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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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