All Entries in the "Community Service" Category
AKA/EPA Unite to Educate Underserved Communities on Environmental Risks
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA/UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY UNITE TO EDUCATE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ON ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS Collaboration will promote environmental and green awareness Chicago, Illinois – November 26, 2011 – Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have joined forces to protect communities from environmental health risks through an aggressive and [...]
Delta Sigma Theta Bermuda Alumnae Chapter Book Fair is Truly About the Community
Source Bermuda’s annual reading book fair hosted by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was held in Victoria Park on Saturday, November 5. The book fair was about children getting books and having fun, and most importantly becoming better at reading and writing. There were many activities for children such as musical chairs, red light, dance [...]
Gwinnett County AKA Chapter Accepts Applications for $1,000 Biz Grants
$1,000 Economic Success = Partnership Grants Available Lawrenceville, GA – November 30, 2011, the Upsilon Alpha Omega Chapter, along with its non-profit affiliate, The Gwinnett Pearls of Service Foundation, Incorporated, will end the application phase in their second Economic Success = Partnership business grant program. First awarded at the beginning of 2011, these $1,000 grants [...]
Northern Iowa Sigmas Sleep Out For Homelessness
Source With temperatures below 30 degrees, the sight of people seated on top of Maucker Union can be unusual. On a first glance, the natural questions to ask might be, who are those people and what are they doing out here? Bobby Elam, a graduate mathematics student and member of Phi Beta Sigma, answered that question – raising [...]
A New Heart, A New Start: Atlanta Area AKA Chapter Walks to Support One Of Their Own
“A NEW HEART, A NEW START” On Saturday, October 29, 2011, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Phi Tau Omega Chapter members met early at Turner Field in downtown Atlanta to prepare for the 2011 Metro Atlanta Heart Walk. As a part of Alpha Kappa Alpha’s international health initiative, Phi Tau Omega was excited to participate [...]
Lake County Zetas Lead Prematurity Awareness Weekends
Source In hundreds of congregations throughout America, including in Lake County, the weekends of Nov. 5-6 and 12-13, worshippers will learn about premature birth, an infant health crisis that nearly half a million families cope with each year, thanks to Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. Members of the sorority will join congregational leaders in sending [...]
St. Louis Area Phi Beta Sigma Alumni Chapter Awards Scholarships
Source During its annual Scholarship Brunch the Education Committee of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc awarded $ 3,500 in scholarships to deserving high school seniors. Recipients were De’Von Washington, Christian Brothers College High School; Jourdon Morgan III, Hazelwood East High School; Chris Johnson, Lafayette High School; and Kendrick Strong II, Mel Carnahan High School. Organizers [...]
Middle Tennessee Alphas, Deltas Team Up For Charity
Source Members from the Kappa Xi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and the Iota Tau Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority teamed together last week for a week-long community service program. This fraternity and sorority duo has been partnering together since the 1920s, and the purposes of the events were to provide services for the [...]
Beta Alpha Omega Chapter AKAs Kick Off Emerging Young Leaders Program
The Emerging Young Leaders (EYL) kick off at Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School in Hillside, New Jersey was a complete success. Parents and students were buzzing around the nicely decorated Alpha Kappa Alpha, Beta Alpha Omega table eager to receive information about the program. The enthusiasm and excitement was evident throughout the evening. Approximately 50 [...]
Davidson College AKA Chapter Partners with KIPP Charlotte for Girls Mentor Program
Source KIPP Charlotte, a tuition-free, open enrollment, college preparatory middle school that serves traditionally underserved students, has launched a new Girls Leadership Program to promote leadership and character development in more than 50 seventh- and eighth-grade girls. The yearlong program is a collaboration with the Sigma Psi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Davidson [...]
