Welcome to the SandAngel Foundation

Our 2026 Holiday Stocking Program is coming soon!
Stay tuned for more details!

The Strolling with Angels
Fall Fun Fest was a
huge success this year – raising
over $25,000 for nursing scholarships
and to grow our endowment.
Pictures & Photos are shown below!

Congratulations to the winners of
our 20 raffle baskets.

Thanks to our donors, our endowment is now over
$115,000 – 50% of our long-term goal!

You can help build our endowment to fund
four annual nursing scholarships in perpetuity.
in Memory of Chris by clicking the button below.

Endowment Donation

2025 SandAngel Stocking Program

Thanks to you, our 2025 Stocking Program was a Great Success!
The 2026 Stocking Program will be coming soon!

We were thrilled to announce the return of our SandAngel Stocking program for 2025.

In 2025, we’re partnered with College Hill Fundamental Academy,
a local elementary school serving over 400 students
from kindergarten through 5th grade.

Thanks to you, we achieved our ambitious goal of
494 holiday stockings for their students,
filling up TWO trucks!!!

Thank you for all of your support!

Thank you to all of our Sponsors
and Participants who helped make 0ur 2025
Strolling with Angels 5k a big success!

The 2025 event raised over $25,000 to fund
four nursing scholarships and continue to build
our endowment to fund these in perpetuity.

Thank you to all of our supporters!

Thank you to everyone for making this a very successful and fun event!

We were able to raise nearly $5000 in support of our nursing scholarships and endowment!

2024 STROLLING WITH ANGELS 5k!

Thank you to the 144 in-person participants
and 38 virtual strollers who joined us for the
2024 Strolling with Angels 5k.

Another big thank you to our sponsors, to our basket donors and to those who participated in our raffle.

Through everyone’s generous support, we were able to raise over $18,000 to fund four nursing scholarships and also grow our endowment to fund
nursing scholarships in perpetuity.

We have a few photos below from
the 2024 Strolling with Angels:

Our 10th Annual Holiday Stocking Program

Thank you to our donors who
made our 10th Annual Holiday
Stocking Program a great success!

Thanks to you, we were able to
provide over $10,000 worth of
holiday gifts and goodies
for the students of Riverview East.

A big thank you to all of you who joined us for our 2023 Strolling with Angels 5k
and to our sponsors and donors!

We had a great weather and a great turnout!

With your help, we will be able to fund four nursing scholarships again this year while adding to our long-term endowment.

Enjoy photos from the 2023 Strolling with Angels below:

OUR MISSION

In Memory of Chris Back

The SandAngel Foundation changes lives by providing needs-based scholarships for nursing students and by supporting Cincinnati area schools who educate and enable their students to become society’s future nurses.

With your help, we:

Funded four Scholarships fo University of Cincinnati Nursing Students who had significant financial need over the last seven years!
Established the Chris Back Memorial Endowment to help fund nursing scholarships in perpetuity and set goals to aggressively grow this endowment, which is now nearly $50,000.
Supported hundreds of under-served students at Riverview East, a K-12 public school focused on medical careers, through our holiday stocking program.

Our 2026 Holiday Stocking Program is coming soon! Stay tuned for more details!

The Strolling with Angels Fall Fun Fest was a huge success this year – raising over $25,000 for nursing scholarships and to grow our endowment. Pictures & Photos are shown below!

Congratulations to the winners of our 20 raffle baskets.

Thanks to our donors, our endowment is now over $115,000 – 50% of our long-term goal!

You can help build our endowment to fund four annual nursing scholarships in perpetuity. in Memory of Chris by clicking the button below.

Thanks to you, our 2025 Stocking Program was a Great Success! The 2026 Stocking Program will be coming soon!

We were thrilled to announce the return of our SandAngel Stocking program for 2025.

In 2025, we’re partnered with College Hill Fundamental Academy, a local elementary school serving over 400 students from kindergarten through 5th grade.

Thanks to you, we achieved our ambitious goal of 494 holiday stockings for their students, filling up TWO trucks!!!

Thank you for all of your support!

Thank you to all of our Sponsors and Participants who helped make 0ur 2025 Strolling with Angels 5k a big success!

The 2025 event raised over $25,000 to fund four nursing scholarships and continue to build our endowment to fund these in perpetuity.

Thank you to all of our supporters!

Thank you to everyone for making this a very successful and fun event! We were able to raise nearly $5000 in support of our nursing scholarships and endowment!

Thank you to the 144 in-person participants and 38 virtual strollers who joined us for the 2024 Strolling with Angels 5k.

Another big thank you to our sponsors, to our basket donors and to those who participated in our raffle.

Through everyone’s generous support, we were able to raise over $18,000 to fund four nursing scholarships and also grow our endowment to fund nursing scholarships in perpetuity.

We have a few photos below from the 2024 Strolling with Angels:

Our 10th Annual Holiday Stocking Program

Thank you to our donors who made our 10th Annual Holiday Stocking Program a great success!

Thanks to you, we were able to provide over $10,000 worth of holiday gifts and goodies for the students of Riverview East.

A big thank you to all of you who joined us for our 2023 Strolling with Angels 5k and to our sponsors and donors!

We had a great weather and a great turnout!

With your help, we will be able to fund four nursing scholarships again this year while adding to our long-term endowment.

Enjoy photos from the 2023 Strolling with Angels below:

OUR MISSION

In Memory of Chris Back

The SandAngel Foundation changes lives by providing needs-based scholarships for nursing students and by supporting Cincinnati area schools who educate and enable their students to become society’s future nurses.

With your help, we:

Funded four Scholarships fo University of Cincinnati Nursing Students who had significant financial need over the last seven years!

Established the Chris Back Memorial Endowment to help fund nursing scholarships in perpetuity and set goals to aggressively grow this endowment, which is now nearly $50,000.

Supported hundreds of under-served students at Riverview East, a K-12 public school focused on medical careers, through our holiday stocking program.

Our 2026 Holiday Stocking Program is coming soon!
Stay tuned for more details!

The Strolling with Angels
Fall Fun Fest was a
huge success this year – raising
over $25,000 for nursing scholarships
and to grow our endowment.
Pictures & Photos are shown below!

Congratulations to the winners of
our 20 raffle baskets.

Thanks to our donors, our endowment is now over
$115,000 – 50% of our long-term goal!

You can help build our endowment to fund
four annual nursing scholarships in perpetuity.
in Memory of Chris by clicking the button below.

Thanks to you, our 2025 Stocking Program was a Great Success!
The 2026 Stocking Program will be coming soon!

In 2025, we’re partnered with College Hill Fundamental Academy,
a local elementary school serving over 400 students
from kindergarten through 5th grade.

Thanks to you, we achieved our ambitious goal of
494 holiday stockings for their students,
filling up TWO trucks!!!

Thank you to all of our Sponsors
and Participants who helped make 0ur 2025
Strolling with Angels 5k a big success!

The 2025 event raised over $25,000 to fund
four nursing scholarships and continue to build
our endowment to fund these in perpetuity.

Thank you to everyone for making this a very successful and fun event!

We were able to raise nearly $5000 in support of our nursing scholarships and endowment!

Thank you to the 144 in-person participants
and 38 virtual strollers who joined us for the
2024 Strolling with Angels 5k.

Through everyone’s generous support, we were able to raise over $18,000 to fund four nursing scholarships and also grow our endowment to fund
nursing scholarships in perpetuity.

We have a few photos below from
the 2024 Strolling with Angels:

Thank you to our donors who
made our 10th Annual Holiday
Stocking Program a great success!

Thanks to you, we were able to
provide over $10,000 worth of
holiday gifts and goodies
for the students of Riverview East.

A big thank you to all of you who joined us for our 2023 Strolling with Angels 5k
and to our sponsors and donors!