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Dear neighbors,
I'm writing with sad news this time. Many of you know Boo Crofton - she and her family lived for some time in our neighborhood when it was new. She also served in recent years on the Wissahickon School board. She was a wonderful person. She passed away early today from cancer. I am forwarding the information about her memorial service and opportunities to donate in her name if you are interested.

Thank you,

Carol Pfister
gwyneddknoll@gmail.com
215-661-8775

We will hold a memorial service for Boo on Sunday, May 2nd at 7pm. The service will be held at the Gwynedd Friends Meeting House at the intersection of DeKalb Pike (US202) and Sumneytown Pike in Lower Gwynedd, PA.

The service will be followed by a dessert reception at the Meeting House.

In lieu of flowers, Boo asked that you consider making a donation to one of the following charities:

1.) The Boo Crofton Memorial Scholarship Fund

We are establishing a fund that will grant an annual scholarship to a graduating Senior from Wissahickon High School (where Boo served on the School Board and our 3 kids graduated).  Students will be selected based on their efforts to build the Wissahickon community at large.

Donations should be made out to:

Wissahickon School District/Boo Crofton

and sent to:

Wissahickon School District Central Office
500 Knight Road
Ambler PA, 19002

2.) SAGE: Scholarship for Advanced Guyanese Education

SAGE was founded by Molly and her colleagues who volunteered to teach in Guyana (that's South America, NOT Africa). Frustrated by the lack of opportunity for even their best students, they formed this organization to provide scholarships to the National University in Georgetown.  

Donate online at: http://www.sageguyana.org

or send checks made out to "Scholarship for Advanced Guyanese Education" to

1505 Township Line
Lower Gwynedd PA, 19002

3.) THON:

THON is the largest student-run charity in the world, raising over $7.8M to battle children's cancer this year, and to ease the burden of these diseases on the patients and families.

The students' efforts and the spirit of the children gave Boo inspiration as she participated in the final events in 2010, where Sam completed a 46 hour dance marathon.

To make a donation, go to:

http://www.thon.org/donors
There is a section to identify who the donation is in honor of, and a slot to email notification to us: send to jcrofton@sarnoff.com, or bcrofton89@hotmail.com

Thanks.


This is an additional idea for those who knew Boo well....  from Molly.    
Subject: [LHH] The BOO memory Project

While I hesitate to ask for even one more favor, I'm often asked by folks what they can do to help - my stock answer is now "Join the Boo Memory project"

In order to preserve as many memories of Boo as we can, we are collecting and organizing them.  We already have a big head start with all the emails that have flooded in over the past year.

If you have a story, a kind word, or a picture that you want to share, please consider adding these to our collection (no flamingos, PLEASE!).


You can participate by:

1. e-mailing to bcrofton89@hotmail.com

or 2. mailing to "Boo Memory Project", 1505 Township Line Road, Lower Gwynedd, PA, 19002

or 3. contribute them to this website. add stories to the "Message Board" or photos to the "photo gallery", both accessible from the Home page.





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