We provide financial and educational support to those interested in engineering, education and the outdoors.

Our Mission

Helping young people in our community to meet their full potential and provide opportunities to further those aspirations.


 
 

WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED

During the last 6 years, we have been humbled by the warmth and support from our community. Through this support, we were able to achieve the tasks laid out for supporting youth fishermen, high school students and our local community.

  • We have provided the Thomas Behen Memorial Scholarship annually to deserving Biddeford High School and Biddeford Regional Center of Technology students.

  • We have been able to defray some of the costs for anglers going to the BASS and TBF High School and Junior National Championships.

  • We were able to dedicate a granite bench, in memory of Thomas’ love for fishing, at Wilcox Pond in Biddeford, ME as a place for family to sit or as a place for private, personal reflection. Wilcox Pond is a small pond where youngsters 16 years of age and under, can try their luck at catching fish. It is where Thomas, his sister Maggie, his brother Cullen and many, many others have learned to fish.

Your donations allow us to connect people and create partnerships to strengthen our goals.
Donations to the Thomas Behen Fund go primarily towards building Thomas’s Casting Camp. Additionally, donations are used to provide scholarships to high school students, youth sports and local community charities.

The Thomas Behen Fund is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, tax ID: 82-4573349 You may be able to deduct some or the entire amount of your donation for tax purposes.