Oxford, Ohio, September 3, 2009 — Doug Houser, Chairman of the Beta Theta Pi Foundation, announced to the Fraternity’s staff on Monday morning that the 24 members of the Board of Trustees and Foundation Board of Directors have bundled their individual gifts to the Beta Leadership Fund — amounting to more than $100,000 for the organization’s FY10 annual fund drive. This is believed to be an all-time record in giving to the BLF from both boards of the Fraternity.

Chairman Houser suggested, “With a hefty overall goal of $850,000 to be raised this academic year, the board members are now combining our gifts together as a $100,000 challenge to the larger alumni base of Betas across North America. Coupled with support from Beta parents, undergraduates and Friends of Beta, we are excited to challenge all previous and first-time donors to the BLF to step forward — in a big, big way. By making a gift, everyone can participate, and our undergraduate Betas are the ones who benefit. What a win-win for Beta Theta Pi. Let’s have a record year!”

The Beta Leadership Fund is the centerpiece of the Beta Foundation’s annual fundraising effort, which supports all of the Fraternity’s eight major award-winning leadership programs and educational services. Gifts of support to the BLF can be made online at www.betathetapi.org/gift.

Beta Theta Pi is dedicated to building men of principle for a principled life. Our brotherhood aids the individual, builds the Fraternity and strengthens the host academic institution through lifelong devotion to intellectual excellence, high standards of moral conduct and responsible citizenship. The Fraternity, founded in 1839 at Miami University (Ohio), has more than 120,000 members including some 6,500 collegians on 118 campuses in the United States and Canada.

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Martin Cobb
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