PEOPLE's own Alison Schwartz died of complications from the coronavirus April 28. She was just 29 years old.
She was remarkably generous. One of her final deeds, , was to send one of her college roommates, now a nurse, a gift card to thank her for her work in the trenches against the coronavirus. That friend would use the card to buy more protective masks for her team, who are fighting the disease that would eventually kill Alison.
She is survived by her parents, Richard and Robin Schwartz of Wellington, Florida, her brother Dr. Adam Schwartz of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, her PEOPLE family, her scores of best friends, and all the animals she had yet to love. She is surely with her beloved grandma, playing Rummikub and indulging in gossip about everyone they both knew. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Dreyfoos School of the Arts Foundation Alison Schwartz Memorial Scholarship.
Alternatively, you can spend an inordinate amount of money shopping for holiday decorations, which she adored, or making pumpkin-flavored baked goods, her favorite regardless of season. A scholarship in Alison’s name at her high school, The Dreyfoos School of the Arts, has been set up by her parents Robin and Richard Schwartz and her brother Dr. Adam Schwartz. To donate,
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