This document shows how your donations are used by BDPA Education and Technology Foundation (BETF) to prepare high school students for global advancements in Information Technology.

1. ‘MAKING A CHOICE’
Preparing High School Students For
Global Advancements In Information Technology
BETF ENDOWMENT FUNDING CAMPAIGN

2. BETF (BDPA Education and Technology BDPA CHAPTERS
Alabama
Foundation) is a 501(c)3 non-profit charity. Arizona
Arkansas
California (2)
Established in 1992 to financially support 21st Colorado
century student education and technology Connecticut
Delaware
initiatives within BDPA local chapters across the Florida (3)
Georgia (2)
United States. Illinois (2)
Indiana (2)
Kentucky
Maryland
BDPA (Black Data Processing Associates) was Massachusetts
founded in 1975 from the concern that minorities Minnesota (2)
Michigan
were not adequately represented in the Missouri (2)
Nevada
workforce of the new and emerging computer New Jersey
industry. New York (2)
North Carolina (2)
Ohio (5)
Today, BDPA is a professional membership Pennsylvania (2)
Rhode Island
organization that encourages and helps to South Carolina (2)
Tennessee (3)
prepare high school and college students pursue Texas (3)
careers in or related to Information Technology. Virginia
Washington
Washington, DC
Wisconsin
For More Information
BETF.org | BDPA.org

3. It Starts With A Students
Choice To Want To Learn More
Student Information Annual National IT
National High School
Technology Education Showcase
Computer Competition
and Scholarship (SITES) The Annual BDPA National
Alumni Information Technology (IT)
& National High School The mission of the HSCC Showcase allows student
Computer Competition Alumni Program is to help presenters from educational
(HSCC) actualize the BDPA continuum institutions across the United
Throughout the year, local of taking our community "from States to showcase their research
chapters conduct SITES the classroom to the papers by presenting and
training programs for the youth boardroom" by maintaining demonstrating their findings.
in their communities. These contact with HSCC Alumni
programs are designed to throughout their college years
expose teens to the concepts of and beyond.
computers and give them the
expertise to develop web
applications.
Partial Programs List
BETF FACT - BETF addresses the dilemma that educational, technical and career opportunities still reach the African-
American, minority and under-served communities at a very slow pace.

4. Our Choice Is To Help
Those Students Go To College
Dr. Jesse Bemley Bank of America Eli Lilly
Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Scholarships Fund
University of
Christian Brothers University United States Military Academy
Illinois
MIT Pratt Institute University of Washington
Hampton St. Cloud
Hofstra University
University State College
Pasadena
University of Connecticut Michigan State University
City College
University of Washington Fordham University University of Tennessee - Knoxville
University of
California State - University of LA University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
Michigan
Davidson
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Valdosta State University
College
Stony Brook, University of Auburn
State University of New York Illinois-Urbana University at Montgomery
New York Institute of Technology University of Tennessee Hudson Valley Community College
The University of Connecticut University of California, San Diego Rochester Institute of Technology
Vanderbilt DePaul
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University University
Polytechnic University Fort Valley State University University of Illinois - Urbana - Champaign
Hampton
Rochester and Community Technical Dartmouth
University
College College
Illinois Wesleyan University Southern Polytechnic State University University of Cincinnati
Partial List
BETF FACT - Since 1992, BETF has awarded scholarships to high school students to assist with their continued education at
over 100 colleges and universities across the country.

5. Join Our Efforts Because
Your Choice Will Make A Difference
Through it’s Endowment Funding Campaign,
BETF seeks to establish relationships with
individuals and families who recognize the
importance of higher education and
information technology as positive choices for
the youth in their communities to be successful.
Financial contributions to BETF
are 100% tax-deductible.
BETF FACT - Your personal choice to make an annual contribution will provide scholarships to high school students that made
a choice to participate in the BDPA training initiatives.

6. Your Choice To Help
Will Make The Student’s Choice Easier
SITES
Endowment • Funds used to support the preparation,
participation and performance of 30 HSCC
Fund teams per year at rate of $10,000 per Chapter
GOAL: Increase SITES endowment fund to five million
dollars over a five year period.
Bemley • Contributions will support 4-year scholarship
Scholarship grants for students of the top five HSCC teams
attending post secondary educational
Fund institution.
GOAL: Increase Bemley fund by one million
dollars.

7. Scholarship Awards Summary
Your Choice Continues
To Support More Students
Scholarships
$30,000 Bemley
$25,000
$20,000
$15,000 Bank of
$10,000 America
$5,000 Ernst &
$0 Young
Year
BDPA
SITES Program
SITES Program
$85,000
$80,000
$75,000 Funds
Awarded
$70,000
$65,000
$60,000
2006 2007 2008
Year
BETF FACT - BETF has for many years provided funding for the advancement and continuing education of
African-American and minority high school students throughout the United States.

8. They Made A “They taught me that companies are
looking for leaders and you have to be
Good Choice able to go out there and present
yourself. Thanks to HSCC, I am now
“I cannot put into words how much I grew more sociable and outgoing than I ever
as an IT professional, but just as a person
thought I would be. I have been
interacting with an organization that had a practicing my networking skills with the
family feel to it. There are so many faculty around the school as a senior
positives about being on a HSCC team; I
do not even know where to begin. You this year, and I can honestly testify to
learn teambuilding skills; working with a you that opportunities definitely come to
deadline, presentation skills, leadership those who seek! “
development, research/creative skills,
networking skills…the list is almost Monique Jones (Charlotte, 2008)
endless.”
Evan Hilliard (Charlotte, 2000-2001)
“I built websites for my school and
“I received a scholarship award from
became a Graphic User Interface
Bank of America that has greatly
Programmer for the Black Data
benefited me in my college career. The
Processing Associates’ High
most memorable thing from my years
School Computer Competition
participating with HSCC is all of the
Detroit chapter, discovering the
friends that I have made. I have met
vast creative perspectives in the
so many unforgettable people not only
field of IT technology on a
from Richmond, but also from across
nationwide competitive level.”
the country.”
Karole Johnson (Richmond, 2006) Darius Gaines (Detroit, 2006)
BETF FACT - Our students are achieving their dreams and are developing the necessary skills to compete in the global
workplace of tomorrow. To learn more directly from the students themselves, visit BETF.org.

9. Their Choice Provides a Solid
Return on Investment “You have eight hours to create an
online DVD rental store:
“READY..SET..GO!” The doors were
closed and locked shut. Suddenly
“I would later learn that the BDPA national
competition was a good experience for there I was...a tiny Latina from
college, as I had to learn several new Boston in a large, strange, hotel
programming languages while in college in a ballroom in Dallas, Texas. I left that
short time span…when I arrived at Rice, Texas ballroom with the confidence
someone from the admission office greeted to succeed. I started a web design
me…she immediately identified me as the company and have worked with
person who competed in a national computer major organizations such as the
programming competition… She went on to Museum of Science and Intel
tell me that the competition really Computer Clubhouse, a global
distinguished my application from others and
organization that gives minority
was one of the main reasons why Rice
accepted me. The door that the BDPA helped children the opportunity to learn
open at Rice subsequently led to other doors computer technology.”
being opened, which enabled me to complete
my PhD in Computer Science at Rice Julia Berg (Boston, 2004)
University.”
Mackale Joyner, Ph. D (Kansas City, 1996)
BDPA FACT - BDPA also helps students in the transition from college to the work force via our College Student/Young Professional
programs. To learn more about each of the training programs, visit BDPA.org.

10. Continuing Education is “After my BDPA High School Computer
Competition days were over, I went on to
The Best Choice study Political Theory & Constitutional
Democracy at Michigan State University,
with second specialization in the French
language. Though I did not intend to
follow the IT track, I did manage to work
“When I was a student, we programmed throughout college in IT (mainly
in GW-Basic. And yet, the spirit of the networking) to help pay my way through.
competition remains as strong today as I decided that I wanted to immerse
it did back then. I have seen the myself in the language, so I moved to
program evolve to stay relevant, and yet France for a year to study French history
maintain Dr. Bemley’s vision of a and literature. And here I am, working in
competition that provides exposure to the IT department at the New York Stock
technology and professionalism. I am Exchange/Euronext Paris office.“
currently the head of Information
Security for D/FW International Airport. I Veronica Taylor (Detroit, 1999-2000)
have held several posts within BDPA
(National Youth Technology Camp
Coordinator, BETF Scholarship
Administrator, and Chapter HSCC
Coordinator).“
Chris Johnson (Dallas, 1992-1993)
BDPA FACT – We train students from historically disadvantaged communities to learn advanced computer science and
community responsibility.

11. ‘Making A Choice’
Working Together,
Preparing High School Students For
Global Advancements In Information Technology
Thank you!
BETF (Business, Education and Technology Foundation) is
a 501(C)(3) non-profit founded in1992 to financially support
the education and technical programs within BDPA local
chapters across the United States.
BDPA (Black Data Processing Associates) was founded in
1975 from the concern that minorities were not adequately
represented in the Information technology industry.
BETF ENDOWMENT FUNDING CAMPAIGN

12. Contribution Options
‘Making A Choice’
Preparing High School Students for Global Advancements in Information Technology
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4423 Lehigh Road #277
Name:
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Address:
Phone: 513-284-4968
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Email: execdirector@betf.org Email:
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