About Us

WEF Mission
Established in 1994 our mission is "The Pursuit of Excellence in Education through the development and distribution of private resources to benefit and further enrich students of the Wilmington School District."  

WEF is a non-profit organization that operates independently of the Wilmington School District and that pursues and distributes funds from private sources to enhance Wilmington's schools.  WEF helps to provide our children with the tools needed to learn more effectively and to broaden their educational experiences through supplemental funding.

WEF endeavors to support and enrich the school system and its programs -- not replacing the Town's funding for the school district, but supplementing it through corporate and private donations.  WEF supports the Wilmington Public School System in five broad areas:  scholastic enrichment, arts in education, technology, global awareness and staff professional development.  WEF directly helps Wilmington students by providing private funds for innovative and creative programs that the school department budget cannot cover. WEF strives to support the school system through various local efforts that enrich its schools, students and community as a whole. 

WEF History
Since its establishment in 1994, the Foundation has raised over $150,000. The initial Charter Donor Campaign in 1994-1995 raised $60,000.  During the period 2000-2003, fundraising campaigns were dedicated to technology support for the schools.  For instance, in November 2000, the Foundation raised and donated $14,817 for three SMART Boards for three Wilmington elementary schools. WEF also raised nearly $76,000 to provide two wireless 24 Capacity Laptop Carts for the Wilmington High School.  As technology has become integral to the school system and has been allocated specific funding within the school district's budget, WEF has expanded its support to the district to areas in addition to technology with our annual Technology Grants.

Board of Trustees
The Wilmington Educational Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is composed of community, parent, and school volunteers who are committed to making Wilmington'g great school system evern better.  Board meetings are regularly held on the second Tuesday of each month during the school year.  Current board members are listed below.  If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about becoming a member of WEF's Board of Trustees, please send an email to board@wilmingtoneducationalfoundation.org.

2011-2012 WEF Board Members
Joanne Benton, Superintendent of Schools

Jomarie O’Mahoney: President

Dr. Leslee Quick, Vice-President, School Committee Representative

Diane Garrity, Co-Secretary

Kim Peterson, Co-Secretary

Bonnie DiOrio, Treasurer

Dan Ardito

Bob Esdale

Dick Hayden, Finance Committee Representative

Jacquie Raffi

John Romano

Patricia Romano

Lori Ryan

Lisa Johnson

Kathleen O’Donahue