On June 30, Robbin F. Hill, Chief Program Officer at the Mid-Shore Community Foundation, presented the Kent County Public Library with a $5000 check from the Reade W. and Mary P. Corr Fund.
Jackie Adams, Director of the Kent County Public Library, said, “The money will be used to update the public service computers, which are in constant use.”
Reade and Mary Corr were educators who made public service their life work. They came to Kent County in 1947. Mr. Corr served as Superintendent of Schools for the next 31 years. Ms. Corr was an English teacher in Kent County Public Schools as well as at Kent School. He was a member of the Chestertown Rotary Club for over 50 years, and he also served as president of the Board of Trustees of the Kent County Public Library. Both were active members of the Friends of the Library. Together, they developed and financed adult literacy programs that took place in the now defunct Campbell Soup Factory on Morgnec Road.
Years after their deaths, the fund in their name at the Mid-Shore Community Foundation continues to support endeavors that were important to them.
Marty Stetson says
They were truly nice people and it was a privilege and a joy to have know them both.