SAF Board Member Sherman is
named a Hometown Hero
We always knew she was wonderful and heroic. Now the world knows. Cynthia Sherman, best known to us as Cy, was honored by the Concord (NH) Monitor as one of its weekly Hometown Heroes.
The 87-year-old SAF Board Member and longtime leader was cited by the newspaper for her vigorous fundraising efforts for the annual Crop Walk for Hunger Relief campaign.
In early October, Cy rallied fellow members of South Congregational Church to volunteer to solicit donations and to contribute money to the campaign themselves. Online donations alone totaled $14,000 this year and Cy is credited with raising half of it herself.
Crop Walk collects money for Church World Services, an organization that works toward refugee settlement and offers hunger, poverty, and disaster assistance both in the U.S. and abroad.
Click here to read the Monitor’s article: Hometown Hero Cy Sherman raises money for hunger relief – Concord Monitor
Cy is a descendant of John Scudder, the first American medical missionary to India. She is also the grandniece of the legendary Dr. Ida Sophia Scudder who, among many other accomplishments, founded the renowned Christian Medical College and Hospital in Vellore, India.
She is no stranger to South India and our Scudder missions herself. She went there on three different occasions, helping medical students master the English language.
Her service through teaching and love of children continue today on the home front. She drives each Wednesday to nearby Mill Brook School to share the joy of reading with a class of second graders.
Cy is the widow of another legendary Scudder Association leader, the late Gordon Sherman. Both have played many key roles in our organization. She resides in Concord.
