Welcome To
New Bedford Star Kids
Starry Night in the Cloud.
New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program is working hard to transform the lives of children and their families. This work cannot be done without YOU! Learn how you can help change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the greater New Bedford area and expand our enrollment to serve additional students.
Dr. Timothy Flanigan, Founder
As board president, Laura realizes the importance of coming together as a community to help our students succeed.
Scholarships
This is the chance to make YOU a shining star in the eyes of a child. By sponsoring a student, you are providing a Star Kid with the chance to be challenged and be successful in his or her educational pursuits. Sponsors make our program possible! Each New Bedford Star Kid is matched with an individual or group willing to contribute to the student’s tuition.
Become a sponsor on your own or join with friends and family to sponsor a child.
WISHES
Wishes streamline donations to specific items that are needed by New Bedford Star Kids to make their educational experience a success. Whether it is uniforms or textbooks, afterschool programs or summer camps; granting these wishes will help New Bedford Star Kids reach their educational goals.
Wish #1
Tutoring & Mentoring: $200
We have partnered with incredible people in our community who are providing our Star Kids with schoolwork as well as emotional support. During this time of distance learning, tutors and mentors have been instrumental in helping New Bedford Star Kids adjust to this new learning environment.
Wish #2
Books: $50
This wish not only supports the required text books but also recommended leisure books; nurturing each Star Kid’s enthusiasm for reading.
Wish #3
Uniforms: $125
This wish provides New Bedford Star Kids with their required uniforms. Uniforms provide the students with a sense of community and help reduce the stress of not having the “right” clothes to wear.
Wish #4
Summer Camp: $300
We encourage each child to participate in a summer program in order to be engaged in summertime activities, develop talents and interests, and spend time making new friends and positive connections.
Wish #5
Field Trips: $50
Field trips are opportunities that all students look forward to. Granting this wish gives New Bedford Star Kids the opportunity to join their classmates on these excursions.
Wish #6
After School Activities: $100
Granting this wish enables New Bedford Star Kids to participate in enriching activities that they can explore and enjoy throughout the year. Our Star Kids participate in sports, music, horseback riding, art, extended day programs, as well as other activities.
Wish #7
Driving Lessons: $150
In the life of a teenager, there isn’t anything more important than getting a driver’s license! This wish provides our Star Kids with the opportunity to attend a local driving school that will prepare them to be conscientious and confident drivers.
Nancy Braitmayer Tribute Fund
Tribute to Nancy Braitmayer
Student Testimonials
Kelton Souza, Alumnus
The mission of New Bedford Star Kids is for each child to graduate from high school. Kelton Souza surpassed that goal. Kelton began his New Bedford Star Kids journey at Holy Family Holy Name School, graduated from Bishop Stang High School in 2019 and has just completed his first year at UMASS Amherst.
Hannah P., Current Student
Not only does Star Kids provide tuition aid, students are also offered after school activities, summer camps, and tutors. With the continued support of sponsors like you, more students like Hannah will be able to take advantage of all the opportunities Star Kids offers.
Our Star Kids Thank You!
Enjoy a heartfelt thank you from a few of the families in our program.
THANK YOU TO OUR
STARRY NIGHT IN THE CLOUD 2020 SPONSORS
Gold Star Sponsor – $2,500
Tome Andrade and Julie Lohr
Hans and Ann Ziegler
Silver Star Sponsor – $1,000
Eastern Fisheries/Roy Enoksen
Tim and Luba Flanigan
MacLean Charitable Foundation
Laura McPhie Oliveira Consulting
Saunders-Dwyer Funeral Homes
Gurdon and Kathy Wattles
Shining Star Sponsor – $500
Bank 5
John and Darlene Chuplis
Debross Hathaway Marvel, Inc.
St. Anne’s Credit Union
Gary Sullivan
Wareham Pediatric Associates
Individual Star Sponsor – Less than $500
Rance and Deidre Gillespie
Gifts In Kind
Signature Printing
Thank you for helping our New Bedford Star Kids succeed!
Our communities have grown stronger with every student who graduates from high school and pursues higher education. Please sponsor a child (full, half, quarter), grant a wish, or donate to the Nancy Braitmayer Tribute Fund. Donations can be made online, by mailing payment to NBSK at PO Box 50494, New Bedford, MA 02745, or by calling Debra DaSilva at 508-243-1036.
New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program is a 501(c)3 non profit organization, EIN 27-0372266. All gifts are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program
PO Box 50494 New Bedord, MA 02745
(774)400-7974