Scholarships

Dylan Witschen was a vibrant young teenage boy with a promising future. He excelled in a variety of sports, was very well liked and had a smile that melted hearts. Dylan’s favorite sport was football.

His speed and tenacity were second to none and #7 was a rising star for Anoka Senior High School. Unfortunately, on an August day in 2008, on the field he loved, Dylan’s life changed forever. After making a routine tackle in practice, Dylan had a seizure, the first sign that something was wrong.

He was rushed to the hospital, and after testing, doctors found a very rare cancerous tumor the size of a golf ball on the right side of his brain. The rarity of the cancer was beyond the scope of local doctors and treatment was recommended at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

St. Jude is a world leader in the study and treatment of childhood cancer and other catastrophic diseases. They are funded entirely on donations and have never turned a patient away due to their inability to pay. Any breakthrough in treatment or diagnosis discovered at St. Jude is shared freely with all doctors and medical institutions throughout the world.