A Historic Gift: Bruno and Evelyne Betti Twenty years ago, Evelyne Betti walked into the SPSCC Automotive Building and had a conversation with students which transformed the SPSCC automotive program. Since that day, hundreds of SPSCC automotive students have benefited through the Betti Tool Day from the generosity and kindness of Evelyne and the foundation she created. On this day, students arrive to class and can shop for automotive tools from vendors with costs covered by the Betti Tool Fund. Evelyne passed away but her legacy continued through the fund and, ultimately, the students. On December 9, 2020, the SPSCC Foundation received its largest gift in history, a $2.5 million gift from the Bruno and Evelyne Betti Foundation. The gift will impact the college’s Professional Technical degree programs, as well as Healthcare programs
in the Dr. Angela Bowen Center for Health Education. The Betti gift directs $1.5 million as an endowed scholarship supporting professional technical students at SPSCC. The gift also directs $1 million toward developing a new nursing simulation space in the Dr. Angela Bowen Center for Health Education. To honor these gifts, SPSCC will name Building 16 The Bruno & Evelyne Betti Automotive & Welding Center and the second floor of the Angela Bowen Center The Bruno & Evelyne Betti Healthcare Simulation Lab. A representative from the Bruno and Evelyne Betti Foundation shared that the gift is about a lifelong program of “Giving A Leg Up” to support others, which was at the heart of the Betti’s philanthropic work.
Evelyne Betti visits the SPSCC Automotive Technology program circa 2000.
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