Luthercare presented a total of $36,000 to graduating high school seniors who plan to pursue careers in the field of nursing. Students from schools across Lancaster and Lebanon counties were selected to receive a $1,000 Luthercare Nursing Scholarship.

Recipients were awarded their scholarships during a drive-through reception on May 23 on the campus of Luther Acres, a Luthercare community at 600 E. Main St., Lititz, where Luthercare team members greeted and congratulated the winners.

The 2022 Luthercare Nursing Scholarship recipients are Gabriella Blouch, Allison Elizabeth Cooper, and Isaac Sider, Annville-Cleona High School; Lexie Keffer, Megan Miller, and Ashlee Vasquez, Cedar Crest High School; Aubrey Haldeman, Cocalico High School; Hallie Rich, Conestoga Valley High School; Morgan Mullhausen and Hannah Mylin, Donegal High School; Andrea Kline and Chloe Swanger, ELCO High School; Ella Dehmey, Ashley Geese, Charlotte Hershey, Ainsely Raybold, Abigail Rickabaugh, and Ruth Wright, Elizabethtown Area High School; Maya Ehst, Ephrata High School; Gabrielle Kauffman, Hope Monderewicz, Victoria Nolt, and Diana Redcay, Garden Spot High School; Ella Horst, Lampeter-Strasburg High School; Kimberly Rodriguez Torres, Lebanon High School; Rachel Hollinger, Manheim Central High School; William Orr, Manheim Township High School; Maria Longenecker and Amerie Wright, McCaskey High School; Yu-Kyoung "Jessica" Kim, New Covenant Christian School; Meckenzie Koennecke and Brynn McCafferty, Palmyra Area High School; Courtney Smoker, Penn Manor High School; and Ann Barney, Allison Keeney, and Jasmine Minnich, Warwick High School.

These students plan to continue their education and professional development at Alvernia University; Bloomsburg University; Duquesne University; Eastern University; Eastern Mennonite University; HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College; Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Lebanon Valley College; Liberty University; Mansfield University; Messiah University; Palm Beach Atlantic University; Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences; Pennsylvania State University; Reading Hospital School of Sciences; Salisbury University; Thomas Jefferson University; the University of Delaware; the University of Pittsburgh; Waynesburg University; and York College of Pennsylvania.

The annual nursing scholarships are funded by donations to the Luthercare Nursing Scholarship Fund. Luthercare president and CEO Carl R. McAloose noted that many donors are residents of Luthercare's senior living communities.