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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

After son's death, scholarship aims to be lifeline for rural nursing students

Andrew Hatlestad stands in a field.
Before Andrew Hatlestad died in a car crash in August, he had been studying to be a nurse.
Courtesy of Carolyn Lange

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Carolyn Lange understands the pain a parent feels after their child has died— it’s a pain that never really goes away. She lost her son in August, just down the road from the family farm in Kandiyohi County.

Andrew Hatlestad was just 20 years old, and was studying to be a nurse. Now, Carolyn has started a scholarship in her son’s honor, hoping to provide a lifeline for nursing students in rural west central Minnesota.

To donate to the Andrew Hatlestad Legacy Fund, you can:

  1. Give by Credit Card: Click this link to make a gift through Community Giving/Willmar Area Community Foundation. 

  2. Mail a gift to: Willmar Area Community Foundation, 1601 Hwy 12 East, Suite 9, Willmar MN 56201. Please make checks out to WACF and note Andrew Hatlestad Legacy Fund in the memo.

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