[1][4][5] Her philanthropy extended to healthcare, as she donated to St. Vincent's Birmingham and the Montclair Baptist Medical Center.
[1] She also donated to the Jimmie Hale Mission, a homeless shelter; the Big Oak Ranch, a residence for at-risk youth;[1] and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
[1][2][3] As a result, she received the Woman of the Year award from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 1986.
[2] They resided in Mountain Brook, Alabama; Aspen, Colorado; and Palm Beach, Florida.
Seven years later, the Birmingham Zoo opened a new exhibit named after her known as the Barbara Ingalls Shook Black Bear Trail.