Solon and Liam Bailey

The Fund is dedicated to "Access to and Excellence in Children's Extracurriculars in Central Vermont" in the boys' favorite activities:

• Reading
• Music
• Soccer
• Conservation and the environment

The Fund is housed at the Vermont Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charity in Middlebury, Vermont.

Capital Soccer

The Fund provides Capital Soccer with support for the Liam and Solon Bailey Memorial Jamboree.  The inaugural round-robin tournament for U-10 and U-12 players was held in September, 2012.

Capital Soccer Camp Scholarships

Four or more students attend a week of soccer day camp with Capital Soccer in Barre with tuition scholarship support from the Fund each year. 

Buck Lake Camp Scholarships

Solon greatly enjoyed his week at the camp in 2009 and came home a budding expert in conservation laws and lore, and an enthusiastic target shooter.  The camp was similar in many ways to Boy Scout camp, which both Solon and Liam (who snuck in as an under-age camper while mom was at camp as a chaperone) loved. Four or more students each from BTMES and Barre City Middle and Elementary School are given scholarships to the Buck Lake Conservation Camp for a week each summer. 

Piano Scholarships

The Piano Scholarships are for students showing passion and talent for the piano who otherwise may not be able to continue their lessons without scholarship assistance.  Four or more piano students in Central Vermont have a portion of their piano instruction paid for each year by the Fund. 

Green Mountain Youth Symphony

The Fund provides funding for scholarships to the Green Mountain Youth Symphony.  Liam played percussion in GMYS.

Barre Town MES and Barre City EMS Library Books

The two book shelves full of new copies of books that Solon and Liam loved, we're told, continue to be highly popular.  The Fund continues to purchase copies of new books in series on the shelf and audio readers, and replaces lost books.  Click to see a photo of the book shelf at Barre City School.

Liam's biggest favorite, which he reread several times, was Brisinger, part of the Eragon series.  He also loved the Olympians series including The Lightning Thief.  Solon's favorites were the Ranger's Apprentice series and the Quantum Prophecy series.

Pompanoosuc Mills generously provided two beautiful bookshelves at steeply discounted prices.