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Bankie Benton, President
Dear Member or Prospective Member:
Our purpose is to improve the understanding of
the American Constitution and the Bill of Rights. To interest and encourage
citizens to support actively The American Way of Life as set forth in the
Declaration of Independence and the Credo of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley
Forge. To teach our citizens, particularly young people, to assume the
responsibility of good citizenship and our heritage and the private enterprise
system which made our country what it is today.
This year
we will send seventy-five (75) junior high school students, our future new
leaders, to The American Youth Leadership Summit at Valley Forge. These students
are selected through school recommendation, from both public and private
schools, and interviewed by one of our members to be an attendee or an alternate
to one of four different dates in October, January, February or March. Each
group is chaperoned by at least two of our members to this lifetime experience.
We sponsor a luncheon in late spring to have reports of their accomplishments
and what they learned. These luncheons are attended by parents, grandparents and
friends. In the summer we send civics and history teachers to learn new ways to
interest our students in our history and heritage. The students and teachers are
sent at no expense to them.
The Saturday in February which is the closest to George Washington's Birthday we
have his Birthday Ball to raise money to support our projects. This year the
Ball will be held February 21st at the Coral Ridge Yacht Club in Fort
Lauderdale, FL. Alexis Promuto is our Ball Chairman and Linda Grassmuck is our
Reservations Chairman. Call Linda to reserve your spot 954-568-6583 or e-mail her at
lindag001@comcast.net.
On January 26th, our organization along with Mayor Naugle and the
City of Fort Lauderdale rededicated the Jack Kaye Park to be the Jack and
Harriet Kaye Park. Harriet, a charter member, left their estate to our
organization that we many send more students; however the bulk of the estate is
real estate and that is not moving very fast right now. At present it costs us
one thousand dollars ($1000.00) to sponsor each student. We also have many
charitable donors.
Would you like to sponsor a scholarship for a student? Call me at 954-551-4107
for further details or if you would like to start a Chapter in your city or
state or join us here in Fort Lauderdale.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth
Eubank Benton
bankiebenton@ffvfbroward.org
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