Scholarship Applications Due Now

The Massachusetts Educational Foundation Inc. Scholarship Applications Due Now – May6th . Spring time, what a wonderful time of year as the trees and gardens start to renew themselves for another year. It also means that the application season has begun for the MEF. In the spirit of paying it forward we need your help [...]

Business Benefits of Giving

As we dive into 2012, like you, the Massachusetts Educational Foundation is in the process of lining up our events for the year, including fundraising efforts, awareness generating campaigns and of course reviewing and selecting our scholarship recipients.  We’re all about supporting women in career transition, and ironically we’ve gone through a major transition ourselves [...]

It’s Scholarship Time

It’s scholarship time at The Massachusetts Educational Foundation!  All of the fund-raising efforts that we have undertaken throughout the year now come into play as we prepare to award scholarships to deserving women who have proven themselves to be smart, resourceful and focused on their careers. The Board of Directors has reviewed each and every [...]

Pay It Forward – A message from Janet LaBerge

Every time that the Massachusetts Educational Foundation sponsors a breakfast, they always have the most inspirational speakers. I was blown away by listening to Siiri Morely, founder of Prosperity Candle. Siiri demonstrates how to be a good citizen of the world and serves as an example that other small business owners can follow. I have always [...]

Massachusetts Educational Foundation September 2011

The Massachusetts Educational Foundation is the new name for the former SSWBN Educational Foundation … same great people, same great mission! The Mass.ED Fund just completed its annual meeting in August and welcomed three new members to its Board of Directors: Ava Glaser- Market America Beth Harper-MacDonald, Crittenton Women’s Union Jacqueline McCarthy – Coffee News [...]

Educational Foundation August 2011

What a wonderful time it is for the Massachusetts Educational Foundation, Inc.(formerly the SSWBN Educational Foundation Inc).  Yes, you heard right: the name has changed – but our mission has not. The Massachusetts Educational Foundation is broadening its scope of awareness to raise awareness throughout the areas we serve.  The by-laws state that our work [...]

Deserving Recipients, Inspirational Stories

By the time this article appears, Celebration! will have taken place. We hope you attended and got to meet our always deserving scholarship recipients, because that’s why the Massachusetts Educational Foundation exists. We are consistently moved by the incredible stories that we hear from our candidates. After our application review and interview process there were [...]

March SSWBN Newsletter

Educational Foundation Three important dates top our list this month: The Annual Educational Foundation Breakfast sponsored by our Board Applications for Learning Lottery grants Applications for the 2011 Scholarship Awards. Reserve your seat now for the April 28th Breakfast, sponsored by the Board Members of the Educational Foundation.  You don’t want to miss our fabulous [...]

April SSWBN Breakfast – A Success for the Education Foundation.

Each year the Directors of the Education Foundation join together to sponsor a breakfast meeting for the SSWBN. We are responsible for the program and guest speaker, and this year’s a dynamic speaker to inspire us all! Our main speaker for the morning was Ja-nae Duane. Listening to her describe her many careers and explain [...]

January SSWBN Article 2011

Happy New Year!  I would like to remind you to compile the information for all of the donations that you have given in 2010 that may be deductible on your tax return. Be sure to complete a written list and make sure that you have receipts and/or proof of payment of each donation.  Proof of [...]