1ST EVENT - DECEMBER 1985

Kenneth Ulrich was The Bethlehem Association’s first Legal Counsel. He was

instrumental in obtaining approvals and registering The Bethlehem Association under

section 501(c)(3) with both the State of Pennsylvania and The Internal Revenue

Service.

The first fund raising event was held in December,1985 at the home of Kenneth and

Yvonne Neno Ulrich in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Several people from the Philadelphia,

PA area were invited to the event in order to solidify the Bethlehem Association’s status

as an active charitable non-profit organization. Each guest to the dinner was asked to

make a minimum of $10.00 tax deductible charitable donation in order to establish the

Association’s first bank account.

Photos from this first event show the founding members who formed the first Executive

Committee of the Bethlehem Association:

Left/Right- Kenneth Ulrich, Legal Counsel; Edward Hazbun, President; Yvonne Neno

Ulrich, Treasurer and Kamal Hazboun, Vice President. Joan Hazbun, Secretary not

shown in the photo. The other photos are of the guests who attended the dinner that

night.

The first Convention was then held in August, 1986 at the King of Prussia Holiday Inn

located in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Forty-seven people attended including Domingo

and Linda, Shafiq and Lily Handal and their families. Mr. And Mrs Constantine and

Victoria Neno were visiting the US from Bethlehem to attend the birth of their

granddaughter. They attended the first convention, along with other family members

from Brooklyn, NY.

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