10/30/2008

The Simsbury Volunteer Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary is pleased to announce the newly created Bowman-Kerr Scholarship. This scholarship is commemorative of two women who have given back to the community of Simsbury a total of over 300 years combined volunteer work. Lucy Bowman volunteered on the Simsbury Volunteer Ambulance for over 30 years and is currently in her 48th year as a member of the SVFCLA. She was also a 40 year volunteer on Simsbury's Public Safety Committee, active in the local, state and national levels of Homemaker Health Service for 20 years until is was absorbed by the Visiting Nurses Association, a Girl Scout leader for 7 years and a co-founder of Simsbury's Meals on Wheels program. Marion Kerr volunteered with SVFCLA for over 50 years, the Simsbury historical Society for 25 years and was deaconess of First Congregational Church in Canton Center. Both women were named Simsbury Hometown Heroes.

The $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to an applicant who exemplifies the volunteer spirit of these two women. The applicant must be an active or past member of the Simsbury Volunteer Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary, Simsbury Volunteer Fire Company, Simsbury Fire District, a relative of a volunteer in one of these organizations or a Simsbury resident with a volunteer background entering an accredited fire, police or EMS program. This scholarship is not limited to high school students but the applicant must be accepted by or currently enrolled in one of the aforementioned programs.

The application was available online, at the Simsbury High School or at the dispatch office of the Firetown Firehouse [corner of Firetown Road and Hoskins Road].