The Albert Schwabacher Jr. Memorial Athletic Campership

In honor of the late Al Schwabacher, one of the founding members of The Guardsmen, an annual athletic scholarship was created in 1992. Al was a tireless supporter of both young people and athletics. In that memory, this funding is used to send two children to sports camp each summer.

These camps are directed by some of the finest college coaches in the country and staffed by other coaches and outstanding college athletes. These athletes share their enthusiasm, friendliness, maturity, and character and their positive example as a role model is as important as their teaching ability.

Recent recipients of this award include:

2000 Anne Blakestone Perez
1999 Maria Lopez
1998 Carlos Palmeros

Peter Ivy Lee III, Memorial Fund

The Peter Ivy Lee Memorial Fund was established by The Guardsmen in honor of eleven year old Peter Ivy Lee, III following his accidental death in 1959. At the age of seven, Peter began helping The Guardsmen in many ways.

During the Christmas Season, after school, Peter helped the Guardsmen at the Tree Lot and in the spring, he sold hundreds of tickets for the Spring Fund Drive. The gift from this fund, in the form of a scholarship to an institution of higher learning, is awarded annually to a Guardsman camper, past or present, to assist in his or her college education.

Recent recipients of this award include:

1997 Demetrius Jackson
1998 Nicholas Garcia
1999 Joseph Leong
2000 Sita Resnick
2001 Anthony Va'i