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Barbara Rogers Hall Scholarship
December 3, 2007
Elizabeth S. Hall, of
Salisbury , has established a permanently endowed scholarship at the Community Foundation in memory of her late daughter, Barbara Rogers Hall, who died in the spring after a long battle with cancer.
The “Barbara Rogers Hall Scholarship Fund” will make scholarships available in perpetuity to residents of
Somerset , Wicomico or
Worcester
Counties who are enrolled in course studies at
Wor-Wic
Community College to become a certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Anyone interested in applying for the scholarship award for the 2008-09 academic year should contact
Wor-Wic
Community College .
Barbara Hall was a 1971 graduate of
Wicomico
Senior High School and graduated from
Towson
University . Early in her career she taught at Wicomico and
Parkside
High Schools in
Salisbury .
After additional college training in
New Jersey , Hall was employed by the New Jersey Department of Public Health. Her specialty was emergency medicine, working as a nurse, a paramedic and a teacher in the field. Barbara Hall was preceded in death by her father, R. Paul Hall, of
Salisbury .
The Community Foundation of the
Eastern Shore is a charitable public foundation that serves the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland by building charitable funds, advising donors, making effective grants and providing leadership to address community needs. In fiscal 2007 the Foundation distributed $3.2 million to the community from 955 grants including 102 scholarships representing $184,000 in awards.
