Shirley Manbeck Veterinary Scholarship Fund
Established 2003
According to the Last Will and Testament of Shirley R. Manbeck, “The Shirley Manbeck Veterinary Scholarship Fund” was established exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes – to provide financial assistance to Schuylkill County students who graduate from college and have been accepted to a Veterinary School of Medicine with preference to those residents who graduated from either Tamaqua, Pine Grove or Schuylkill Haven High Schools.
Schuylkill Area Community Foundation established the Shirley Manbeck Veterinary Scholarship Fund Advisory Committee consisting of local veterinary doctors; Julie Buzby Snyder, DVM, Sara Thornton, DVM, James Fridirici, VMD and Donna Truesdell, DVM.
Each year, the Advisory Committee will make recommendations to the Foundation Scholarship Committee on the student(s) to receive the scholarship.
The first recipients of this scholarship shared $3,824.06.
This fund provides scholarships to Schuylkill County students who graduate from college and have been accepted by a Veterinary School of Medicine with preference given to those residents who graduated from either Tamaqua Area, Pine Grove Area, or Schuylkill Haven Area High Schools.
