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The Bill and Kathryn Matthews Memorial Fund
$250,000 Match Met!
Providing access to a high-quality independent school experience can be life changing for students. Supporting middle- and low-income families is a challenge for almost any independent school, where resources are often less abundant than need. The Bill & Kathryn Matthews Memorial Fund was established to help meet that need.
Since 2016, Berwick Academy’s partnership with Whittier Falls (a division of the Dover New Hampshire Housing Authority), has been instrumental in helping to achieve the goal of increasing student diversity on campus while providing a life altering educational experience for local students. Known as The Matthews Scholars, the program’s students have been thriving at Berwick. Each year the students progress exponentially in the academic and social setting at Berwick with the support and encouragement of the School’s dedicated faculty.
In December of 2022, Dick Shafner ‘65, and his wife, Janet Eustis, pledged a match of $250,000 over the next five years towards The Bill & Kathryn Matthews Memorial Fund. We are excited to announce that, thanks to the support of many alumni and friends, this match has been met and the fund has grown to over $630,000 in gifts and pledges!
“It is a pleasure and a privilege to be a small part of the overwhelming success of The Matthews Fund.
Jan and I have personally seen how this scholarship has been a life-changing experience for students from The Dover Housing Authority. It provides a “helping hand up” that will last for generations to come.” Dick Shafner ‘65
The School’s goal is to elevate this fund to $1 million in the coming years, aligning with The Campaign for Berwick. The Matthews Fund ensures a Berwick education will remain accessible to generations of Matthews Scholars.
If you would like to make a contribution to this fund, or to learn more, please contact:
Stephanie Caswell
Director of Leadership Giving & Philanthropy
207-384-6396
Berwick Academy
31 Academy Street
South Berwick, Maine 03908
Contact:
Admission | 207.384.6300
Main Office | 207.384.2164
South Berwick, Maine 03908
Contact:
Admission | 207.384.6300
Main Office | 207.384.2164
Berwick Academy, situated on an 80-acre campus just over one hour north of Boston, serves 520 students, Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 and Postgraduates. Berwick students are from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and several countries. Deeply committed to its mission of promoting virtue and useful knowledge, Berwick Academy empowers students to be creative and bold. Berwick strives to graduate alumni who shape their own learning, take risks, ask thoughtful questions, and come to understand and celebrate their authentic selves.
