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Sand Dollar Foundation
Friends Alumni and family: I
received this from John Wolf via e-mail on July 2, 2004 establishing
a memorial foundation for Bill. -db
Sand
Dollar Foundation
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The
Legend of
The Sand Dollar |
William “Bill” Talbot
was a 23-year old student at the Santa
Barbara City College where he was enrolled in
the Marine Diving Technology Program (MDT). Bill was an
excellent student and was a leader in his class. Students
in the MDT are encouraged to help their fellow students
with the use of “sand dollars”.
If a student requires help, other students may help
them by giving them a sand dollar. This sand dollar
allows the giver to provide an answer or help to
the one in need. Just as in real life, Bill was always
eager to help and rarely had a sand dollar left in
his pocket to give. This didn’t stop Bill from helping, when he didn’t
have a sand dollar, he would “borrow” one from another friend to
give it to the person in need.
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This
simple concept of giving assistance to others was the
core of Bill’s nature. As a brother, he helped me time
and time again with projects around the house or whenever
I was in need. Bill and I liked to joke about how he tilled
my backyard three times over 4 years preparing for the
lawn we finally put in together this past fall. In honor
of his memory, the families of William Charles Talbot are
creating the Sand Dollar Foundation, a charitable organization
to help those in need. The family requests Donations to
the Sand Dollar Foundation in Bill’s memory.
In this way Bill can continue to help people forever.
William
Charles Talbot Memorial Scholarship
The first mission of the foundation is to create the William Charles Talbot Memorial
Scholarship Fund for students overcoming adversity and making a change in their
lives in the Marine Diving Technology Program at the Santa Barbara Community
College. Bill’s dream of a career under the sea was tragically cut short
but now he can give sand dollars to his classmates on into the future.
The family is currently organizing the non-profit foundation. In the interim,
please make checks out to John Wolf or Michelle Welch and send then to checks
to the Sand Dollar Foundation / John Wolf, 823 Los Alamos Avenue, Livermore,
California 94550.
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John
Wolf- July 2, 2004 |
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Memories of Bill Talbot |
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