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​Scott McGilvray
​ Children’s Fund

The Scott McGilvray Children's Fund is a direct impact program, making a difference ​one child at a time.

Two Decades of Help.

Created in 1996 by NEA–New Hampshire members, the Scott McGilvray Children’s Fund was founded as the New Hampshire Foundation for Teaching and Learning Children’s Fund  with our mission focused on improving teaching, student learning and education for public school teachers and students across the state.  In 2018 we changed our name in honor of Scott McGilvray, educator,  president of NEA NH, and strong advocate for children.

The Fund has distributed over $150,000 in grants to provide basic needs to
  • The mother and her children who left an abusive home in the middle of the night with just the clothes on their backs.  The Fund provided clothing and toiletries so the children could attend school.
  • The high school student who had never been to the dentist, was in a great deal of pain and whose parents could not afford the cost of fillings.  The Fund worked with other agencies to arrange dental care.
  • The abused child whose mom couldn't afford the cost of transportation to counseling.  The Fund supplied gas card to defray the cost.

The Fund is ready to assist children and help them be ready to learn because a child’s physical, social or emotional needs should never stand in the way of classroom success.

SMCF works to provide public school students with items and services needed for school success that are not provided by other agencies.
Things like glasses, clothing, medical care, transportation and school supplies, to name just a few of the ways SMCFL has stepped in with emergency stopgap measures for New Hampshire’s public school children.

Real students. Real families. Real help.

Our mailboxes are filled with cards, notes and letters from the children, families and schools whose lives were improved by grants and gifts from SMCF. 
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“Thank you for your generosity with helping our students.  They are a resilient bunch, but they get down sometimes, especially when they worry about their parents, and  getting evicted, and whether things are going to be okay.  When they receive some warm clothes it gives them confidence and peace."
 
“I just want to thank the wonderful people at SMCF so much for the tremendous gift we were able to provide to a family in desperate need.  Your generosity allowed us to purchase so much clothing that I was truly sick of shopping!  The support you offered has already made the teachers smile because the family received the clothes on Monday and on Tuesday  the children were already wearing the outfits we purchased.  It was wonderful to see!”

You make it happen.

The grant money the Fund uses comes from donations from people like you, and from fundraising events such as the annual Golf Tournament and Prize Calendar.  The Children's Fund  has awarded more than $150,000 in grants, and the need remains high.  Would you please consider making a donation to change a student’s life?
NHFTL Inc., is a tax-exempt organization under the provisions of IRC 501(c)(3).  Contributions to NHFTL are tax-deducible to the extent allowed by law.  Your gift is greatly appreciated.