Central Berkshire School Committee Accepts Donations
DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School Committee approved various money, time, and material donations during its meeting on Thursday night.
A car wash fundraising event to fund the Wahconah Student Activity Fund was approved for June 2.
The committee voted to accept donations of time and supplies from LeBeau Landscaping and Excavations for a clean up and revitalization for the football field.
It also approved the donation of a pallet of water equating to more than 2,000 bottles to be donated to Nessacus Regional Middle School from Premium Waters Inc.
The company is donating the water because the label was misprinted and so the bottles cannot be sold. Officials are hoping to use some of the water for the eighth grade trip to Connecticut and any extras would be used for other school events.
The committee voted to accept a donation to the Becket Washington School Library in the amount of $205 in memory of Madeleine Swindlehust and also approved various donations totaling $295 for the Pat Muraca Scholarship within the General Scholarship Fund in memory of Michael Cooney.
The committee accepted state Student Opportunity Act grants in the amount of $107,000, $277,000, and $277,000.
These funds will support the district's interventionists. This money will ensure the district can maintain some of its resources as they lose extra funding from COVID.
Also approved were numerous donations for the general scholarship fund:
- $350 from Christopher Quail for the Quail Inspiration Award
- $1,000 from the John and Carrie Hitt fund for the Honorary Mark Franklin Award
- $500 from Kenneth Harrision for the Jacqueline Harrison Memorial Scholarship Award
- $500 from Sally Soluri for the James "Jim" Soluri Memorial Award
- $75.00 from Jennifer Sheppard for the Mary Ano Memorial Award
- $75.00 from Jennifer Sheppard for the Helen Shepard Memorial Award
- $150.00 from the Class of 1981 for the Class of 1981 scholarship
- $75 from Elizabeth Shepard-Rabadam and Frank Rabadam to the Mary Ano Memorial Award
- $75 from Elizabeth Shepard-Rabadam and Frank Rabadam to the Helen Shepard Memorial Award
- $2,000 from Patrick and Kelly Cullum for the Dorothy Shepard Memorial Scholarship.
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