Welcome!
We're excited to share with you how the Bedford Education Foundation (BEF) partners with the community to open doors of opportunity for students to help ensure a strong future. We know that it takes many people with a shared vision to help create positive transformation. And when that happens in individual students or in groups of students, it’s magical! Helping people assist students in need, connecting passions with possibilities, and creating lasting legacies…these are the things that drive the BEF. Please browse our Web site to discover areas of interest that stir your heart. Feel free to contact the Foundation to find out more. We always enjoy sharing success stories and helping educators and students follow their dreams.
Who We Are
The Bedford Education Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) and non-partisan organization whose mission is to support academic excellence of the Bedford, New Hampshire public schools by raising and providing funds for the benefit of its students.
Consistent with this mission, the BEF will raise monies from individuals and businesses through an annual appeal and community events, and channel these funds back to the schools through a grants program. Teachers, staff and administrators will be able to apply for grants from the BEF each year. (Read more)
The 2012 Grant Cycle is now Underway!
The 2012 Grant cycle is now under way.
Happenings
Grant helps teacher bring Galapagos to Bedford -- Bedford, NH -- Novemeer 06, 2009 -- A science teacher from Ross A. Lurgio Middle School traveled to the Galapagos Islands this summer, but not for vacation. She used the experience to enhance her classroom curriculum. Over 10 days, Julie Astbury traveled to four different islands where she learned about evolution, adaptation and invasive species. Click here to read the entire article.
BEF Featured on BCTV -- September 17, 2009 -- The BEF was featured on the latest edition of Current Affairs on BCTV. This video features many of the past BEF grant winners and details about how their grant are impacting the students of Bedford schools. Click here to view the episode.
Bedford, NH --June 02, 2009 -- The Bedford Education Foundation (www.befnh.org) just completed its third annual grant cycle. The Bedford Education Foundation (BEF) is a non-profit and non-partisan organization whose mission is to support academic excellence of the Bedford public schools by raising and providing funds for the benefit of its students. read more
The BEF is accepting applications for the BEF Program and Summer Fellowship Grants --This is the third Summer Fellowship program grant cycle. The summer fellowship program is designed to allow Bedford educators an opportunity to obtain funding to attend courses, seminars, conferences or workshops that are NOT for credit towards a degree program.
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