The Bedford Mens Club provides two scholarships each year to graduating High School Seniors from Bedford. This scholarship is open to any high school senior who lives in Bedford at the time of graduation from an NH accredited High school and going on to college.
The scholarships will be awarded to seniors who show voluntarism by performing community service and making our community a better place to live.
Graduating senior high school students who wish to apply for the scholarship may complete the application and send it to the Mens Club at PO Box 10338, Bedford, NH 03110
Deadline for applications is April 30th, 2008
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| President David Gilbert presents a check in the amount of $750.00 to Stand By Me representative Lisa Heaps |
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The members of the Mens Club have been long supporters of the Stand By Me program since it's inception. The club feels this is a fantastic event for students to interact with their parents and for parents to interact with their teenagers. Many of the members and their children have participated in the program making it all that much more worthwhile. |
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The Bedford Mens Club recently assisted the Bedford Bob Cats Sports Team with a $1,000. donation for uniforms and help with the cost of sending athletes to the State Summer Games in Durham in June.
The Mens Club is proud to help sponsor these athletes and help them enjoy the opportunity to compete on the state level. The Bedford Mens Club is a local civic organization open to any man who lives or works in Bedford and would like to help make Bedford a better place to live. For more information contact our web site at bedfordmensclub.com
In the photo from left to right is Sue Mullen, Athlete Eddie Wickwire, Athlete Vic Fahey, Shari Daisy and Steve Lawlor Treasurer of the Bedford Mens Club
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| They are at it again; Bedford Men’s Club President Dave Gilbert gives Alison Cummings (left), and Fundraising Chair and Emmy Wyatt (center), chair of “Stand By Me”, a check for $750.00. The BMC have contributed to “Stand By Me” for many years and see it as a great opportunity for the children as well as the parents. |
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Cell phones for soldiers
The club is assisting Cell Phones for Soldiers in collecting used cell phones to support America's troops. Cell Phones for Soldiers was started by 2 Massachusetts teenagers to help buy calling cards to send to U.S soldiers serving in the Middle East. The program will accept any make or model cell phone. Donors are asked to drop off the cell phone with the attached battery. Other accessories will also be accepted. The cell phones are recycled for cash to purchase more calling cards for the troops. Currently there are drop off points at 30 Maple Drive, Cordswainer Gallery, Harvest Market and Normans Family Hair Care, Wal-Mart, Hannaford, Bedford Town Offices, and Sir Speedy. For more information visit http://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com or contact Dave and Heather Michaels at 471-9130.
To date the BMC has collected over 1,000 cell phones for the CPFS program resulting in 60,0000 minutes of talk time for our soldiers who are away from home fighting for our freedom! The program has been expanded to now include printer cartridges, i-pods and other MP3 players and pagers as well.
Thank you again for your support of this great program that helps keep our country free!
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| Dave Gilbert, President of The Bedford Men's Club presents a $750 donation to Michelle Casale, board member of The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill. This brings the amount to $1,750 which The Bedford Men's Club has donated to the Farm towards the purchase of a portable handicap ramp. The ramp will be used to assist disabled individuals participating in the Farm's therapeutic riding program to begin this summer. |
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Bedford Men’s Club donates $1,750.00 to The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill for Handicap Ramp Bedford, NH – The Bedford Men’s club has donated $1,750.00 to The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill towards the purchase of a portable handicap ramp for wheel chair bound children. The ramp will enable the children to be put directly on the horses’ back as part of a therapeutic riding program.
Therapeutic riding promotes the benefit of the horse for individuals with physical, emotional and learning disabilities. For individuals with disabilities, equine assisted activities have been shown to improve strength, balance, coordination, as well as self-esteem.
“The Bedford Men’s Club is a true partner and has been a long time supporter of the Farm”, said Andy Egan, Chairman of The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill. “They have always been willing to help us either monetarily or through manpower. They are a truly caring and altruistic organization.” The Bedford Men’s Club is a non-profit organization designed to promote the betterment of the community. All money raised by The Bedford Men’s Club goes to support their main objective, which is to help support local education and recreational youth programs.
The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill is a non-profit 501C3 organization, established and operated exclusively for the charitable and educational purposes of increasing public awareness of the meaning and importance of sustainable agriculture, specifically including but not limited to the operation of an agricultural education center and working farm
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| BMC member Tom Green presented West High School Senior Sid Prabhakar with a $1,000 scholarship. Sid will be attending the University of New Hampshire at Durham and Economics at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics |
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The Mens Club recently awarded 2 $1,000 scholarships to a young man and young woman who graduated from West High School in Manchester. The Scholarship funds were raised throughout the year in events hosted by the club. The Mens club continues it's support of making Bedford a better place to live by assisting students to continue their education beyond high school. Congratulations to all of the graduating seniors in Bedford this year! |
Donations Made By The Bedford Mens Club
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| Scholarships for Bedford High School Graduates |
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$2,500 |
| Bedford Babe Ruth |
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$1,000 |
| Bedford Bobcats Special Olympics |
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$1,000 |
| Stand by Me |
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$750 |
| Educational Farm at Joppa Hill |
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$750 |
| Bedford High School Newspaper |
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$720 |
| Summer Reading Program at Bedford Library |
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$500 |
| US First Robotics |
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$500 |
| Destination Imagination |
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$500 |
| Bedford Needy Families |
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$500 |
| "I Like Mike" Golf Tournament |
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$500 |
| Timber Town Playground |
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$500 |
| West High School Chamber Choir |
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$350 |
| Bedford Basketball League |
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$300 |
| Eagle Scout Projects |
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$275 |
| Bedford Hornets Softball |
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$250 |
| Bedford Bulldogs Football |
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$250 |
| West High School Theatre Knights |
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$150 |
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| Recurring Donations |
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$8,770 |
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| Total Donations for 2007 |
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$11,295 |
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