University of Missouri at Kansas City

2000 Ellen Beth Linsman Maryville University of St. Louis

Courtney Thompson University of Missouri at Columbia

2001 Neesann Paungsuvan University of Missouri - Columbia

Anna Beth Counce University of Missouri at Kansas City

2002 Ember Crowe Southeast Missouri State University

2003 Tracey Stewart Dyersburg State Community College

2004 Anna Elizabeth Lansdale Southeast Missouri State University

2005 Lindsey Newman Arkansas State University

2006 Lauren Hodge University of Mississippi

2007 Gray Hodge University of Mississippi

2008 Trisha Counce University of Tennessee at Martin

Kendra Bradley Southeast Missouri State University

2009 Jordan Elizabeth Babcock University of Mississippi

Kenneth Alston Lee Southeast Missouri State University

2010 Kelsey Faulkner University of Mississippi

Lauren Henson Mississippi State University

John Gale Arkansas State University

2011 Nicholas Sellers Southeast Missouri State University

Perry Middleton Arkansas State University

Brittany Clayton Southeast Missouri State University

Karley Hall University of Tennessee Martin

Meghan Moore Murray State University

2012 Clark Ledford University of Alabama

Kaitlyn Babcock Mississippi State University

2013 Alana Mann Arkansas State University

2014 Ann Marie Currie Mississippi State University

Logan Darnell Mississippi State University

2015 Mariah Bullington Mississippi State University

Dalton Johnson Arkansas State University

2016 Zoe Riney Dyersburg State Community College

2017 Ellen Currie Mississippi State University

Reshawnda Harris Arkansas Northeastern College

2018 Ally White University of Mississippi

2019 Mary Allyn Long Mississippi State University

John Michael Pate University of Mississippi

2020 Bailey Makay Weber University of Mississippi

2021 Adi Young University of Mississippi

2022 Carlee Davis University of Mississippi

Kassidy Bethune Mississippi State University

Sela Hubbard University of Mississippi

TaMarye Jones Three Rivers Community College

2023 Jonathan Guy Arkansas State University

Chloe Gordon Arkansas State University

2024 Kaydance Swanson Mississippi State University

Kevonna Gipson Military