All Entries in the "Community Service" Category
Salisbury Alumnae Sigma Gamma Rho Chapter Begins New Project
Source Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. will launch its new program, Project CRADLE Care, on Jan. 21. To address the current needs of the community, there is a partnership with the March of Dimes under the Project Reassurance, Healthy Generations program. “Project CRADLE Care” seeks to: • Improve pregnancy outcomes in the community among women [...]
Sigma Frater Braylon Edwards pays for 100 students to attend college
Source Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards is a man of his word. And because he is, 100 students are going to college on his dime. In 2007, Edwards promised 100 Cleveland high school students that he would pay for their college tuition—a total value of $1 million—if they maintained grade point averages at 2.5 or [...]
Sigma Gamma Rho To Recognize Female Soldiers for the Holidays
Source The Delta Kappa Sigma Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., in conjunction with SoftSheen-Carson and the Torchlight Foundation of New Jersey, have shared the holiday spirit by preparing and shipping care packages to female soldiers serving in the US military overseas. With the sponsorship of the Sister Soldier Project, we are providing [...]
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 [...]
