The The Stephen T. Marchello Scholarship Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation that gives scholarships to current year High School Graduates in the states of AZ, CA, CO, and MT who have survived childhood cancer. If you have any questions about our scholarship program for cancer survivors, please email us at fmarchello@earthlink.net, Tax deductible contributions can be made at any First Bank Branch, or sent to First Bank of Arapahoe County, Attn: Monica Watts, 2323 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80122.

Profile of 2007 Scholarship Recipients

• Kelsey Bohman – Graduated from Glenwood Springs High School in Glenwood Springs, CO. Kelsey is a survivor of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. Part of her treatment was a bone marrow transplant. She was a member of the National Honor Society and a recipient for the Kiwanis club for outstanding academic achievement and community service. She collects toys and other items that she donates to children in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Children’s Hospital. Kelsey volunteers as a counselor at a ski camp for other kids with cancer. She was captain of the Glenwood Springs High School soccer team. Kelsey will attend Colorado State University and major in social work. She plans on working at a hospital or clinic where she can help children and their families through “some of their darkest hours” going through a life threatening illness.

• Chelsey Heffron – Graduated from Ponderosa High School in Parker, CO. Her cancer treatment included five hours of chemotherapy infusion every two weeks for one year. She missed her entire junior year of high school, but managed to make up seven credits to graduate with her class and maintain a 3.3 grade point average. Prior to her illness, she played on the Ponderosa Women’s Varsity Volleyball team and was team captain. She now volunteers coaching volleyball for youth girls in the Parker community. She is unable to play because she had her shoulder replaced to remove a tumor. Chelsey will be attending Colorado State University where she will major in biomedical sciences and become a physician’s assistant. To quote Chelsey - “I have had first hand experience fighting for my life with cancer and I would like to be there for others when they are in the battle also. I now know how important it is to have other help you through difficult situations and in return I want to bet there for others to help them through their difficult circumstances.

• Mallory Mathews – Graduated from Silver Creek High School in Longmont, CO. She is a survivor of osteosarcoma, bone cancer in her left tibia and lungs. She had several major surgeries to remove the malignant tumors, had lung surgery and a total knee replacement to salvage her leg from amputation. To quote Mallory – “Most students’ sophomore year in high school is a fun carefree time, except maybe for the occasional street of homework, or losing Friday night’s football game. Mine, however was spent in a gray sterile room at Children’s Hospital in Denver. For several weeks or several months at a time I would spend my days confined in one of the tiny dismal rooms that had become a second home to me.” Mallory works as a waitress and occasionally returns to Children’s Hospital to lend moral support to kids undergoing treatment. Mallory will attend Colorado State University and plans on becoming a dentist.

• Megan Brown – Graduated from Big Sandy High School in Big Sandy, MT. She is a survivor of rhabdomyosarcoma cancer. Since there is no medical facility in Big Sandy, MT, for her treatment Megan needed to travel to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and to specialists in Billings, MT. Megan will be attending Montana State University in Bozeman, MT and plans a career as a pediatric registered nurse. She works on the family farm in the summer. To quote Megan – “A career in nursing will allow me to give back to others the compassion and care that was given to me during my illness. Megan was active in 4-H Clubs, volleyball, cheerleading, and tennis and was a Montana Girls State Delegate. She was senior class president and president of her 4-H club.

• Danesha McCoy – Graduated from Deer Valley High School in Antioch, CA. She will be attending the University of California, Berkeley, CA and majoring in Business and Japanese. She wants to work in international financings and trade as well as investments. Danesha played doubles tennis in high school and was captain of the team her senior year. She also was president of the National Society of Engineers. Danesha had Ewings sarcoma in her right pelvis. She had eighteen months of chemotherapy and radiation to her right pelvis.

Four Year Scholarship Recipient

• 2005 - Grant Weaver, a graduate of Arapahoe High School in Centennial, CO. He is attending the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO. Grant worked at the UCHSC research center during high school and plans to pursue cancer research as a career. He was chosen to be a member of Link Crew, a select group of juniors and seniors who mentor freshman and new students. Grant was diagnosed with brain cancer in Oct. 2002, during his sophomore year of high school.

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