Dick and Sue Basford with Community Foundation Trustee Martin Lapera

Basford Family Fund Opens at Community Foundation

April 3, 2008: Lifelong Frederick residents Dick and Sue Basford are committed to helping others achieve their goals through education. Having successfully raised and educated their three children Adam, Andrew, and Emily, they understand the financial effort it takes to realize educational dreams.

As a retired partner in Keeney and Basford Funeral Home, Dick says that he and Sue, a career educator presently teaching part-time at Yellow Springs Elementary School, know there are many challenges to achieving an education, chief among them finding the financial resources to complete post-secondary schooling. That first-hand knowledge, coupled with a lifelong appreciation of the skilled trades people who provide necessary everyday services to others, led the Basfords to establish The Basford Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Frederick County.

“We want to help people interested in pursuing a career in the trades or technical arena who need financial help in accomplishing their goals through education,” said the Basfords. “We are pleased to be able to do so in a way that will impact the future of Frederick County residents each and every day.”

The first scholarships from The Basford Family Fund will be awarded in June.

Dick and Sue Basford are among the many generous citizens seeking to create positive and lasting change through philanthropy by working with the Community Foundation to create funds that provide scholarships to deserving students and grants to area nonprofits serving people in need. Because of the trust donors have placed in the Community Foundation, over $17 million has been returned to the Frederick County community since 1986.

Those interested in helping students interested in pursuing a career in the trades or technical areas may make a secure online donation to The Basford Family Fund.  To do so, click here. Donations by check, with the Fund’s name inserted in the memo line, may be made payable to The Community Foundation of Frederick County and mailed to 312 East Church Street, Frederick, Maryland 21701. All donations are tax-exempt to the fullest extent of the law. Additional information about the Community Foundation is available by calling 301.695.7660.