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Methuen Scholarship Foundation telethon highlights student performances and community donations
Summary
Community hosts, students and local businesses filled the Arthur Nicholson Auditorium for the Methuen Scholarship Foundation telethon, which featured performances, sponsor shout-outs and a running toteboard as organizers urged donors to help Methuen High seniors and aim to surpass last year’s near-$50,000 total.
The Methuen Scholarship Foundation telethon at the Arthur Nicholson Auditorium combined student performances, sponsor recognition and live donation appeals as organizers worked to raise money for Methuen High School seniors.
Moderator (Speaker 3) and co-host Presenter (Speaker 1) opened the evening by introducing a yet-to-be-named mascot and thanking early donors before asking viewers to call the phone bank or visit methuenscholarship.org/telethon. The hosts reminded audiences the telethon runs live 6:30–9 p.m. and repeated the phone lines, 722-6080 and 722-6081.
Why it matters: the telethon funnels community donations into scholarships and awards for graduating seniors. Hosts said last year’s fundraiser brought in nearly $50,000 and issued a public challenge — “Let’s break that 50,000 mark this year,” Moderator (Speaker 3) said — as students and volunteers staffed the call center.
Interim superintendent speaks, students share need Dr. Golovski, introduced by the hosts as the interim superintendent, praised Methuen High seniors and urged residents to donate. “Our seniors at Methuen High School are second to none,” Dr. Golovski (Speaker 13) said, and he asked alumni and families to support postsecondary plans ranging from four‑year colleges to trade and military pathways.
Students who appeared onstage described how scholarship money would help. Matthew Marabu (Speaker 14), a senior planning to study aviation, said a scholarship “will benefit me as it’ll help me pay those flight fees that’ll be needed.” Other students recited clubs, leadership roles and college plans in a series of onstage bios and short performances.
Performances, sponsors and community partners The evening’s program mixed entertainment and outreach: the Methuen High JROTC posted colors and a junior sang the national anthem; Stage Door 22 presented a preview of its upcoming Mean Girls musical; Poetry Out Loud finalists performed live; and Hudson McCaffrey (Speaker 27) played acoustic numbers.
Organizers spotlighted local sponsors at multiple giving levels. Moderator (Speaker 3) named platinum donors including Texas Roadhouse, Jersey Mike’s and Aroma Joe’s and thanked businesses and local families who contributed auction items and gift certificates. Community first responders also participated: members of the Methuen Police and school resource officers staffed phones and read donation slips onstage.
Onstage math and the toteboard Throughout the broadcast volunteers read donor slips from the auditorium and online contributors; call-center students and alumni added smaller gifts and auction sales. Near the close of the night the hosts called out an incremental addition of $62.65 that was added to the running tally onstage and said the total already exceeded the organization’s prior first-night totals (organizers reiterated that a final, reconciled total would be posted after the telethon).
How to give and next steps Organizers urged viewers who missed the live show to donate online at methuenscholarship.org/telethon or by calling 722-6080/722-6081. The telethon continues the following evening at the same venue and time, and hosts encouraged alumni groups to mobilize for match challenges and class‑specific drives.
The telethon’s immediate next step is a second night of live performances and phone banking; organizers also said they would post a final, reconciled total after processing all call‑in and online donations.
