Family and Friends of Leah Berends

This scholarship has been established by the Berends family of Grand Rapids, Michigan in memory of Leah Berends, who with a gentle spirit and servant heart dedicated her life and nursing career to helping those who were hurting physically and emotionally. Leah’s family is also grateful to the nurses and medical professionals who surrounded them with compassion during her last days of life on earth. The Berends family hopes to encourage nursing students to embrace the words of Galatians 6:2: “Carry each other’s burdens, and in so doing you will fulfill the law of Christ.”