Kevin's Fund Scholarship Commitments

The Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Scholarship Fund currently supports ten annual scholarships specifically related to achievements in the areas in which Kevin excelled: seven to Norwalk High School and three to Boston College.

The 2024 Scholarships for Norwalk High School are:

1. $120,000 to a graduating senior, in the Kevin M. Eidt Chapter of the National Honor Society, in good standing and in the top 10% of their class with demonstrated achievements across the spectrum of academics, athletics, arts and community and religious service. The scholarship recipient is determined by the scholarship selection committee based on a submitted application and personal interview process.
2. $5,000 to the four year member of the Norwalk High School Marching Band who has made an outstanding contribution to the Marching Band.
3. $2,500 to the Norwalk High School senior named Distinguished Student Speaker for the graduation ceremony.
4. $2,000 to a graduating senior in good standing at Norwalk High School who has made an outstanding contribution to the Jazz program.
5. $2,000 to a graduating senior in good standing at Norwalk High School who has made an outstanding contribution to the Orchestra program.
6. $2,000 to the Norwalk High School scholar-athlete who has made an outstanding contribution to the school both as a scholar and an athlete.
7. $1,000 to the four year member of the Norwalk High School Marching Band, in good standing, with the highest cumulative grade point average (one each for Norwalk High and P-Tech), similar to Kevin's achievement. The recipient is determined by the Principal of the High School, or a designated representative, based on the standard grade point average formula used in the determination of official class ranking.

The 2024 Scholarships for Boston College are:

1. The Boston College Carroll School of Management scholarship is awarded to a junior who has demonstrated the unique combination of academic achievement, character, leadership, and school spirit similar to Kevin’s. The award is the sum of the Fund's $10,000 contribution and other third party contributions. The total of the most recent award was $25,000. The recipient is selected by the CSOM faculty and administrators.
2. $10,000 to the recipient of the Boston College EMS Kevin M. Eidt Award attending a post graduate program.
3. $2,000 to a Boston College freshman who has made an outstanding contribution to the Emerging Leader Program.

Norwalk Community Scholarship

1. Beginning 2024 Kevin’s Fund, through a grant from the City of Norwalk, will award a $5,000 Norwalk Community Service Scholarship. This scholarship, for outstanding community service to the city of Norwalk, is available to students from all four Norwalk High Schools.

Beginning in 2015, to further the connection between Norwalk High School and Boston College, Kevin’s Fund offers a one-time $2,000 scholarship, (Kevin was in the BC Class of 2000), to each Norwalk High School senior who matriculates at Boston College.

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2023 Scholarship Recipients

• Norwalk High School Scholarship – Benjamin Bradley, The George Washington University
• Norwalk High School Marching Band – Hunter Jacabson, University of Connecticut
• Norwalk High School Distinguished Student Speaker – Joseph Cruz, Dartmouth College
• Norwalk High School Marching Band Academic Award – Aneroly Sanchez
• Norwalk High School Marching Band Academic Award – Emily DiSette, Northeastern U
• Norwalk High School Jazz – Robert DiPalma, Sacred Heart University
• Norwalk High School Orchestra – Lindsay Caruso, American University
• Norwalk High School Scholar-Athlete – Rachel Miller, Southern Connecticut State University
• Boston College CSOM – Fran Hodgens ('24), Hopedale, MA
• Boston College EMS – Gracie Meijer ('23), Ada, MI
• Boston College ELP – Brody Whetzel ('26), Salem, OR

Link to Kevin's Fund Page on the Boston College CSOM website
Link to Kevin's Fund Page on the Boston College ELP website

Past Recipients
Norwalk High School
Boston College
St. Jerome Youth Group
Other Scholarships

Norwalk High School
Recipient Spotlight

Application Process
2024 Application
Selection Committee

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About the Fund

Background

The Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Scholarship Fund was established through the generosity of the many people Kevin touched in his short life. Kevin, an 18-year-old dean's list freshman in the honors program at Boston College, passed away from cardiac arrest on January 23, 1997 while playing intramural basketball. Kevin set the example of the passion and sincerity we should bring to each day. He was an individual with vision, commitment, abiding hope, aspirations, and compassion. And when we look back, it was a life, albeit a glimpse of life, by which people can be measured and judged by.

Mission

The mission of the Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Scholarship Fund is to preserve Kevin's spirit by paying tribute to achievements in academics, athletics, arts, and the virtues of service and faith that were the essence of Kevin's life.

Fund Facts

With 12 scholarships, valued at $160,500, awarded to the class of 2023, Kevin's Fund will have provided $2.7 Million in financial support to 222 exemplary young men and women matriculating at over 85 diverse colleges and universities in Kevin's memory. The dramatic growth in scholarship awards is directly related to the financial success of our annual benefit dinner dance, which began in 2000 and funded scholarships for the class of 2001. As a result of this generosity, Kevin's Fund has awarded the following scholarships.

To the class of 1997   $3,750
To the class of 1998   $5,000
To the class of 1999   $12,000
To the class of 2000   $13,000
To the class of 2001   $47,000
To the class of 2002   $55,000
To the class of 2003   $70,000
To the class of 2004   $85,000
To the class of 2005   $100,000
To the class of 2006   $111,000
To the class of 2007   $127,000
To the class of 2008   $139,000
To the class of 2009   $140,000
To the class of 2010   $118,000
To the class of 2011   $117,000
To the class of 2012   $115,000
To the class of 2013   $121,000
To the class of 2014   $122,000
To the class of 2015   $124,000
To the class of 2016   $122,250
To the class of 2017   $124,000
To the class of 2018   $127,000
To the class of 2019   $128,000
To the class of 2020   $128,000
To the class of 2021   $126,500
To the class of 2022   $156,000
To the class of 2023   $160,500

For the 2023 – 2024 academic year, Kevin’s Fund is providing financial support to 15 students matriculating at American University, Boston College (2), Champlain College, Columbia, Dartmouth, George Washington University, Liberty, Northeastern, Sacred Heart, Southern Connecticut State, UConn (2), Univeristy of Delaware, and UMass-Amherst.

Scholarship Fund Accomplishments as of June 30, 2023
Recipients	222
Awards	$2,700,000
Funding as % of Contributions	99.5%

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