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We are so grateful for an impactful year that marked the completion of our 29th year of awarding gifts of education in Kevin's name and memory. With the $183,000 awarded across 19 scholarships our total lifetime gifts awarded now exceeds $3M! Please see all the details in our annual year in review letter to supporters.
Congratulations to Matthew Rinaldi, P-Tech class of 2024 who was named recipient of the 2025 Kevin M. Eidt Norwalk Community Service Scholarship.
Thanks in large part to the generosity of the city of Norwalk, Kevin's Fund awards a $5,000 Norwalk Community Service Scholarship to the senior whose community service has made an outstanding contribution to the city of Norwalk. Seniors at all four of the city’s high schools were eligible to apply. Finalists representing the city's other three high schools received a $1,000 scholarship.
Matt will be attending the University of Connecticut.
Matt Rinaldi
Congratulations to the recipients of 2025 scholarships awarded at various end of school year ceremonies! Norwalk High Marching Band: Kyla Sanon, Jason Hong, & Daniel Helwig, Norwalk High Orchestra: Brock Newman, Norwalk High Scholar Athlete: Ally Lanzarotto, Norwalk High Special Achievement: Konstantinos Panagiotidis, Norwalk High Graduation Distinguished Speaker: Kathyrn Romano.
Congratulations to Samantha Strasser BC '25, of Dix Hills, NY. Julie was named the 2025 recipient of Boston College Emergency Medical Services Kevin Eidt Excellence Award at their May 3rd banquet. The annual award was presented for the 17th time to the most outstanding member of the BC EMS program. Sam, who will be attending Nurse Practitioner School at the University of Pennsylvania, received a $15,000 scholarship.
Samantha Strasser with Kevin's parents, Helen and Chris
Congratulations to Paul Leonelli, BC '26 of Waltham, MA. Paul was named the 2025 recipient of the Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Scholarship which is presented to the outstanding member of the Carroll School of Management (CSOM). Paul received the $25,000 scholarship from Dean Ethan Sullivan on April 20, 2025 on the final day of the academic year. The BC CSOM scholarship recipient, selected by a committee comprised of CSOM administrators and faculty, is presented to the rising senior who has demonstrated the unique combination of academic achievement, character, leadership, and school spirit similar to Kevin's.
Paul Leonelli with Dean Sullivan, 2024 recipient Forster Worrell BC '25 and Kevin's niece Allison, BC '27
Congratulations to Daniel Hannoush BC '28, who was named the recipient of Kevin Eidt Memorial Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) Scholarship at Boston College on April 23, 2024. Dan receives a $2,000 scholarship in Kevin’s memory. ELP is the preeminent leadership program for first year students and the Fund is honored to be associated with it's highest participant award.
Daniel Hannoush with Kevin's brother Chris, BC '92, 24 ELP recipient Allison Berg, BC '27 and Kevin's niece Allison, BC '27
Congratulations to Summer Bosch, the 2025 recipient of $130,000 Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Scholarship for the most outstanding senior at Norwalk High School. She was recognized at the annual Dinner Dance benefit held in Darien on Saturday April 5, 2025.
Summer Bosch
left to right: Alexandra Koletsos '21, Kevin Devine '99, Brody O'Brien '14, Kim Devine '15, Summer Bosch '25, Libby Christinat Oelhaf '20, Despina Sidiropoulos '09, Gregory Calnon '97
We hope you enjoy this video that shares the story of 2024 NHS scholarship recipient Kiera Cunniffe, her application experience, the selection process and the orgin story of Kevin's Fund.
Kevin's Fund was featured in the Norwalk High School 2022 Yearbook in honor of our 25th Legacy program.
2022 Norwalk High Yearbook
A highlight of the 2021 Dinner Dance and Award presentation was having 15 of 25 Norwalk High recipients present. A speical "Then and Now" booklet covering recipients from 1997 to 2001 was created and shows the true legacy Kevin's Fund has created through your generosity.
To recognize the 25 years of Kevin’s Fund and the presentation of the 25th Norwalk High School Scholarship on June 25th, the city of Norwalk proclaimed Friday, June 25, 2001 as Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Scholarship Fund Day in Norwalk. The proclamation in part “calls upon the residents to acknowledge the donors for their educational support for our Norwalk students and for passing onto all of us and the Norwalk community the torch of their trust in the ability of the human spirit to overcome, achieve, and to excel”.
Helen and Chris Eidt with Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling
Kevin's Fund was a recipient of an official citation from the state of Connecticut in recognition of 22 years of public charitable support and service to the Norwalk community, a lifetime achievement of $2M in scholarship awards and for having the largest individual merit based award worth $100,000.
Kevin Michael Eidt
June 17, 1978 - January 23, 1997
"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart."
The Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Scholarship Fund, a 501(c)(3) publicly supported charitable organization, was established in honor of the exemplary achievements of Kevin, who died from cardiac arrest during his freshman year at Boston College. The Fund recognizes outstanding achievement in academics, athletics, arts, and community and religious commitment.
Norwalk High School class of 1996
Boston College class of 2000
Community
| Scholarship Fund Accomplishments as of June 30, 2025 | |
| Recipients | 251 |
| Awards | $3,047,500 |
| Funding as % of Contributions | 99.5% |
