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May 18, 2021
Laura Madara
Carl M. Freeman Foundation and the Selbyville Volunteer Fire Company are partnering to fund a $25,000 scholarship for Sussex County women who want to pursue a career or volunteer as a first responder. The scholarship was named in memory of Laura Madara, the Selbyville VFC member who died while responding to a vehicle accident April 9. The annual scholarship will be administered by Delaware Technical Community College. The Carl M. Freeman Foundation is funding $15,000 and the Selbyville VFC has committed a $10,000 match.
Female students in the emergency medical technician basic certification course or who are taking courses in criminal justice, emergency medical technician, homeland security and emergency management or law enforcement option programs at Delaware Tech will be eligible for the scholarship.
While a room filled with police officers and masked people can conjure images of a bank heist gone terribly wrong, there was an entirely different vibe coming out of Signatures at Bayside on Friday, May 7: one of appreciation.
In what has undeniably been a trying year for nearly everyone on this spinning globe of ours, and a particularly difficult one for first-responders in our section of the world over the past several weeks, people gathered together for the Joshua M. Freeman Valor Awards. It was a day to honor police, firefighters, paramedics and EMTs for their selfless and courageous efforts on behalf of our area citizenry, and, to some extent, a day to celebrate people just being together again, after more than a year of, well⦠not.
The Carl M. Freeman Foundation, in partnership with Selbyville Volunteer Fire Company, recently announced a $25,000 scholarship in memory of Laura Madara, the Selbyville VFC member who died while responding to a vehicle accident on April 9.
The Laura Madara First Responder Endowed Scholarship was announced at the Bethany-Fenwick Chamber of Commerceâs 2021 Joshua M. Freeman Valor Awards on Friday, May 7. The annual scholarship will be administered by Delaware Technical Community College and will be for Sussex County women who are interested in pursuing a career or volunteering as a first-responder. The Carl M. Freeman Foundation is funding $15,000, and the Selbyville VFC has committed to a $10,000 match.
Delaware News Journal
Laura Madara s father stood up and saluted his daughter s coffin with a shaking hand as a sole bugle performed Taps Sunday at the woman s gravesite.
Madara, a Selbyville Volunteer Fire Company member and president of the Ladies Auxiliary, was killed on April 9 after a Selbyville Fire Police truck reversed into her on the scene of a separate vehicle crash. Madara s funeral services resulted in an outpouring of support from numerous different fire companies and departments.
About 100 law enforcement officials, family and friends were in attendance for Madara s funeral service. Fire engines from across the state flanked the path of the procession as residents stood on their front lawns to pay their respects.