First aid squad awards scholarships

SHREWSBURY - The First Aid Squad gave memorial awards to two borough students last month.

The Shrewsbury First Aid Squad announced its two award recipients as well as the mailing of the annual fund drive letter in a June 12 press release.

Edward Shembor was named as the recipient of the Betty Clark Memorial Award, a $500 U.S. Savings Bond.

This award is given each year to a Shrewsbury Borough School eighthgrade graduate in memory of Clark, who tragically lost her life while serving as a school crossing guard in 1995, according to the release.

Sarah Cottenoff, who recently graduated from Red Bank Regional High School is the recipient of the Tommy Maletto Award.

The award is given each year to a Shrewsbury Borough resident graduating from Red Bank Regional High School based on an essay about how the graduate fulfills a deep commitment to community service.

This award is given in memory of Maletto, a charter and founding member of the Shrewsbury First Aid Squad who had a deep commitment to helping others.

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n addition to the awards, the First

Aid Squad announced the mailing of the annual fund drive letter.

Along with the letter, residents will receive a chart that can be used to list all medications currently being taken.

Residents are encouraged to keep this chart updated and in a handy location. In an emergency, the medications listed on the chart could be a valuable aid to emergency medical personnel.