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JULIA CAMPBELL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The Peace Corps Alumni Foundation for Philippine Development has
established a scholarship fund in memory of Julia Campbell, 40, the
Peace Corps Volunteer who was slain in the Philippines in April
while hiking in the rice terraces of Banaue.
Maureen Carroll, president of the Foundation, said that the
scholarship has already received donations, including one of $1,000
from an anonymous contributor.
As
a Volunteer, Julia worked with a local school in Donsol, a town in
Sorsogon province, helped open an ecology center focused on
wildlife there and created a campaign called 'A Book and Buck' that
rounded up donated books in the United States and money to ship them
to the islands. Recently, she was working as an English teacher at
the Divine Word College in Legazpi City. At the time of her death,
Julia was just weeks away from completing her service and was
planning to attend graduate school.
Julia will receive a posthumous Congressional Medal of Achievement
from the Philippine House of Representatives in June. The medal
citation honors Campbell for having “brought light and joy into the
lives” of many Filipinos. “She epitomized the ideals of the Peace
Corps and of the American people,” the citation reads.
The Julia Campbell Scholarship Fund, established in consultation
with her family, will honor Julia’s memory while expanding the
number of scholars that PCAFPD can assist.
Donations can be made online through
this website or by mailing a check to:
PCAFPD, P.O. Box 100114, Arlington, VA 22210.
Please include a note that your donation is intended for the Julia
Campbell Scholarship Fund.
Julia
Campbell's blog, with entries from April 2005 to January 2007, can
be found at http://juliainthephilippines.blogspot.com.
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