Founders Day Outreach Activities

As part of the Sorority ’s 108th Founding celebration, the Founders Day Committee of Richland County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated conducted a community service outreach activity in support of two agencies located in Newberry County. This was an event that was originally scheduled for last year, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, unforeseen closings, and safety reasons, the event was postponed.

Almost one year later, with COVID-19 protocols and social distancing in place, on Saturday, January 23, 2021, a drive-by event was held to collect donations for GLEAMNS Head Start and Boy’s Farm. The donations included various school supplies, paper products, canned goods, toiletries, and household items. Very soon into the donations drive-by, we realized that chapter members had far exceeded answering the call to support our community. We had a caravan of trucks, trailers, and cars loaded with donations that needed to be sorted and stored until it was time for our scheduled delivery to the agencies.

Because of the sheer volume of items and the distance we had to travel for delivery in Newberry, the committee rented a U-Haul truck. All hands were on deck for the “packing” event, which took place on Wednesday, February 17, 2021.

The scheduled delivery date was set for Thursday, February 18, 2021. It was a cold and rainy morning, but it did not deter the dynamic Deltas of RCA from carrying out the mission of supporting our community through our service efforts. The items were delivered to both agencies. The representatives for the agencies were overwhelmed, and they appreciated the amount of donations the chapter collected and delivered; they thanked us over and over again for our efforts and assistance.

This community service outreach event was a labor of love, but it was also a huge undertaking that could not have been accomplished without the commitment and dedication of the Founders Day Committee, the generosity and thoughtfulness of the RCA chapter members and our volunteers, as well as the “joy in our sisterhood” and the “service in our hearts!” COVID-19 could not stop us, and the weather could not stop us because of the Delta Love within us!