While we can no longer celebrate with him here on Earth, our family thought what better way to celebrate his memory by letting you all know that together with the Bear Creek/Buck Township Lion's Club, we have established the Theodore D. Carl Memorial Scholarship.
The scholarship, which will award one high school senior each year, is our way of continuing to keep our father's memory alive while promoting the values in which he so strongly believed in, education being paramount.
We will spend the majority of 2014 raising funds to support this scholarship. Our goal is to give a substantial financial award each year . . . and of course, this is where you all come in.
On February 16, 2014, my brother Ted and I will run in the Lost Dutchman Half Marathon and 8K race in memory of our father, in an effort to begin raising funds for the scholarship. Dad had planned to watch me run the half marathon this year, had he been able to.
If you had the honor of knowing our father, you know he believed deeply in being honest, giving back to others, and always striving to make a difference. Even if you didn't know him, I am sure you can appreciate these tremendous values. Where others might talk the talk and say they believe in these principles, our father walked the walk every single day of his life and we hope to honor him, by helping students pay for their college educations.
We would be so appreciative if you could support my brother and me in our efforts to begin raising funds for the scholarship.
At this time, you can do so through the following ways:
1. You can write a check to the "Bear Creek/Buck Township Lions Club" and hand that check to my brother or me, or mail the check directly to the club at:
Theodore D. Carl Memorial Scholarship Fund
C/O Bear Creek/Buck Township Lions Club
P.O. Box 107
Bear Creek, PA 18602
*This form of donation is tax deductible. Please be sure to write "T. Carl Scholarship Fund" in the memo line.
2. You can send a payment directly to me via paypal. My paypal ID is: amcarl@udel.edu
3. If you're super fancy and use venmo, you can venmo the donation directly to me as well by adding me as your friend on venmo and making a payment. Please be sure to write, "T.Carl Scholarship Fund" in the message section.
On behalf of our entire family, we thank you for helping to support this scholarship fund and in turn, keeping our father's memory alive. Men like him only come around once in a lifetime and we were so blessed to have had the honor of having him in our lives.
Please stay tuned for more news and updates on the scholarship, including an Easter-focused fundraising event in April and a poker tournament this Summer. And of course, please feel free to share the news with your social networks - every penny counts.
Remember, each one of us can make a difference, every day.
Sincerely,
The Carl Family
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