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 of Massachusetts
We used our recent name change as the catalyst to begin a new era for the Foundation. We invited one of the Network’s founders, Susan Hammond of scHammond Advisors, who facilitated the day’s activity along with several guests, who gave up a day of work to bring their creative minds and thoughts to help share in our newdirections and vision:
- Janet LaBerge – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
- Jacqueline Collins – Partnering for Performance
- Darlene Calcagno – Cuisine By Darlene & Downtown Women’s Group
The Foundation thanks all of these people who donated their time to help us think out of the box, and with Susan’s direction we now have a Master Plan in place to continue to work on for the next year or two to help propel us to the next milestone. We have been getting some very interesting positive comments from the community as the need is very great so Watch Us Soar!
Thanks to everyone who donates to this worthy cause as you, too, all have a stake in the outcome: and you do make a difference in people’s lives! Following is a letter received from Heidi M. DeCourcey who was unable to attend the scholarship event but wanted to share her thoughts with all of you.
Re: Scholarship
presentation June 23, 2011
Dear Mrs. Johnson:
I would first like to say that I am honored and appreciate that I was picked to be a recipient of the SSWBN Educational Foundation Scholarship but I am sorry to say that I will not be able to attend the presentation due to that I will be in school that evening and could not get the night off from my class. I am regretfully sorry that I will not be able to attend this wonderful event. I would have enjoyed to thank everyone for their contributions and kindness to make this scholarship possible for us.
I have had a very busy schedule this summer, I am currently taking three night classes at Curry College and a EMT course at EMS Academy during the day. I will start my Nursing program this fall at Cape Cod Community College, and I will graduate in 2013. Also, I will continue to finish my bachelors in psychology with a minor in sociology and concentration in heath psychology in the spring of 2012. On top of this I am a single mother of two sons ages 12 and 9 and work 40 hours, the 11pm-7am shift at Jordan Hospital Emergency Room as a clinical attendant. Again, thank you for your awarding me this scholarship: it will be so helpful in my journey in my education.
Sincerely,
Heidi M. DeCourcey
The Massachusetts Educational Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to making a difference in the lives of women over 35, enabling them to transition to a more rewarding career, by providing scholarships for education. Donations are tax deductible to the extent of IRS regulations.
