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Harold Alfond founded the Dexter Shoe Company in 1958 and sold it in 1993 for $433 million of Berkshire Hathaway stock. [1]In 1993, he created the Peter Alfond Foundation whose mission is to invest in innovative educational and wellness opportunities that strengthen communities, making meaningful, positive, and direct impact in New England and the Caribbean.
In order to coordinate his charitable giving, the 36-year-old Alfond organized the first private foundation in the state of Maine, [citation needed] the Harold Alfond Foundation. Between 1950 and 2003, the foundation has contributed more than $100 million to charitable causes, [ 4 ] and as of 2008 had over $106 million in assets.
Lost Valley Educational Center is an intentional community and ecovillage located on 87 acres (350,000 m 2) acres of mostly forested land in Dexter, Oregon, United States, approximately 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Eugene. The center was founded in 1989 and is located on the grounds of the old headquarters of the Shiloh Youth Revival Centers.
The Dexter School was founded in 1926 in response to the closure of the Noble & Greenough Lower School and lack of educational opportunities for boys in the Brookline area. The Dexter School opened on Freeman Street in the affluent Cottage Farm neighborhood educating boys through ninth grade.
LeBron James. LeBron James and his charitable foundation provided about $600,000 in financial support to the I PROMISE School, an Akron, Ohio, public school dedicated to students who are "already ...
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Tri-County Technical Center serves students from five Maine School Administrative Districts: 46, 48, 41, 4, and 68.It currently offers nine areas of study: Automotive Repair, Commercial Truck Driving, Criminal Justice, Graphic Design and Communications, Culinary Arts, Health Occupations, Building Trades, Metals Manufacturing, and Computer Repair.
His father founded the Dexter Shoe Company in 1958 and sold it in 1995 for $433 million in Berkshire Hathaway stock. [2] When his father died in 2007, he left his shares in Berkshire Hathaway to his four children, Ted , Susan , Bill, and Peter , who are now all billionaires.