In October 2007, Mrs. Anne C. “Nancy” Wood, sister of Marvelwood's founder and first Headmaster Robert Bodkin, established a charitable foundation to benefit the School. The foundation, named “The Nancy and Andrew Wood Charitable Foundation,” will be funded with an initial sum of $1,000,000.

 

The foundation will distribute funds on an ongoing basis for the purpose of providing financial assistance to needy and deserving Marvelwood students. In honor of Mrs. Wood's late brother and his wife, Cornelia, grants of financial assistance to these Marvelwood students will be called the “Robert and Cornelia Bodkin Memorial Scholarships.” Students receiving such financial assistance will be designated as “Bodkin Scholars.”

 

The first Bodkin Scholarship was awarded on graduation day 2008 to rising senior Antoinette Johnson.  Toni will receive a full scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year.  Congratulations to Toni and her family!