Brooks School
North Andover, MA
I LOVE BROOKS
On Thursday, February 12, 2026 (Head of School John Packard’s birthday!), we celebrated our annual Giving Day and this year’s theme, I LOVE BROOKS. It was such a wonderful day full of so much love for Brooks! Thanks to all of you, we surpassed our goal of 1,000 donors, with 1,062 people showing their support for Brooks with a gift to the Brooks Fund. Your generosity truly makes a difference. Thank you! We look forward to updating our entire community on the highlights of the day, the winners of our leaderboards and incentives and the impact Giving Day has on our programs. If you missed Giving Day and would like to support the Brooks Fund, please visit our website at www.brooksschool.org/giving or call the Advancement Office at (978) 725-6243. Thank you for making Giving Day 2026 an enormous success. We love Brooks!
We love the Boston Celtics
A generous community member is offering two chances to win Celtics tickets: the March 1 game vs. Philadelphia 76ers and the March 22 game vs. Minnesota Timberwolves. Any and all Giving Day donors will automatically have a chance to win.
A donation is not required for entry. Would you like to enter without making a gift? Just email Director of the Brooks Fund Lauren Marquis ([email protected]) with your name and address.
We love the Boston Bruins
A generous Brooks family has offered two chances to win premium tickets (on the redline in the Boston Garden Society) for the March 10 Boston Bruins game vs. LA Kings. All Giving Day donors will automatically be entered into the drawing.
A donation is not required for entry. To enter without making a gift, please email your name, address and phone number to [email protected].
NEW Current Parents Matching Challenge
Wow! Brooks families are amazing and we already met our $50,000 Parent Challenge. Well…we have good news - a few more families have stepped up to add an additional challenge of $25,000! This has now become a $75,000 matching gift challenge:)
Current Family Match
Two Brooks families will match (1:1) all current parent gifts up to $50,000!
Fill the Map Challenge
If we get a donor from all 50 states, a Brooks alumnus will donate $10,000. Last year, we missed out on North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa!
New and Renewed Donor Challenge
If we get 100 new and renewed donors, a Brooks alumnus will donate $10,000 to the Brooks Fund!
The Heart of Brooks Challenge
This Giving Day, your gift does more than support Brooks. For every 100 donors, Brooks will make a birthday gift in honor of Mr. Packard to a community partner, supporting needs they’ve identified themselves. Your generosity will extend beyond campus and reflect the values at the heart of a Brooks education.
We unlocked the first gift! Help us get to 200 donors, and Brooks will send a birthday gift in honor of Mr. Packard to another community partner, helping fulfill one of their identified programming needs. Brooks always gives back!
You’ve already helped two community partners today! When we get to 300 donors, Brooks will make a birthday gift in honor of Mr. Packard to a community partner, supporting needs they’ve identified themselves. Your generosity will extend beyond campus and reflect the values at the heart of a Brooks education.
You’re part of the Heart of Brooks Challenge: each group of 100 donors unlocks a birthday gift for a community partner. Let’s keep going and see how many partners we can support today.
We’re celebrating every 100 donors with a birthday gift to one of our community partners. You can help us hit the 500 donor milestone and extend Brooks values even further into the community.
You’ve already helped unlock gifts for our community partners—thank you! Every time we reach another 100 donors, Brooks makes a birthday gift to a partner organization for needs they’ve identified themselves, so let’s keep climbing toward 600.
Each milestone matters: for every 100 donors, we unlock a birthday gift to a community partner chosen to meet their own priorities. Your generosity carries the Heart of Brooks beyond campus. How many milestones can we reach today?
Thanks to donors like you, we’ve already unlocked birthday gifts for seven community partners. Keep the momentum going and help us reach the next milestone on the road to 1,000 donors.
This challenge is all about collective impact—every 100 donors means a birthday gift to a community partner. Your gift helps carry Brooks’ values far beyond campus and into the wider community. The next gift will be unlocked when 900 supporters make a donation. Thank you!
Thanks to your support, we’re unlocking birthday gifts for community partners at every 100-donor milestone. We’ve already supported nine organizations today. Can we reach the final goal and keep the Heart of Brooks beating strong? The last birthday gift will be unlocked when we reach our Giving Day goal of 1,000 supporters. Thank you for joining us!