SHERYL BARON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP THRU PITTSFIELD ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION
The Sheryl E Baron Memorial Scholarship Endowment was established first in March 2018 by Sheryl's father Dr William Baron and his wife Joanna Baron at The Viscardi Center and School in Long Island , an institution Sheryl was enrolled in up until Junior High School. The SDcholarship still exists and is being expanded to include a yearly scholarship presented by us via Pittsfield Rotary Club Foundation.
Sheryl attended the Henry Viscardi elementary School in the 1980's. She then attended Junior High
School and High School in Long Island and graduated college with a teaching degree from Hofstra University.
Sheryl is remembered fondly by staff, teachers, peers and all who knew her as a very happy person who loved life and enjoyed helping children as she got older.
Despite physical obstacles , in her youth she frequently competed in the Nassau County Empire State Games for Physically Challenged where she won many gold medals. She enjoyed wheelchair tennis and softball, as well as swimming and bowling. When she graduated Elementary School , Marie from Sesame Street was guest speaker and after spoke at length with Sheryl. She was so impressed with her and mentioned Sesame Street had always wanted to do some shows showing how wheelchair bound and physically challenged children interacted in life and with other children. She asked Sheryl if she would be interested in starring in their show. She said yes. She joined the Actor's Guild and then Sesame Street Children's Workshop. In late 1990 and early 1991 Sheryl was the star of 2 Sesame Street Shows. While in High Schoql she was a member of the High School Bowling Team
While attending Hofstra University she joined a Service Sorority and went about teaching children how to deal with physical challenges and also teaching others how to interact with those physically challenged. She naturally gravitated towards teaching.
As an adult she did volunteer work for the Nassau Chapter of Pulmonary Hypertension Society.
Throughout her life, Sheryl was a beautiful warm, kind, courageous, generous, strong determined person with an amazing heart for others She left footprints of Courage, Love Kindness and Humor that
even now, that she is gone, leave a trail for others to follow. She had unshakeable willpower.
=She saw sunlight in what was often a bleak horizon
In summary Sheryl Baron had a childs innocent passion for life and an adults sensitive maturity to
approach it and accept her situation with resolve
She would be extremely pleased to know that her caring for others is being continued through this
scholarship
The Sheryl E Baron Memorial Scholarship Endowment was established first in March 2018 by Sheryl's father Dr William Baron and his wife Joanna Baron at The Viscardi Center and School in Long Island , an institution Sheryl was enrolled in up until Junior High School. The SDcholarship still exists and is being expanded to include a yearly scholarship presented by us via Pittsfield Rotary Club Foundation.
Sheryl attended the Henry Viscardi elementary School in the 1980's. She then attended Junior High
School and High School in Long Island and graduated college with a teaching degree from Hofstra University.
Sheryl is remembered fondly by staff, teachers, peers and all who knew her as a very happy person who loved life and enjoyed helping children as she got older.
Despite physical obstacles , in her youth she frequently competed in the Nassau County Empire State Games for Physically Challenged where she won many gold medals. She enjoyed wheelchair tennis and softball, as well as swimming and bowling. When she graduated Elementary School , Marie from Sesame Street was guest speaker and after spoke at length with Sheryl. She was so impressed with her and mentioned Sesame Street had always wanted to do some shows showing how wheelchair bound and physically challenged children interacted in life and with other children. She asked Sheryl if she would be interested in starring in their show. She said yes. She joined the Actor's Guild and then Sesame Street Children's Workshop. In late 1990 and early 1991 Sheryl was the star of 2 Sesame Street Shows. While in High Schoql she was a member of the High School Bowling Team
While attending Hofstra University she joined a Service Sorority and went about teaching children how to deal with physical challenges and also teaching others how to interact with those physically challenged. She naturally gravitated towards teaching.
As an adult she did volunteer work for the Nassau Chapter of Pulmonary Hypertension Society.
Throughout her life, Sheryl was a beautiful warm, kind, courageous, generous, strong determined person with an amazing heart for others She left footprints of Courage, Love Kindness and Humor that
even now, that she is gone, leave a trail for others to follow. She had unshakeable willpower.
=She saw sunlight in what was often a bleak horizon
In summary Sheryl Baron had a childs innocent passion for life and an adults sensitive maturity to
approach it and accept her situation with resolve
She would be extremely pleased to know that her caring for others is being continued through this
scholarship