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“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
hose thousands of projects range from stocking food pantries to buying underwear for foster children to cooking meals for the homeless to fundraising for scholarships. The length and amount of outreach by our sisters is awe-inspiring. The pandemic has not been a deterrent to acts of altruism but instead has produced new ways to continue on the giving path.
The KAPPAN asked chapters to tell us about their project. And did they ever. We received over 100 news items and photographs. We read and exclaimed over all of them. Thank you for sharing. In order to print as many as possible, articles had to be edited. Space does not allow all of them to be printed in this issue. Here are some ways the women of Alpha Delta Kappa are making it a brighter day.
Alabama Alpha Theta and Alabama Beta Delta
Arizona Mu
At the joint Founders’ Day meeting between Alabama Alpha Theta and Alabama Beta Delta, cleaning supplies, such as hand sanitizers, wipes, paper towels, kleenex and face masks, were collected for schools where members are teaching. Alpha Theta plans to continue collecting safe supplies for schools. Twenty-eight members were present, including Alabama state president Kay Spriggs and Alabama vice president for membership Minie Coon. Over $400 in gift cards were collected for Children’s Hospital of Alabama, the state altruistic project.
California Eta
Pictured behind the mask is Eta chapter president, Diana Keyes, presenting the check for “Operation Holiday Joy” to Tim Nye, Executive Director of the San Diego Armed Services YMCA. The chapter theme for December was Giving. In addition to donations to the San Diego Food Bank, the chapter supported local enlisted military families for Christmas. Through the generosity of the members, the chapter donated $900 to the Armed Services YMCA’s program called Operation Holiday Joy. Hundreds of families participated in a drive-through caravan to receive toys and Christmas trees.
The Knitters Group of Arizona’s Mu chapter has been busy knitting and crocheting scarves and purses for the clients of the Native Health Center in Phoenix. Peggy McKitrick, President and Evelyn Leone, President-Elect took them to the center. At their December meeting, the sisters of AZ Mu chapter decorated their Christmas tree with gift cards totalling $450 from local stores for Child Crisis Arizona.
Connecticut Alpha Gamma
Connecticut Alpha Gamma sisters have been sewing dresses for Little Dresses for Africa. The non-profit collects sundresses made by people all over the world and distributes them to children in Africa, Haiti and 86 other countries. To date, CT Alpha Gamma has sewn over 200 dresses for LDFA. The chapter plans to make it an ongoing project. Information on Little Dresses for Africa may be found at www.littledressesforafrica.org.
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