The Old Rochester Regional Tri-Town Education Foundation Lighthouse Fund is a is a growing endowment fund under the auspices of the SouthCoast Community Foundation. With your tax-deductible donation, we provide creative, engaging learning opportunities in our schools.
The Foundation’s mission is to support grants to benefit public education in Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester. Funding is generated from private philanthropic donations to the Lighthouse Fund of the Old Rochester Tri-Town Education Foundation.
The vision of the Lighthouse Fund is to:
Enrich the educational, cultural and civic experience for all our students.
Enhance each student’s success in school, in our communities and in life.
Encourage academic excellence, innovation and creative thinking in our schools.
Bringing people and resources to our schools
Supporting exceptional student projects/opportunities
Enabling collaboration across disciplines, grade levels and schools
Funding professional development consistent with the mission of the Foundation
If you have questions, please contact Paula Meere email and Barbara Moody email, Co-Chairs of the Lighthouse Fund Distribution Committee.
Doreen Lopes, Chairperson email
Margaret McSweeny, Vice-Chairperson email
Barbara Moody, Secretary / Co-Chair of Grant Distribution Committee email
Paula Meere, Treasurer / Co-Chair of Grant Distribution Committee email
Michael Nelson, ORR Administration Representative email
Kathy Ecklund, Grant Distribution Cmte Chair Emeritus email
Robin Rounseville, Rochester Representative email
Nichole McGaffey, Marion Representative email
Margaret McSweeny, ORR School Committee Representative email
Amanda Hastings, Mattapoisett Representative email
Erin O. Bednarczyk, Member At-Large email
Bev Ciaburri, Member email
Reorganization took place at the 09/21/23 meeting
Please join us in thanking our community partners at the Marion, MA branch of Abington Bank. Every time a new checking account is opened in Marion, we receive a donation! There are special accounts for students and their families.
Paula Meere and Barbara Moody accept a recent donation from Abington Bank, 2023.
The fund is managed by the SouthCoast Communtity Foundation.