Opportunities for Giving

A gift to the Collaborative for Educational Services offers an opportunity to support teaching and learning in personally meaningful ways through these tax-exempt funds: You can contribute directly to the CES General Fund, or to a specific program at CES. Please click on the name of each program or fund below to learn more or to donate online.

Joan E. Schuman Scholarship Fund

The Joan E. Schuman Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to support special education students graduating from high school and moving on to a two- or four-year institution of higher education. 

Strong Foundations for Young Children 

Strong Foundations for Young Children (SFYC) provides free support for families of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers who reside in Hampshire County. SFYC's goal is to provide support to parents for enhancing their children's social and emotional development. 

Ben DeMarino Scholarship Fund (HEC Academy Students)

Established by the family of Ben DeMarino, this scholarship supports additional learning opportunities for other HEC Academy students while they are enrolled students in the Academy. The Fund has in the past supported students who have taken community college courses or pursued new vocational or life skills not covered in the core curriculum. 

The Patty Walsh-Cassidy Assistive Technology Lending Library

Housed at the Assistive Technology Center, the PWC Lending Library is a home for assistive technology equipment, products, and materials and where educators, students and families explore, test out and match assistive technology resources to their communication needs. Donations to the PWC Lending Library are primarily used to support the purchase of new and expanded equipment and applications for the Library.

Mount Tom Academy Alternative Learning Program

Located on the campus of Holyoke Community College, Mount Tom Academy offers students an alternative route to high school graduation, designed for 11th and 12th grade students who have not been successful in a traditional high school setting.

After School Program Fund

CES After School Programs are located in communities throughout Franklin and Hampshire counties. Your gift will help us sustain the programs in all our program locations and provide scholarships to students from low-income families.

To Make a Contribution

You can contribute online to the CES Funds above by clicking on the title of the Fund and visiting the detail page, or you can contribute by mailing your donation.

If you choose to donate offline, please provide your name, address, email address (if available), and the name of the fund to which you are donating; and mail it with a check made out to Collaborative for Educational Services (with the name of the fund you wish to support indicated in the check's memo line) to:

 Attn. Crystal Colon
Collaborative for Educational Services
97 Hawley Street
Northampton, MA 01060

Thank you for your support!