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.