Applications open through April 19, 2024
About the Scholarship
The Intermountain Health Sevier Valley Hospital Scholarship (formerly the Kendall J. Willardson Memorial Scholarship) is awarded to five high school students each year who are seeking to further their education. One student is selected from each of North Sevier, Piute, Richfield, South Sevier, and Wayne high schools to receive a $1,000 award.
Applicants who meet the following criteria are encouraged to apply:
- Currently a high school senior (in a Sevier, Wayne, or Piute County high school)
- GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Actively Involved in Community Service. *Primary consideration will be given to students who demonstrate an impact on one or more of these areas: improving mental well-being, improving chronic and avoidable health outcomes, and/or addressing and investing in social determinants of health. See our Community Health Needs Assessment for more info: https://bit.ly/4bCQU5h
- Application, resume, and essay submitted to broox.anderson@imail.org by April 19, 2024
Selection and award process:
School representative committees will select the awardees independently from Intermountain Health Sevier Valley Hospital. Committees will make awards based on students’ applications, resumes, and essays. An emphasis will be placed on community service and, ideally, community health impact. To receive the award, the recipient must submit proof of college/school registration and return the applicable tax and media release forms. Sevier Valley Hospital will then make a $1,000 donation directly to the student for tuition or other schooling expenses. Please allow for at least four weeks processing time from the time forms are submitted to the time that the award check is received. Scholarship awards will be held for up to three years for those recipient(s) who will not be attending college/school during the following school year(s).
About Sevier Valley Hospital
Sevier Valley Hospital has a rich history of providing quality healthcare to Sevier, Piute, and Wayne counties.
Early Days
In 1941, a hospital was established on the corner of 100 North and Main Street in downtown, Richfield, Utah. The hospital was moved five years later to an 18-bed facility at 201 East 500 North. In 1959, the Catholic Church purchased the hospital and the changed the name to St. Michael’s Hospital. It was operated by Catholic nuns from St. Benedict’s Hospital in Ogden, Utah.
Joining Intermountain Healthcare
In 1962, Sevier County purchased the hospital, and it was managed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The name was changed to Sevier Valley LDS Church Hospital. When the Church made the decision to donate all of their hospitals to the public in 1975, Intermountain Healthcare, Inc. was created as a not-for-profit organization and assumed management of Sevier Valley Hospital, formerly Sevier Valley Medical Center, in addition to the other hospitals across Utah.
Growth and Expansion
With contributions from members of the Sevier, Wayne and Piute communities, church contributions and county support, a new 29-bed hospital was built at 1000 N Main Street, where our facility now operates.
In early 2014, Sevier Valley Hospital updated our Outpatient Services Wing to meet the growing demand of our out-patient services. This now provides patients with new Infusion Therapy and outpatient pharmacy services as well as expanded clinical rooms and Respiratory Therapy testing rooms.
Later that year, the hospital added a new Imaging Center that included an onsite MRI machine, as well as a new space for the other radiology services that are offered. At the same time, thanks in large part to several generous donations, the hospital was able to complete a new Dialysis Center located south from the hospital at 81 E 900 N. The facility boasts 12 dialysis stations, with new state-of-the-art dialysis machines, including an FDA-approved water-filtration system.
In 2015, the hospital launched a much-needed service for our community and central Utah by providing oncology services that include onsite chemotherapy treatments as well as consultations with oncologists. In 2017, the new Women's and Newborn Center was opened, and an Emergency Department expansion was completed in 2018. We continue to grow to increase the quality and quantity of services that we provide to our community.