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The Carla Cunningham
Foundation
To Honor
Carla Cunningham 8/26/38 - 3/6/00
History & Purpose:
In December of 2000 a group of Carla Cunningham’s friends and family set up
a not-for-profit foundation known as The Carla Cunningham Foundation.
In 2001 we received our not-for-profit status from the IRS. When Carla
was active in Zonta (an international women’s service organization) she was
one of the Zontians who helped create the Women’s Another Chance Program.
So we thought it fitting to follow in the tradition that was truly hers.
She had great compassion for single mothers who struggle to better
themselves and their families by returning to school. Her own mother
raised her five daughters single-handedly and was always struggling to make
ends meet and, although very intelligent, did not have the energy or
resources to further her own education. She instilled in her daughters
a keen desire to learn. Carla became a counselor in 1971, receiving
her Masters in Education and Counseling from St. Louis University. She
opened a private practice in 1973 after working for a few years at Wohl
Center. She had an active private practice in which she helped many
many people until just a few months before her death in March of 2000.
The purpose of The Carla Cunningham Foundation is to sponsor scholarships
for single mothers who are trying to further their education. For the
past three years (2001, 2002 and 2003) we have sponsored one student at St.
Louis Community College and one student at Harris Stowe with tuition and
some money toward books. We would love to continue and even increase
this goal.
Fund-Raising:
Since the beginning of The Carla Cunningham Foundation we have relied on the
generous private funding of people who knew and loved Carla and who had a
desire to see her name go forward in history through these scholarships.
We are a handful of close friends who have created and fostered this
Foundation. As time goes forward we would like to see others who did
or did not know Carla support the effort. With time, we would like to
have enough principle to keep the Foundation going and use interest from
that principle for the scholarships. We hope to see more funds going
into that principle each year.
Most recently Donna Kitchen sponsored a book sale from Carla’s personal
collection of books. She was able to donate $6000 to the Foundation
from the proceeds after expenses. Moreover, private donations were
made directly to the Foundation of $1780 as a result of the sale.
While we are still determining how we want to raise money in an on-going
way, all donations are welcome. Please mail donations to:
The Carla Cunningham
Foundation
2601 Sutton Avenue
Maplewood, MO 63143
To receive more information,
call Donna Kitchen at 314-781-9400.
Board of Directors:
Maurice L. Hirsch, Ph. D. President
JayAnn Whaley, Esq., Treasurer
Donna Kitchen, LCSW,
Secretary
Victoria Dillon
Patricia Feeney, APR
Betty Jo Takahashi (Carla's sister)
Donald Wolff, Esq.
Harriette Yeckel, Ph. D.
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