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Software company developer Pam Reeve, now retired, spends a lot of time helping — and her particular focus at the moment is helping the Boston Arts Academy Foundation do its fund-raising for the public school.
The Boston Arts Academy’s goal is to raise $2.5 million.
The Swan Street resident will be co-chairing this year’s annual star-studded BAAF Honors event on Oct. 23, at MGM Music Hall at Fenway.
According to a written statement, the event will feature “legendary musician, actor and Boston native Donnie Wahlberg, who will receive the lifetime achievement award, and notables such as Eliza Dushku Palandjian, who will receive the TV + Film recognition, and New Edition singer and songwriter Johnny Gill, who will receive the music award and treat the crowd to a live performance!”
When asked how she got involved with the BAA’s foundation, Reeve said, “I had a friend on their board and in 2016, she invited me to help with their fund-raising. I went to their performances,” and she was sold.
“Now that I’m retired, I sit on several boards, and I teach in a Women’s Leadership program and mentor women who are aspiring leaders,” she said.
Reeve moved to Winchester in 1978 because she wanted good schools for her own four children. It is something she wants for other kids, as well.
“The school has programs in all the visual arts,” she said, of the BAA, “as well as in music, dance, production, fashion, and artistic expression. The school does a great job to train students in what’s needed to make a living, including teaching their art, or just having it as part of their lives.”
In addition, the school produces “full students and citizens, what we call art citizens.”
She said the school loves students who’d rather dance than go to the mall. But they have to audition to attend the BAA.
Reeve, who grew up in a military family, has had her own brush with the arts. When she was in high school, her debate/drama coach, “plucked me out of the assembly hall and told me I won a debate scholarship. I learned a lot about drama too, but even more about persistence and resilience.”
Having this education made her appreciate how much young people deserve to have “many ways to learn.”
“Many of the BAA students’ families can’t afford private lessons, but they have just a native talent,” she said.
Reeve was the founder of the Winchester Community Service Foundation, and after 15 years, closed that foundation and gave their funds to the Winchester Foundation for Educational Excellence.
For additional information about the Boston Arts Academy, Boston Arts Academy Foundation, the 2025 Honors Event on Oct. 23, or to purchase tickets for the event, click here.
