Donors paid tribute to those lost and injured in the 1999 Bonfire collapse through 13 Bonfire Memorial Endowed Scholarships established through the Texas A&M Foundation. These generous donations funded 12 named scholarships in memory of each Aggie who died and one for those injured. Because these scholarships are endowed, they will benefit A&M students forever.

Support Existing Bonfire Scholarships

To contribute to a pooled fund that will be equally distributed to each of the 13 Bonfire scholarship endowments, click the "Give Now" button at the top of the page and select "Texas A&M Foundation" and "Bonfire Memorial Fund" from the two drop-down menus. The contributions to these endowments will increase the stipends to deserving Texas A&M students benefiting from the 13 scholarships.

Create a New Bonfire Scholarship

You can also choose to create a named endowed scholarship of your own to celebrate the lives of those lost and injured in the collapse. An endowed scholarship can be established by an individual or group with a one-time gift of at least $25,000 or with a series of installments over a period of up to five years.

Because the Texas A&M Foundation manages the endowment to pay for the current student scholarship while simultaneously providing for the long-term growth of the principal, you'll support students in perpetuity.

The establishment of a new endowed scholarship would contribute to the $300 million goal of Texas A&M's scholarship initiative, Operation Spirit and Mind.^SM

To learn more about creating your own named endowment, contact Jody Ford '99, director of development for scholarship programs, at (800) 392-3310.

	Learn more about Bonfire Remembrance Week activities at Texas A&M, held this year Nov. 13-18.
	Read the article from the November 2009 Texas Monthly about Aggie Bonfire.