The Brett Bentley Crawford Foundation » News http://bbcfoundation.com Schools, Scholarships, Drama Programming Mon, 14 Jan 2019 21:54:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Help Us Build the 7th Brett School in Nicaragua! http://bbcfoundation.com/help-us-build-the-7th-brett-school-in-nicaragua/ http://bbcfoundation.com/help-us-build-the-7th-brett-school-in-nicaragua/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2018 01:19:10 +0000 http://bbcfoundation.com/?p=479 The Brett Bentley Crawford Foundation is thrilled to partner with SchoolBOX to build the Brett #7 School in the community of Las Noventas in Chinandega, Nicaragua in 2019. The children of Las Noventas did not have any school in their community until a teacher named Gema Picado began teaching there with a small salary paid [...]]]> http://bbcfoundation.com/help-us-build-the-7th-brett-school-in-nicaragua/feed/ 0 Brett #6 School Inaugurated http://bbcfoundation.com/brett-6-school-inaugurated/ http://bbcfoundation.com/brett-6-school-inaugurated/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2018 01:09:44 +0000 http://bbcfoundation.com/?p=477 Our 6th school built in honour of Brett Bentley Crawford is a gift to the kids at Josefa Toledo. Though hit with drought followed by heavy rains during the construction of this school, the community showed remarkable resilience and gave their all to help us complete it. They know education is the key to giving [...]]]> http://bbcfoundation.com/brett-6-school-inaugurated/feed/ 0 Brett’s 5th School Complete! http://bbcfoundation.com/bretts-5th-school-complete/ http://bbcfoundation.com/bretts-5th-school-complete/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:32:07 +0000 http://bbcfoundation.com/?p=473 On August 25th, the Brett #5 “Mirna Martinez” School was completed. Brett’s light continues to shine on in the lives of thousands of children in Nicaragua who attend schools built in memory of her. This was the fifth school built by the Crawford family and named in Brett’s honour.

The school was a labour of [...]]]> http://bbcfoundation.com/bretts-5th-school-complete/feed/ 0 Brett’s second school completed! Enrollment doubled expectations http://bbcfoundation.com/bretts-second-school-completed-enrollment-doubled-expectations/ http://bbcfoundation.com/bretts-second-school-completed-enrollment-doubled-expectations/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:10:50 +0000 http://bbcfoundation.com/?p=346

 

The second Brett Bentley Crawford School has completed and as of March of 2014 the expected enrollment had doubled! While 120 students were attending school at the previous school, a homemade structure of recycled materials, 244 students have enrolled! This is an amazing achievement, transforming the realities of the children of this tiny [...]]]> http://bbcfoundation.com/bretts-second-school-completed-enrollment-doubled-expectations/feed/ 0 Update on The Brett Bentley Crawford Foundation School http://bbcfoundation.com/update-on-the-brett-bentley-crawford-foundation-school/ http://bbcfoundation.com/update-on-the-brett-bentley-crawford-foundation-school/#comments Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:12:45 +0000 http://bbcfoundation.com/site/?p=143
Dear Friends of the Crawford Extended Family:

Many of you are aware of the tragic death of our beloved Brett and the foundation we subsequently established in her name, The Brett Bentley Crawford Foundation. We started this foundation in an effort to keep Brett’s memory alive and to continue her commitment to help [...]]]> http://bbcfoundation.com/update-on-the-brett-bentley-crawford-foundation-school/feed/ 0 The Second Brett Bentley Crawford School is taking shape! http://bbcfoundation.com/the-second-brett-bentley-crawford-school-is-taking-shape/ http://bbcfoundation.com/the-second-brett-bentley-crawford-school-is-taking-shape/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:13:28 +0000 http://bbcfoundation.com/site/?p=67 Thanks to your generosity and that of others we have raised over $50,000 to be invested directly into the second school in Nicaragua named after our beloved daughter/sibling, Brett Bentley Crawford.  Between our foundation and some additional donations from interested supporters we have commitments for the money required to build the school, [...]]]> http://bbcfoundation.com/the-second-brett-bentley-crawford-school-is-taking-shape/feed/ 0