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| Stuart Handley Slusher, July 12, 1991-May 10, 2009 |
Pepsi "Hold Hope" Initiative and
NBC story
Stuart’s friend, Steven Ebert,
has made a video to apply for a $50,000 grant from Pepsi for suicide prevention education. The link below will take you to
the Facebook page with the description on the “Hold Hope” initiative.
After you have read it, look halfway
down the left side of the page and you will see a video link. That will allow you to view the incredible video Steven created.
The local NBC affiliate did a story on the project and that can be viewed at the second link.
Please consider
joining the effort and passing it along to friends and family. The grant is awarded to the project with the largest number
of votes.
Thanks.
Alex Slusher
Facebook “Hold Hope”
Inititative and Video link
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=319113994521
 NEW FUNDRAISER FOR STUART'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Be sure to buy the newly designed
tshirt for Stuart's scholarship fund. It is a Carolina blue tie-dye. The front has a heart logo designed from
Stuart's initials and the name of the scholarship fund. The back says "1,600 beat for one" (a reference to Jay
Hudgins poem). Orders are due by January 9th! Click the link below to order a shirt.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEo1V3VqbkRON2U0Sm1qRWFoWGZKUWc6MA
 Stuart
was a gifted student and athlete. He attended Three Chopt and Maybeury Elementary Schools and George H. Moody Middle
School, where he was enrolled in its International Baccalaureate Program. He loved wrestling and baseball and was a
member or co-captain at both middle and high schools. Stuart was a junior at Douglas S. Freeman High School, where he
was co-captain of the Varsity Wrestling Team and had been co-captain of the J.V. Baseball Team. He was a member of the
National Honor Society, reporter on the school newspaper, member of the the Interact Club, and Eagle Scout at Troop 799, and
also a member of the Seventh Street Christian Church, where he served as a Deacon Team Leader and was a member of its youth
group. He was a past member of the Virginia Tigers AAU Baseball Team.
Tax deductible donations
to the Stuart H. Slusher Wrestling and Baseball Scholarship Fund can be mailed to:
213 Riverwood Drive
Henrico,
VA 23229
Please make checks out to Stuart H. Slusher Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Stuart H.Slusher
Memorial Scholarship Fund objectives are:
The Corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable
and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("the
Internal Revenue Code"), including, without limitation, the following primary purpose and objectives:
1.
Award scholarships to assist eligible Douglas S. Freeman High School seniors in funding educational costs of an accredited
college, university, trade, vocational, or other post-high school education.
2.
Award scholarships to assist eligible prior recipients of a Stuart H. Slusher Memorial Scholarship in funding
educational costs of an accredited college, university, trade, vocational, or other post-high school education.
3.
To educate the community about teenage and young adult suicide as a means to prevent such suicides.
We are pleased
to report that the scholarship fund now has grown to over $35,000. The support is broad based, coming from over 200
individuals and organizations.
Click here to download Scholarship Application
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