A DAUGHTER’S TRIBUTE COMES FULL CIRCLE: BCCHF AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP TO REEGAN KOSHKO TO HONOR HER GIFT TO LONG-NISSEN INFUSION CENTER
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 at
Bates County Memorial Hospital. Her only request was to dedicate them in memory
of her mother, Cheyanna Hellwig, who passed away from breast cancer when Reegan
was just five years old.
To honor her
meaningful gift, the Bates County Community Health Foundation created a
one-time scholarship in Cheyanna’s name. Funds were raised through a special
raffle of one of Reegan’s sunflower photos—yellow was Cheyanna’s favorite
color—held during the 100th anniversary celebration of Pleasant Gap Christian
Church.
At the Infusion
Center’s one-year anniversary event 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 in Springfield, Reegan’s art
continues to bring comfort and hope to patients every day.
