COMMUNITY INVITED TO BETHUNE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The public is invited to attend the Mary McLeod Bethune Legacy Birthday Party on Saturday, July 10, 2004 from 3-5 p.m. in the parking lot behind the Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center, 698 W. International Speedway, Daytona Beach.

Celebrating the 129^th birthday of the founder of Bethune-Cookman College who also and the National Council of Negro Women, the event will feature children and youth performers as well as refreshments. Admission is free.

Earlier in the day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the Daytona Beach section of the National Council of Negro Women will hold a sweet potato pie baking contest in the Wendell P. Holmes Building on the B-CC Campus. Proceeds will benefit NCNW community projects and programs.

Individuals, organizations, and businesses can submit entries for $6, $15 and $25, respectively. For applications and more information, contact (386) 253-1753.

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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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