Two children at center for visually impaired receive scholarships honoring Terri LaManno

The family of Terri LaManno on Wednesday met with the children who received scholarships given in her name to the Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired.

LaManno’s family established the Teresa R. LaManno Scholarship after she and two others were shot and killed in April 2014 outside the Jewish Community Center and the Village Shalom retirement community in Overland Park. The scholarship provides occupational therapy for students at the center.

The center announced that this year’s recipients are 2-year-old Eli Aguilar and 5-year-old Layna Talbott.

LaManno worked for eight years as an occupational therapist at the center, including seven years working with babies assigned to CCVI’s infant program. LaManno was the occupational therapist for Layna while she was in the infant program.

Robert A. Cronkleton, bcronkleton@kcstar.com

This story was originally published August 26, 2015 at 11:37 AM with the headline "Two children at center for visually impaired receive scholarships honoring Terri LaManno."