When deciding who might receive scholoarship assistance, The Board of Ryan's Reach relies primarily on the recommendation of High Hopes Executive Director Mark Desmond. After a family interviews with Mark, he is in the best position to determine their need and ability to pay. Mark, in turn, presents scholarship requests to the Board. After evaluating various factors, we provide a number of scholarships for six month intervals.

At this time we are privileged to provide scholarship assistance to the listed High Hopes students.

Paulina was a victim of a motor vehicle accident on November 18, 2002 in which she suffered extensive brain injury.

George had a severe stroke which lead him to extensive brain damage.

Debbie was a district trainer and very successful manager for Carl's Jr. Restaurant. She was highly regarded and very well liked. Everything changed when Debbie was in a car accident. She spent weeks in ICU and was in a coma for 5 months.

Fernando, a young fulltime student, was hit by a car while driving.

Clifford is a former Boy Scout leader and merit badge counselor for all subjects. His goal was becoming a program specialist for the school district. Unfortunately, Cliff fell on his head and suffered a traumatic brain injury.

Garrett who was a local high school football player, had a promising career ahead of him. Unfortunately he was struck by a car and now has a traumatic brain injury.

Mel is a former pastor at a local church. He often played tennis with family and friends, and it was there at the court, he suffered a heart attack, and subsequently a brain injury from lack of oxygen.

Michael's dream was to be a police officer. He and his family were driving back home after a family outing, and they were struck by a semitruck on the freeway injuring his whole family, sadly some of them perished.

Bo, a football player, was injured on the way home from surfing at the beach. He was a passenger in a car when the driver hit a tree in the center divider of the road and he was ejected from the car.