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We Need Your Help – NOW

We Need Your Help – NOW

by | Apr 29, 2021

For over 200 years the Scudders have provided direct medical care and comfort to the peoples of India. For over 100 years Scudder families have provided financial support to those medical services through the philanthropic efforts of the Scudder Association Foundation. It is a tradition we have quietly continued. However, not since the turbulent period of Indian Independence in the 1940’s, has the work begun by the Scudders and continued by the thousands of graduates of the CMC Vellore and Scudder Memorial Hospital medical programs come under a graver threat to the welfare of the communities they serve, than now.

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We Need Your Help – NOW

We Need Your Help – NOW

by | Apr 29, 2021

As most of you are aware, there is a health crisis of unimaginable proportion in India today.  While our prayers and thoughts go to all of the people there who suffer, the scope of the Covid infection is too vast for our Foundation to mitigate the crisis nationwide.  We can though, and we must, do what we can for those Institutions, founded by our family, to see that they weather this unprecedented epidemic.

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President’s 2020 Address

President’s 2020 Address

by | Jan 31, 2021

PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS AT THE 2020 ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS OF THE SCUDDER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION, INC. November 16, 2020 Charles S. K. Scudder, President Good evening everyone.  I am glad that you are participating in this virtual Annual Meeting of The Scudder...

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May Your Christmas Be Bright

May Your Christmas Be Bright

by | Dec 24, 2020

And nothing brightens Christmas morning like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir!   To that end, our resident Historian Chair, Margery Boyden, has sent us a link that will support our Christmas prayer, that your Christmas be filled with all the love and joy, this special...

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Like Father Like Son

Like Father Like Son

by | Oct 21, 2020

  Recently Rajaratnam Abel, contacted our President Charles Scudder, whom he met last year on the Scudder Foundation's bicentennial return to India. Abel was putting the finishing touches on his most recent book, Dr. John Scudder: World's First Medical...

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2018 Bicentennial Reunion

2018 Bicentennial Reunion

by | Dec 9, 2018

The Scudder Association met in Hull, Massachusetts at the Nantasket Beach Resort on October 12- 14, 2018. The Reunion was very special this year.  It was held in the Boston area to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Dr. John Scudder and his wife Harriet’s departure...

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Trip to India – Jan 2019

Trip to India – Jan 2019

by | Nov 30, 2018

The Arrangements Have Been Made Imagine  being 25 years old with a young bride and departing from Boston's Fulton Dock on the 8th day of June 1818. Dr. and Mrs. John Scudder began a four (4) month journey to Calcutta, and on to Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The...

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Scudder Bicentennial Celebration

Scudder Bicentennial Celebration

by | Jul 6, 2018

The Scudders are coming! October 12 -14, 2018   Come with us this fall as we gather in Boston for our next Annual Meeting and to celebrate Dr. John Scudder and his wife, Harriet, sailing for the far east in 1818 to begin the Scudder’s long tradition of medical...

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Let’s Get Social

Let’s Get Social

by | Jan 11, 2017

The Scudder Association is embarking into uncharted waters (for us) by launching a social media effort to reach out to current and potential members. In the coming weeks, we will be "Friending" and "Connecting" with cousins around the world.  It is an exciting time to...

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Help Santa Knock Off Early Christmas Eve

Help Santa Knock Off Early Christmas Eve

by | Dec 19, 2016

    Scudder Association memberships make wonderful last minute Christmas presents. A gift from you that can last a lifetime. A downloadable membership certificate with a gift note will be sent to you for printing in time to put in their stocking or to...

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