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In honor of their mother’s 100th birthday observance, the family of Lily Bell Daniels Seabrooks are asking 100 of their closest friends to donate $100 in support of the Lily Bell Daniels Seabrooks Nursing Scholarship Fund.
The funds will be used as tuition assistance for a local Allendale resident who has been accepted into the USC Salkehatchie pre-nursing program.
“Our mother would have made an excellent nurse – she was smart, kind, empathetic, compassionate, and had a heart for healing”, as reminisced by the eldest daughter, Ivory Whitaker.
This fund aims to increase rural student involvement with hopes of eliminating financial burdens while providing academic opportunities. As a child, Seabrooks' children remember her sharing stories of how “Big Ma” would show her how to find herbs and other medicinal vegetation in the woods to tend various ailments.
"Although, her formal education stopped at the 8th grade, we all believed that had she been exposed to a different place and time, and would have pursued a degree in nursing. Therefore, to honor her model efforts to human life, we would like to pay it forward and bless a future nursing student and support that individual’s pursuit of the profession," said Whitaker.
"Can we count on you to be one of the 100 individuals who accepts this invitation by responding yes to pledge your commitment? My siblings and I will match dollar-for-dollar up to the 100-person commitment received. Your pledge is important to meeting this goal," she said.
To donate, visit https://donate.sc.edu/direct-your-gift and direct your gift to fund B12473 - Lily Bell Daniels Seabrooks Pre-Nursing for USC Salkehatchie.
If you prefer, you may mail your donation to:
University of South Carolina
1600 Hampton Street
Office 404L
Columbia, SC 29208
Attn: Chris DeWolf
Please make the check out to the USC Educational Foundation and include B12473 - Lily Bell Daniels Seabrooks Pre-Nursing for USC Salkehatchie on the memo line.
Thanks in advance for your pledge of commitment as we commemorate our mother’s 100th Birthday.
The scholarship announcement will be made at the Scholarship Prayer Breakfast planned during this weeklong celebration September 19-25:
Wednesday, September 21 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - A Day of Community Service/Cemetery Clean-Up & Wreath Laying Ceremony, Magdalene Christian Church, 5875 River Road, Allendale
Thursday, September 22 from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. - Scholarship Prayer Breakfast, Family Homestead, Burton Ferry Road, Allendale
Friday, September 23 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. - A Day of Silence and Corporate Fasting: One-on-One with God
Saturday, September 24 from noon to 2 p.m. - Ushers’ Glove Distribution Drive-by (pick-up), 454 Walnut Street, Allendale
Sunday, September 25 - Church Fan Presentation, Magdalene, Near Rivers, St. Mark, St. James, and Doe Pond. Times vary based on church service programs
