WOMEN'S ADVISORY BOARD VALENTINE 
BAZAAR TO HONOR BRONSONS 

DAYTONA BEACH, FL- The Bethune-Cookman College Women’s Advisory Board annual Valentine’s Day Bazaar is scheduled for Friday, February 13 from 10 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. in the Richard V. Moore, Sr. Gymnasium, on the B-CC campus.  

This year's program will be dedicated to Bethune-Cookman College President Dr. oswald P. Bronson, Sr., and his wife, Helen Williams Bronson. Dr. Bronson is scheduled to retired June 30th after 29 years at the helm of the institution.

The program will include a luncheon, fashion show and entertainment from the world renowned B-CC Concert Chorale under the direction of Dr. Rebecca W. Steele. Retail items from local businesses, baked goods, and handmade crafts will be on sale. 

Tickets for this event can be purchased for $25 by calling Margaret Symonette-Campbell at (386) 481-2122. or Dee Phillips at (386) 239-8981  All proceeds will benefit Bethune-Cookman student scholarships. Vendor spaces are available for $20 by calling (386) 481-2122.

The Women’s Advisory Board was founded in 1915 by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune to promote the interest of the College and to raise money to assist with the academic financial needs of its students. In the last decade, the Women’s Advisory Board has raised more than $50,000 in scholarships. 

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Bethune-Cookman is a comprehensive college, which offers degrees in liberal arts as well as professional fields, such as business, education and nursing. A United Methodist Church-affiliated school, the College has a diverse and international student population of more than 2,700 and a solid reputation for academic excellence and community service. As evidence of its outstanding program, the College has been listed in the Templeton Honor Roll of Character Building Colleges and Universities, and it was ranked by Black Enterprise magazine as one of the “Top 50” schools in the nation for black students.  B-CC is one of 10 charter member colleges of Project Pericles, a program to create civic leadership and involvement on its member campuses.  The College will celebrate its 100^th year of founding on October 4, 2004.

For more information, contact our website www.bethune.cookman.edu. 

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