Welcome!

         Thanks to committed and generous people in Middlefield and Durham, the Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation was founded last March, 2008. Our mission is to promote excellence, innovation, and creativity in education for our community and to support life-long learning in our two towns by giving grants and sponsoring programs.
        The citizens in Durham and Middlefield spend a great deal of time volunteering. We come together on boards, on committees, in service organizations, and in parent groups, and contribute much to the pleasure of living in a small town. We all benefit from living where citizens unite to create a vibrant community such as ours. It is the goal of the Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation to contribute in the same spirit and enhance the quality of life in our communities.
        Our foundation members have been very busy this past year.  We are now a nonprofit organization and have raised over $25,000 from generous contributions and fundraising.  We kicked off our first events, an annual Luminaria Project for Coginchaug graduation and an annual Community Spelling Bee. Our grants policy and application have been designed and we will shortly announce the recipients of grant monies to support fabulous programs that will benefit the entire community.    
        We invite you to browse our website and to contact us with any questions or interest that you may have.

Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation