Rochester Memorial student gets golden ticket
Tommy Cahill was recently selected as a Feinstein Foundation golden ticket winner. Photo source: Old Rochester Regional School District
Tommy Cahill was recently selected as a Feinstein Foundation golden ticket winner. Photo source: Old Rochester Regional School District
MATTAPOISETT — Rochester Memorial School fourth grader Tommy Cahill recently won funds for his school and a charity of his choice through the Feinstein Foundation.
The school received a $2,000 grant on Tommy’s behalf. He chose to donate the additional $500 he won to the Forever 1111 Fund, which honors Madelyn Eitas, a Rochester girl who died earlier this year.
The Feinstein Foundation distributes golden tickets to students at participating elementary and middle schools in Massachusetts and Rhode Island at the beginning of each school year. Five winning numbers are selected each week, including Cahill’s on March 16.
The foundation also gave the school a $300 grant to fund an end of year celebration for its sixth graders.
“Our students’ generosity and kindness shines through when they have the chance to make a difference, and that was certainly the case with Tommy,” Principal Heidi Letendre wrote in a statement. “His decision to support a local Rochester family’s cause through the Forever 1111 Fund is admirable.”
