BAT Continues its Seventy Seventh Anniversary Year Celebration by Unleashing a Series of Donations, Charitable Activity
The first meeting of Beta Alpha Tau was held Sept. 19, 1929; the most recent
meeting was Monday November 20th, 2006- meeting # 3,953. The Passive BAT Club
met at RN Myers Apartments to honor its oldest known living member Paul
Milner'33 from Shaker Heights High School. We announced a few of the initial
rounds of our donations over the last two months and upcoming charitable events
and ideas to aid our community and the world.
Cleveland, Ohio (PRWeb) November 27, 2006 -- This month, BAT passives of
Cleveland Heights High donated $4,460 of their excess Reunion 77 Funds to aid
children at Rainbows Babies and Children's and the Taussig Cancer Center at the
Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Additionally, a $2,200 donation was made to
Reaching Heights, triggering a one-for-one match from the George Gund
Foundation. Last month, the BAT Passive club donated $2,300 to the Monarch
School in honor of passive Victor Gelb's 80th birthday celebration.
"The continued interest of this group of Heights High alums is welcomed and
appreciated. Their loyalty to the Cleveland Heights-University Heights school
district and willingness to invest in its future success is inspiring. It
exemplifies the kind of citizen interest that is critical to our efforts as a
resource for this remarkable public school system," said Reaching Heights
Executive Director Susie Kaeser.
BAT closed out the month of November with a significant cash, food, and clothing
donation for the homeless to St. Malachi's. The group also feed the homeless at
the Breadline at St. Malachi's
www.stmalachi.org/parish/map1.htm Saturday November 26, 2006 along their
children and grandchildren.
Founder Dr Robert Bachman wrote these prophetic words on March 24, 1934: Has the
idea of a permanent club carrying on among men out in the world and sprouting
from this very organization ever entered your heads? The Passive Organization
and its holding together is the key to the success of this dream. Keep it in
mind and it will broaden your outlook no end. Let us stick together as long as
we may.
The first meeting of Beta Alpha Tau was held September 19, 1929; the most recent
meeting was Monday November 20th, 2006- meeting # 3,953. The Passive BAT Club
met at RN Myers Apartments to honor its oldest known living member Paul
Milner'33 from Shaker Heights High School. We announced a few of the initial
rounds of our donations over the last two months and upcoming charitable events
and ideas to aid our community and the world.
Beginning as a high school fraternity in 1929 at Cleveland Heights High School
with a Reunion to celebrate September 9, 2006 well over 200+ men, (total of 400+
attendees) aged 26 (Jacob Lohser) to 90 (Paul Milner), gathered as brothers at
the Beachwood Marriott, not to celebrate the anniversary of their graduation but
the founding of their Cleveland Heights High School fraternity established 77
years earlier, one month before the stock market crash of 1929.
www.betaalphatau.com
About Reaching Heights:
Reaching Heights
www.reachingheights.org is a nonprofit citizen organization that promotes
public ownership and responsibility for the success of the Cleveland
Heights-University Heights public schools. This public education advocacy
organization seeks to make the Cleveland Heights-University Heights public
schools the best possible resource for each student, our community and our
democracy.
About Cleveland Clinic Taussig Center:
CCF Cancer Center
www.clevelandclinic.org/cancer/ is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as
one of the top 15 cancer hospitals in the country, and the No. 1 cancer hospital
in Ohio in its annual hospital survey. With a long-standing tradition of
offering world-class care, treatment, and clinical trial research, our cancer
hospital will continue to be a leader in cancer awareness, diagnosis and
management. Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center is part of the Case
Comprehensive Cancer Center , a Comprehensive Cancer Center designated by the
National Cancer Institute.
About Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital:
RB&C climbed to Number 4 in the nation - up from its previous ranking of Number
6 - while remaining the Number 1 children's hospital in the entire Midwest.
Rainbow is a world leader in the treatment of children with cancer, heart
disease, cystic fibrosis and pulmonary specialties, sickle cell disease, kidney
disease, and endocrine and metabolic disorders. As part of the Ireland Cancer
Center, the National Institute of Cancer-designated center in northeast Ohio,
Rainbow's comprehensive pediatric cancer center offers the most promising
treatments to children. Rainbow's Asthma Center helps children experience less
frequent and severe symptoms, while significantly reducing trips to ERs.
About The Monarch School:
Founded in 2000, Monarch School
www.bellefairejcb.org is a chartered nonpublic school in Ohio that provides
ideal special education programs for children with autism. The Monarch Boarding
Academy is an extraordinary residential learning environment created
specifically for children and teens on the autism spectrum. Monarch School and
Monarch Boarding Academy operate under the auspices of Bellefaire JCB, a pioneer
in the care, treatment, and education of young people for more than 130 years.
Our location on a beautiful, 32-acre suburban campus in Shaker Heights, Ohio,
includes playing fields, walking paths, a gymnasium, and many amenities
essential to children's success.
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11/27/2006
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