Service Project Update

       

The Service Project contest highlights the motto of The National Beta Club, "Let Us Lead by Serving Others". The schools participating in this contest exhibited the value of helping to make their school and community a better place by performing such tasks as conducting a book fair/open house; sponsoring and American Cancer Society Relay for Life; distributing food in a canned food drive; decorating the school for the fall; helping to conduct Project Keep Warm by collecting coats, gloves and blankets; sponsoring a dance to benefit the Emergency Medical Service; visiting the local nursing homes; participating in Operation Christmas Child for Samaritan's Purse; walking in the March of Dimes Walk-a-Thon; participating in the Adopt-A-Grandparent program; sponsoring a "homework house" tutoring program; and working with Habitat for Humanity to help remodel a house. This is just a short list of the service projects too numerous to mention Betas have participated in over the past year.

We urge Beta Clubs throughout the country to become involved with their school and community. Your club is only as successful as the amount of effort you put into making it so. To obtain further ideas for service projects, contact The National Beta Club at 1-800-845-8281. Service Hours for the 2005-2006 school year will be reported on the form on page F-1 of your current Sponsor Manual. The postmark deadline is May 5, 2006.

Glenn Stribling

Congratulations to the National Junior and Senior > Service Project winners for >2004-2005!


JUNIOR BETA WINNERS

First Place
Overhills Middle School
North Carolina

Second Place
South Green Elementary School
Kentucky

Third Place
Erath Middle School
Louisiana

Fourth Place
Our Lady of Victory School
Georgia

Fifth Place
West Elementary School
Tennessee

SENIOR BETA WINNERS

First Place
Moody High School
Texas

Second Place
Honey Grove High School
Texas

Third Place
Campbell County High School
Tennessee

Fourth Place
Mabank High School
Texas

Fifth Place
Anniston Christian Academy
Alabama


The National Beta Club would like to thank all Beta Clubs and members for the hard work and selflessness that made this year's service project such a great success.