Scarborough Society gala raises $17k for Shepherd library

ISSUED: 24 August 2007
MEDIA CONTACT: Valerie Owens
(Scarborough Society gala raises $17k for Shepherd library)

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Pictured (above) are Kathy and Steve Morris.

Pictured (above) are Rod and Lynn Frye.

Shepherdstown, WV--The sixth annual Scarborough Society Gala, held August 17 at the Bavarian Inn, Shepherdstown, raised $17,100 to support the activities of the Shepherd University Scarborough Library. Close to 250 invited guests attended the black-tie event. The theme for this year was "In the Garden," based on a trilogy by best-selling author Nora Roberts.

The presenting sponsors for the event were BB&T Wealth Management, represented by Rod and Lynn Frye, and Jefferson Security Bank, represented by Steve and Kathy Morris.

"We are proud to have supported the gala for the past six years," said Rod Frye, senior vice president for BB&T's Eastern Panhandle Wealth Management Group. "The mission of Shepherd University, as supported by its great library, is rapidly expanding to meet the academic needs of the Eastern Panhandle's dynamic environment."

"We are happy to support Shepherd University in this very successful event that brings together Scarborough Library supporters," said Steve Morris, president and CEO of Jefferson Security Bank in Shepherdstown. "We look forward to the society's continued success."

Ray Alvarez, Scarborough Society president, lauded the event for its success in raising funds as well as its significance in increasing community awareness of the Society's existence and purpose.

The 180-member Scarborough Society, sponsored by the Shepherd University Foundation, was chartered in the spring of 2002 as a friends of the library organization to support and strengthen the Shepherd University library system. In addition to increasing the bound collections, funds raised by the society assist in acquiring, maintaining, and updating the technology necessary to operate a 21st-century library and provide a scholarship for a student library intern.

Memberships in the organizations are available on an annual basis and member's names are engraved on a Wall of Honor located in the new addition to the Scarborough Library. Members receive special library cards and privileges and are placed on invitation lists for library lectures, book signings, musical events, seminars, and receptions.

Anyone interested in becoming a member of the Scarborough Society is encouraged to call the Shepherd University Foundation office at 304/876-5397 or 800/344-5231 ext. 5397.

BB&T Corporation, headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is the nation's 12th largest financial holding company with more than $121 billion in assets. Its bank subsidiaries operate more than 1,470 branches in ten states and the District of Columbia, and nine branches in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

Jefferson Security Bank is a West Virginia state-chartered bank that was formed and opened for business in May 19, 1869, making it the oldest bank in Jefferson County. The bank provides full service banking within its primary market area of Jefferson and Berkeley counties in West Virginia and Sharpsburg, Maryland.

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