Foundation set up in her honour

This was announced during Banfield’s funeral service by Pastor Leslie Moses, as he contributed to the service.

“Shannon’s death will not be in vain,” Moses proclaimed. “Her impact in death is more than many of us will have in our whole lifetime.

Her death should ignite in us today and continuing, a hatred for crime and violence. I urge us as a people to stand up and fight against criminality and violence that is perpetrated against all people.” Moses said that while Shannon’s death has sparked a phenomenon which has raised awareness to violence against women, there are several persons in the nation that are falling victim to many types of violence. It was this knowledge that prompted the Barrow family, with the assistance of the San Juan Seventh-day Adventist Church to launch the foundation.

The foundation will focus on promoting personal safety techniques heighten the awareness of violence against people and will develop an educational fund to grant scholarships among women who are survivors of physical violence. During his contribution Moses said he had already received a donation of $10,000 from the South Caribbean Conference, another Seventh-day Adventist body, and was informed by the Caribbean Union Conference that they intend to match the donation dollar for dollar. The congregation was told that the same devotions will be made from Seventh Day Adventist bodies nationwide, and the San Juan Seventh Day Adventist Church expressed its intention to approach Republic Bank, the bank where she worked, to assist with funding of the foundation. Moses was among several other speakers at Banfield’s funeral who urged the nation to take a stand against violence and crime.