Dear Editor,

On behalf of the Bentley University Residence Hall Association and BEAR I would like to thank the community for coming to support Breakfast by Moonlight on Monday, April 26, 2010.

The event, first started in 1991 has been held 38 times and continues to be a great success with faculty, staff but most importantly Bentley students. Without your support and enthusiasm for the event, it would not be nearly as successful. We had a turnout of about 800 participants this year. As never before we went through 24 boxes of Tater Tots, 3,000 pancakes, and pounds of sausage, eggs and waffles.

Once again, Sodexo was more than generous donating the breakfast for Bentley students. Without their donation, RHA wouldn’t be able to donate all of our collections to a non-profit servicing the greater Waltham area. The overarching theme of Breakfast by Moonlight is to provide a safe environment for Bentley students on the last night of classes before finals. Due to the excitement of this event within the Bentley community, many come out not only for breakfast but for a greater good in the community.

This year, the theme of “lumberjacks” certainly accomplished that with almost everyone dressing up in plaid, outdoors gear, among other props! From Paul Bunyan making an appearance, seeing faculty and staff bust a move, to Breakfast by Moonlight’s very first dance off, everyone who attended had a great time and agreed it was the perfect way to end a very stressful semester.

This year we raised $ 1,400 for All Out Adventures. The non-profit organization promotes health, community, and independence for people with disabilities and their family and friends through outdoor recreation.

All Out Adventures does some truly amazing things that we want to contribute to such as allowing the organization to keep their programs open to people of all ages, experience levels, and abilities with either no cost to participants or a very nominal fee.

RHA is very excited to be making a visible difference in our community by hosting just this one event on campus. Again I would like to thank you all for coming out, because without you this event would not be possible.
Marc Santilli

Bentley University RHA Presiden