Malone scholarship fund tops $50,000 in honor of lost sisters
By Liz McAvoy | January 27, 2011The Jamie and Paige Malone Scholarship has raised more than $56,000 since it was established in honor of the Malone sisters, said Brian Eckert, media relations director for the University of Richmond. Following the July 15 accident that killed Jamie, a rising junior, and Paige, who graduated last May, the Malone family requested that donations be given to a building fund for Camp Anchor. Both sisters had been counselors at the camp for special-needs children in Hempstead, N.Y. The fund reached its goal so quickly that the family contacted President Edward Ayers to set up a scholarship fund to honor the women. "As word of Jamie and Paige Malone's death in the July 15 accident began to spread in Long Island, Richmond and the university community, the family, fellow students, even people who didn't know the women began contacting the university about setting up a UR scholarship fund in their memory," Eckert said. Around 335 contributors have donated to the scholarship fund so far, Eckert said. Both women were involved in Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
