The Hannah Warburton Resilience Award is a $500.00 cash award established for Utah high school seniors who have shown resilience in overcoming difficult obstacles to completing their high school education. Fifteen Utah seniors will be awarded at the end of each school year.
Celebrating Resilience
Apply for the award by sharing an essay with your story of resilience about how you graduated (or will graduate) in the face of tremendous obstacles. You may not graduate at the top of your class, but deserve an award for the courage and strength it took to get where you are.
We want to recognize what you've overcome!
Every year at high school graduations across the country, students receive awards for their outstanding efforts. Why aren’t the kids who struggle acknowledged? There are kids who face overwhelming odds and exhibit tremendous resilience to simply graduate. We want to acknowledge these amazing kids!
How Does It Work?
What is the Award?
The Hannah Warburton Resilience Award is a $500.00 cash award established for Utah high school seniors who have shown resilience in overcoming difficult obstacles to completing their high school education and write an essay about their experiences.
Utah seniors will be awarded at the end of each school year. This is not a scholarship, but rather a cash award to offset any costs associated with the recipient’s efforts to attain higher education, including tuition, books, supplies, transportation costs, or simply to take a well-deserved summer vacation.
The number of students awarded is dependant on donations received.
We Share Your Story So It Will Help Others
In the process of applying for this award, students will share their story of resilience. Their stories will go on to help kids of all ages overcome struggles in their own lives. Awardees will be highlighted in their schools, social media, and local news outlets where possible.
We Present The Award
Whenever possible we present this award to the student at their H.S. award assembly. It’s a great way to break the stigma that prevents kids from speaking out when they are in pain. Let’s celebrate resilience!
Award
Stories
Our Daughter Stopped Eating
Our daughter stopped eating.
Balance is the Key for Me
How do we balance medication with self-reliance?
Mental Illness is Real
Mental illness is real!
Katelyn Sorensen, Weber HS, 2017 Awardee
When I was in elementary I had a bad experience that triggered anxiety. I worried about things that most people don't give a second thought to. I worried about silly things. My mind could never rest because of my worries. I tried medication but didn't continue because...
Hopeful Healing from Depression and Anxiety
A mom’s fight with depression and anxiety.
Alexis Gardner, Bonneville HS, 2017 Awardee
I love shopping I've always loved shopping, what teenage girl doesn't? The only problem is, most girls know how much change to give when at the checkout counter. As for me this concept as always been a living hell. Since I was eight I don't know how to count money,...
Megan Eldredge, Weber HS, 2017 Awardee
It can be said that my struggle was a not-so-silent one. On September 18th, 2013, I was involved in a rear-end car accident on my way home from lacrosse. I was on the varsity girls team and just beginning the season. I saw doctor after doctor, and couldn't make it...
I Am Light
Laying in the dark of life is horrific.
Allison Chapman, Weber HS, 2016 Awardee
I have always thought of myself as optimistic and a lover of life, but I have now learned that life is not always an easy journey. It all began in 8th and 9th year I was bullied and struggled once again with my health. Things suddenly took a turn for the worst that...
My Depression Started After I Miscarried
I fought through depression for my children.