Altruism
“Around the world, members combine their energies and talents to enrich their lives and the lives of others through thousands of heart-warming community based altruistic projects. Because of these projects, it is a brighter day…” ~Alpha Delta Kappa Handbook
CA Zeta
CA Zeta continues to support Robyne’s Nest, their altruistic project. Over Thanksgiving break, sisters donated gift cards and food supplies to local at-risk and homeless high school students. Zeta also donated $120 to Precious Lamb Preschool in Long Beach. The school educates and cares for young children experiencing homelessness.
FL Fidelis Nu
FL Fidelis Nu members received a plaque for their chapter’s contribution to the Pensacola, FL Hadji Shriners transportation fund. The fund assists children and their parents with transportation to and from medical appointments. In November, the members heard about the history and services of Shriners Hospitals from Shriner Keith Goolsby.
VT Delta
VT Delta recently donated funds to the Proctor Wethersfield Library to purchase books in memory of Evelyn Beebe, a Sapphire sister who started Delta chapter twenty-one years ago. The children’s books were representative of Asian culture. Evelyn lived her early married life in Japan and returned to the United States to teach history. Delta’s September meeting was held at the library where sisters were able to look through the books and thank the children’s librarian who selected them in memory of Evelyn.
AR Nu
AR Nu Vice President Barbara Anderson reported that 3,500 items of paper goods were collected by members and donated to the City Youth Ministries as the chapter’s A∆K Month project. City Youth Ministries is a faith-based non-profit organization providing after school and summer programs at no cost to students in first to eighth grade and their families in the Jonesboro Community.
OR Epsilon
Members of OR Epsilon recently held their first non-zoom meeting in 21 months and spent it pasting bookplates into the 80 books the chapter donated to the Head Start program in Salem, OR. The bookplates identified the books as gifts of Alpha Delta Kappa OR Epsilon Chapter. The idea of donating the preschool books came from a presentation the Head Start director made to the group. 26
WI Nu
“Happy Birthday Dear Friends.” That was the message Wisconsin Nu Chapter sent to the residents of Dove West Care Center in Eau Claire, WI. Sisters gathered together to assemble gift bags for distribution to residents on their birthdays. Bags were filled with hand-made greeting cards with postage, lotions, candies, toiletries and many other items donated by members.
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