Enduring Minds

Reminders, affirmations, and pain are all a part of the daily battle of living with a chronic illness.

These themes and more represented in our upcoming film "Swelling in the narrow"

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The reason for the Party! The reason we do what we do! Our Those Who Endure Annual Scholarship.

Thank you to all who attended our event. Because of you, we are able to award THREE scholarships this year.

Hailey Hulse- A past recipient attending medical school at the University of Illinois, Rockford. We wanted to highlight Hailey's persistence. When she first received this award, she was in her senior year in high school. Since that time, she's had to take medical leave from school, but is still on the pursuit for her medical degree to use her lived experience as an orthopedic surgeon

Alana Pinto, a Psychology Major at Duquesne University, and her younger sister, Elise Pinto, who has been accepted to The University of Pittsburgh and plans to major in Biology/Premed

Our scholarship application was closed when I received an email from Alana & Elise's mother, Laura. Laura shared with us how, unexpectedly, two of her daughters were diagnosed and treated surgically for Chiari Malformation. She further explained how both girls were enrolled in College next year. Hearing their story, we wanted to support this family.

Thank you to everyone who supports our organization so that we may support deserving people like this. People who continue their dreams & plans despite their illness or surgery. To read more about their stories or donate head to our website www.enduringminds.com