Big Thanks to Centre Gives Donors

Support from 59 donors provided just over $5,000 for the Mardi Lowry McDonough Student Opportunity & Grant Fund for the upcoming school years during 2021 Centre Gives. Here’s why this support means so much.

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Larry Beans ’62 Commits $1 Million to “Beautiful, Iconic” Memorial Field Project

It’s been sixty years since Larry M. Beans ’62 walked out onto Memorial Field as a quarterback for State High, but he said that the memory of Friday night football remains one of the most vivid memories of his life. “The crisp air, the lights, cheerleaders, the band, people in the stands—it was magnificent.”

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Growing Readers at Radio Park

In 2019, a grant from the The Mardi Lowry McDonough ’87 Student Opportunity Fund and Grant Program helped Radio Park Elementary students celebrate March Book Madness. Created by second grade teacher Mary Robert in 2018, March Book Madness is a literature-rich, community-building activity.

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