Denver, CO - - 9Health Fair announced today the winners of its first annual 9Knowledge Awards. The 9Knowledge Awards were created to help provide financial support to graduating high school seniors pursuing careers in health care fields of study and for participating as student leaders organizing a 9Health Fair In the Classroom fair. 9Health Fair In the Classroom is a peer-to-peer education program designed to help students learn from each other about their own health and about other safety and lifestyle options facing them at critical times in their lives. Thanks to a generous grant from the American Honda Foundation in 2005, each 9Knowlege Award recipient will receive $1,000 to use toward their college expenses.
Following are the 2006 9Knowledge Award winners:
· Natasha Aspromonte
School: Mancos High School
Hometown: Mancos
· Heather Atkinson
School: Creede High School
Hometown: Creede
· Kassie Boerner
School: Haxtun High School
Hometown: Haxtun
· Kate Dennett
School: Douglas County High School
Hometown: Highlands Ranch
· Jacob Dunham
School: Wiley High School
Hometown: Lamar
· MacDonald Higbee
School: Granada High School
Hometown: Lamar
· Therese Jones
School: South Park High School
Hometown: Fairplay
· Daniel Leifer
School: Fairview High School
Hometown: Boulder
· Kira Neill
School: Holly High School
Hometown: Holly
“We are very excited and proud to offer the 9Knowledge Awards and to help these exceptional high school seniors pursue an education and career in health care,” said Anne Cosby, president and CEO of 9Health Fair. “Through their class work and involvement in extracurricular activities, including their efforts in organizing 9Health Fair In the Classroom fairs, these students have consistently demonstrated their commitment to health and to the wellbeing of their fellow students. We believe they will be successful in their future careers.”
To be considered for a 9Knowledge Awards, students had to meet the following criteria:
Involvement in school, community, and extracurricular activities Demonstration of commitment to health care Minimum grade point average of 3.0 Financial need
Other significant grants awarded to 9Health Fair in 2005 allowed the organization to expand its In the Classroom efforts to include a 9Health Fair stipend to help schools cover preparation costs associated with their fair and creating new activities such as Heroes for Health, Calcium Quest, Step Mania, and Energize Me!.
Students may apply a second year for a 9Knowledge Award if 9Health Fair receives grant funding and if students maintain their eligibility.
About 9Health Fair
9Health Fair is Colorado’s largest and most trusted non-profit health fair program that promotes health awareness and encourages individuals to assume responsibility for their own health. Created by a National Institutes of Health physician and 9NEWS, 9Health Fair is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization and has earned unique endorsements from the Colorado Medical Society and Colorado Nurses Association and is supported by the Colorado Health and Hospital Association. As Colorado’s largest community health fair program, and the largest community health, wellness and prevention effort in the nation, since 1980, 9Health Fair has helped save thousands of lives by providing free and low-cost health screenings and educational programs.
9Health Fair relies on sponsorship funding and grants to sustain its operations. Major sponsors for the 2006 9Health Fair include 9NEWS, UniPath, Bayer HealthCare Diabetes Care Division, Quest Diagnostics, LaraBar, The Denver Post, 5280 Magazine, Dex Media, The Cherry Creek Sneak and King Soopers.
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