More than a year ago, then-high
school senior Reegan Koshko donated a collection of Bates County landscape
photos to the soon-to-open Long-Nissen Infusion Center. Her only request: to
dedicate them in memory of her mother, Cheyanna Hellwig, who passed away from
breast cancer when Reegan was five.
To honor her gift, the Bates County
Community Health Foundation created a one-time scholarship in Cheyanna’s name.
Funds were raised through a special raffle of a sunflower photo—yellow was
Cheyanna’s favorite color—held during the 100th anniversary of Pleasant Gap
Christian Church.
At the center’s one-year
anniversary in July, Reegan saw her acrylic-mounted photos on display for the
first time, including in the new donor tribute wall. Now a student at Paul
Mitchell Cosmetology School, her art continues to bring comfort and hope to patients
every day.
