Naomi Johnson is the 2025 Crookston Firefighters Association Memorial Scholarship recipient.
The scholarship honors all past members of the Crookston Firefighters Association who are no longer with us. It was made possible by an endowment sponsored by the Association’s charitable gaming.
We use charitable gaming to fund our life-saving equipment and fire apparatuses. A portion of those proceeds is also given to local community non-profit causes with an emphasis on children’s programs and activities. Crookston Firefighters Association has charitable gaming at the One N Only Bar and Grill, Crookston Inn, Scobey’s Pub and Grub, Snow Sled Inn Bar and Grill, and Minakwa Golf Course.
The scholarship fund is also funded by generous donations from the local community. Individuals and businesses have donated to this local community scholarship. Several of our former firefighters have, in their passing, requested that memorials be made in their name to this scholarship. Making the Crookston Firefighter Memorial Scholarship even more meaningful to our past, present, and future firefighters.
Naomi is a 2025 graduate of Crookston High School. In the fall, she will attend Alexandria Community and Technical College, where she will study pre-speech pathology and play soccer. She plans to finish her degree at Minnesota State Moorhead. Naomi’s strong academic record, along with her many extracurricular activities and devotion to community service, made her a well-rounded recipient of this year’s award.
The CFA Memorial Scholarship is for a graduating high school senior residing in the city of Crookston or one of the townships served by the Crookston Firefighters Association. The townships we serve are Crookston, Roome, Eldred, Euclid, Belgium, Fanny, Parnell, Lowell, Andover, Fairfax, Gentilly, Kertsonville, Hammond, and Russia. Applicants must plan to attend a two-year college or four-year university.