Manchester, Ohio 9/3/25 – The National Beta club at Manchester High School has proudly been named a 2025 National Beta Grand Slam Service award winner. The club earned this award by spending an average of 100+ hours per member serving their school, community, and state this year.
As one of the four pillars of National Beta, service is encouraged to help students learn to demonstrate the motto: Let Us Lead by Serving Others. By showing dedication to service, Manchester Junior Betas helped contribute to over 1,960,766 hours served by clubs across the nation this year. Collectively, Betas also raised $2,009,565 for various organizations and charities. The club at Manchester Jr. High joins a group of only 58 _other schools to earn the award this year.
Mrs. Romona Applegate, the Junior Beta advisor at Manchester, commented on the member’s dedication to their community services: “I am proud to salute the Manchester Junior Beta Club with their continued pride and efforts to maintain the valued status of top ranking among the schools in the state of Ohio. Our members have dedicated themselves to assist others in need, understand the importance of recycling and working within our community — not just during the school year but throughout the year with the giving of themsel\/’es and displaying care for others. These young men and ladies are prime examples of our compassionate citizens of tomorrow!”
Members will each receive a commemorative pin and the club will receive a custom Louisville Slugger mini-baseball bat to proudly display in their school.
