Bell 505 Visits Bellaire Elementary

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Bell 505 Visits Bellaire Elementary

Since 2012 Bell Helicopter - through the Bell Leadership Association for Developing Excellence (BLADE) - has supported Bellaire Elementary with mentors and volunteers. Over the past 5 years, Bell Mentors have visited the Bellaire Elementary campus each academic year, up to twenty employees volunteered in 2016, to sit one-on-one with their school-assigned student during the students’ lunch break for 30-minutes a week to serve as a friend and role model. They used their time to help children with school work, classroom behavior, reading, peer relationships, life outside of school and many other aspects of the student’s life.

BLADE has supported events at the school such as the Bellaire Field Day, Bellaire Book Give Away - which gives every child a brand new book to read over the summer, Science Day, Color Run/Health Fair, and several others.

Bellaire Awards Plaque

Bell and BLADE have sponsored Bellaire generously through past activities such as book fair fundraiser, coat and school supply drive, and United Way. The school supply drive in 2016 contributed over $5,000 by Bell employees for a total of $9,500 with the Textron corporate match. Bell and BLADE host Bellaire’s Fine Arts Department Suzuki Strings for a December concert at Bell campus, with uniform t-shirts sponsored by BLADE. 

Bellaire Elementary educates over 740 students Pre-Kindergarten through 6th grade. According to the HEB Independent School District, Bellaire Elementary was named one of ten Top Gold Ribbon Elementary schools in Tarrant County by Children at Risk.  “The list honors neighborhood schools where demographics don’t dictate destiny. Schools where students who are identified in at risk populations go onto earn ‘high performing status.’”

Bellaire Elementary will be presented with a plaque today on behalf of Bell Helicopter and BLADE to commemorate the Top Gold Ribbon Elementary achievement.  For the Educators and students of today and tomorrow, we hope it serves as a reminder of the commitment, passion and success embodied by the Bellaire Elementary community and its supporters.

About Bell

Thinking above and beyond is what we do. For more than 85 years, we’ve been reimagining the experience of flight – and where it can take us.

We are pioneers. We were the first to break the sound barrier and to certify a commercial helicopter. We were a part of NASA’s first lunar mission and brought advanced tiltrotor systems to market. Today, we’re defining the future of advanced air mobility.

Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas – as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Textron Inc., – we have strategic locations around the globe. And with nearly one quarter of our workforce having served, helping our military achieve their missions is a passion of ours.

Above all, our breakthrough innovations deliver exceptional experiences to our customers. Efficiently. Reliably. And always, with safety at the forefront.

About Textron

Textron Inc. is a multi-industry company that leverages its global network of aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell, Cessna, Beechcraft, Pipistrel, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Arctic Cat, and Textron Systems. For more information, visit: www.textron.com.

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