LOUISVILLE, Ky. – One year after 5-year-old Claudia Wadlington and 4-year-old Riley Lawrence were killed in a hit and run accident near the University of Louisville鈥檚 Belknap Campus, the Woman鈥檚 Club of Louisville has created a memorial scholarship in their honor to support autistic children who want to attend the university鈥檚 STAR program鈥檚 social skills camps. The two girls volunteered as typical peers for one week of the camp which ended only hours before the accident occurred.
鈥淐laudia and Riley spent a week with us last year playing with the campers and helping them learn new skills. We鈥檙e proud to honor their memory with this scholarship fund,鈥漵aid Diane Stuckert, a former Woman鈥檚 Club president and a member of the STAR autism treatment program advisory board.