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Kalamazoo Greeks unite to support Haitian relief efforts
Source The local chapters of the three oldest college educated Black Greek organizations Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity have united in support of the Haitian Relief Efforts. On Saturday, February 6, 2010, at Food Dance Caf, 401 E. Michigan Avenue in Kalamazoo the organizations will present a [...]
Bahamian Sigmas to host Haiti relief fraternity Basketball tournament
Source Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is hosting a Charity Basketball Tournament, where they will be playing against the other Greek fraternities like the Alphas, Q”s, and Kappas. The event is to raise funds for our The Haiti relief donation to the Red Cross Society, who will be collecting all of the funds raised to purchase [...]
Cornell Sigma, Alphas join in Haiti relief effort on campus
Source “Their homes are wrecked. They’re sleeping outside. There’s no food or water. Everyone’s alive, but it’s not a good living situation,” Ashley Jeanlus ’11, the treasurer of the Haitian Students Association and the daughter of two Haitian immigrants, said describing the majority of her family members who still live in Haiti. Still, she added: [...]
Alpha Frater returns to Haiti on mission of mercy as a Navy doctor
Source When Mill Etienne’s family fled Haiti in 1981, he was just 5 years old, not much bigger than the broken little body now stretched before him on a gurney aboard the USNS Comfort. Growing up in suburban New York, Etienne had wanted to sever any connection to that violent, impoverished Caribbean nation. He sought [...]
Alpha Frater, Haiti native, seeks help from locals
Source The paradise Gael Cleophat remembers — the one with picturesque mountainsides, relaxing beaches and historic monuments — is a distant memory. Sure, the mountains and beaches and most of the monuments remain, but the image most people have had of Haiti since a massive earthquake struck the island nation on Jan. 12 is one [...]
University of Florida Iotas, Alphas hoop for Haiti
Source Gators United for Haiti, the University Athletic Association and the UF men’s and women’s basketball teams have joined forces to raise money for relief in Haiti. Information tables and pledge sheets will be available at the O’Connell Center when the men’s basketball team takes on South Carolina at 6 p.m. Saturday and the women’s [...]
University of Houston Sigmas get involved in Haiti relief effort
Source The UH chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is transforming its monthly Hump Day into a volunteer effort to help raise money and canned goods to send to Haiti, which is reeling in the aftermath of last Tuesday’s magnitude-7.0 earthquake that killed tens of thousands and left multitudes of survivors without food and [...]
Vallejo AKA members raise funds for Haiti
Source Members of a Vallejo sorority have sent hundreds of dollars to help victims of last week’s earthquake in Haiti. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Kappa Beta Omega Vallejo Graduate Chapter have sent nearly $700 to help Haitians struggling to survive the devastating magnitude 7 quake. The sorority issued a call for support from its [...]
Kappa Alpha Psi works for Haiti relief
Source The Delta Omega chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. will host the “Dining with the Kappas” fundraiser Jan. 27 at CiCi’s Pizza. The fundraiser is a part of iKare: The Kappa Alpha Psi Haiti Relief Initiative. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. President Donald Greenlee said planning for iKare began a day or two [...]
