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What Scholarship Recipients are Saying
Letters from Scholarship Recipients will soon be posted.
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The Ashley Foundation is in the News!
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You can help the
Ashley Foundation
Install the
- Ashley Foundation - YaHoo! -
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Using the
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for deserving students and their teachers.
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to
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Ashley Foundation Toolbar
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was founded for and is dedicated to provide financial assistance to students of bowed string instruments and
their teachers with published music, supplies and tuition. It would be Ashley's wish that dedicated students
of music have every opportunity to find the joy she experienced as her talent grew.
- The Purpose of this Foundation -
Ashley worked hard to become a violinist. Her studies included Private lessons, Group lessons, Music
camps, Workshops, School Orchestra, Church Orchestra, and her own hard work practicing.
Through her years of study, she attended many special programs to advance her talent. These included participating in the
Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra, Florida State University Summer Music Camps, and String Workshops
throughout the Southeast.
She worked to seize any opportunity to participate in music education programs.
These type of programs are often beyond the financial feasibility for many families to allow their children
to attend.
Students and teachers need help, and we are here to provide it.
- A Letter From Ashley's Friend! -
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Memories of our Friend
I was looking forward to seeing Ashley again. Such a delightful
young woman; she was someone whom you look forward to seeing again
and again. She was so proud to be in college and to be working
toward her academic career goal - a major in political science.
I would have voted for Ashley, no matter what she was running
for. I have worked with many young people in my life and career
- young people of different interests, orientations, and attitudes
toward life. Ashley was special. Bright, generous, creative,
talented, kind, open, honest and sincere in every way.
I remember one special time a couple of years ago. Ashley and my
young daughter, who was about 6 years her junior, were playing
violin in front of my family's business on Aviles Street in the
old town. Delighted tourists stopped to listen and offered tips
for the young performers, many assuming that they were sisters.
Ashley insisted that my daughter take all of the money and made it
very clear to me that she was there to help my daughter to feel
more secure and less shy about playing for others. She didn't "feel right" about accepting the money
when she was there to help a child.
Ashley was a nurturing person and a compassionate leader. She
really seemed to love and enjoy teaching, entertaining and
relating to children. Yet it was her cheerful, easy way of
relating to people of all ages that commanded my respect. While
courteous and tolerant with older people, as well, it became
clearly evident as we knew her that this young woman had a mind of
her own. She was not easily influenced and could think for
herself.
What a wonderful leader such an individual would be for the adult world and the
world of the future, too. I have wondered, at times, if God can
make a mistake. Yesterday, a friend told me that when a special
person is taken away from us it means that God had very important
work for them to do in another place.
Ashley Willwerth cheerfully and courteously copied and collated the summer, 2004.
Interfaith Perspective (Volume 2, Issue 3). I looked forward to
seeing her when I delivered the Fall issue to her. I didn't get it
ready in time. Now I look forward to seeing Ashley and working
with her in the next life. Because I too, believe that God has a
continuing purpose for this very special person in another life,
at another time.
Lenora S. J. Silver,
Director
Interfaith Counseling Services, St. Augustine Fl.
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