500 Backpacks Readied
From the New Haven Independent:
When students show up to the King/Robinson magnet school on Wednesday, they’ll find 500 backpacks waiting for them, stocked with goodies inside.
The backpacks, donated by the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, were assembled over the weekend at the Community Center at 230 Ashmun St.
Of course, it’s not just backpacks that the students are getting. It’s what’s in them which makes them special: glue sticks, pencils, pens, notebooks, rulers, crayons, erasers, scissors and folders.
Lined up on either side of the table like a true assembly line, volunteers handed down the bags, and called out what they were putting in them, and how many of the items, as each bag was going down the table.
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Marvin Clark receives Volunteer of the Year Award
I received this in my inbox two weeks ago, but didn’t get around to posting it before I left for vacation. on June 23rd (as Bro. Graig Brooks writes)
Bro. Marvin Clark was honored by the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce as the Volunteer of the Year at their 105th Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon. Bro. Clark is member of the Iota Alpha Sigma Chapter, Greater Bay Area and is the Advisor/Founder of the Sigma Beta Club. Congratulations to Bro. Marvin Clark as he continues the Sigma mottos of “Changing Lives Through Service” and “Culture for Service and Service for Humanity.”
From the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Meeting announcement:
Marvin Clark, a partner at First Building Maintenance, is a long-time Chamber volunteer, participating for many years as a member of the Ambassador Committee. He can be seen at many Chamber functions, including committee meetings, events and ribbon cutting ceremonies. In addition to serving as an Ambassador, he is also a member of the Chamber’s Nonprofit Roundtable and the Oakland Chamber Toastmasters, and is a co-founder and advisor for the Greater Bay Area Sigma Beta Club.
Congrats Bro. Clark
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Richmond Blue & White School Supply Drive 2009
Last fall, the Richmond-area chapters of Zeta Phi Beta (Alpha Phi Zeta, Sigma Delta Zeta, Nu, Eta Theta) & Phi Beta Sigma (Iota Sigma, Lambda, Delta Upsilon) collected and distributed school supplies for over 500 of Carver Elementary’s students. The school, located in the Downtown Richmond and named after Hon. Bro. George Washington Carver, was also the site of the 1952 Conclave. Richmond’s chapters of Zeta Phi Beta and Phi Beta Sigma plan to make this an annual program moving forward. Thank you to Family Dollar and J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College for their donations to this worthy cause!
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The Ever Forward Club has some exciting news
From Bro. Ashanti Branch (Omicron Pi, Fall 1993)
The Ever Forward Club is in the running for a $50,000 grant from the PepsiCo!
With the funds our organization is going to support even more middle and high school students to reach their personal, academic and social goals.
Here’s how the contest works:
* 10 $50,000 grants that will be awarded
* Grants are awarded to the top 10 ideas with the most votes
* You can vote ONCE PER DAY for Ever Forward’s idea.
* The voting period is from May 1 – May 31 2010.Here are 3 specific ways you can help us win:
1. Vote EVERYDAY for The Ever Forward Club on the website www.refresheverything.com/everforwardclub.
2. Encourage YOUR NETWORK of family and friends to VOTE EVERYDAY for The Ever Forward Club’s idea.
* Post link above on Facebook/Twitter/Google Buzz/Etc. accounts DAILY!
* Text link above to cell phone contacts as often as you are comfortable
* Send attached e-mail to e-mail contacts as often as you are comfortable.3. Reply to this message with a YES if you are open to volunteering some time to help us win this competition. You can call it Digital Community Service. (letters of acknowledgment will be provided upon request)
Being one of the 10 recipients of this grant would help The Ever Forward Club make a GIANT STEP in fulfilling our mission of creating communities of students who are setting and achieving goals…WE CAN’T DO IT WITHOUT YOU!!
Thank you in advance for your support and I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Ever Forward,
Ashanti Branch M.Ed.
Founder/ Executive Director
The Ever Forward ClubPS. Your vote is not in for the day until the grey vote button disappears! If you click the grey button to vote and then you sign in, you must click the grey button again! The grey button should disappear and your daily vote count should go from 10 to 9. That is when you know your vote has been submitted!
PPS. If you’ve yet to become of “Fan” of The Ever Forward Club on Facebook, please do so here for up to the minute updates in regards to our contest status!
PPPS. If you have any “out of the box” ideas as to how we can spread the word and get more voters, please contact me!
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AAES Chapter Christmas Home Delivery
One of the posts that was lost last month when I had trouble upgrading was about the AAES chapter’s (Inland Empire, CA) Christmas Home Delivery service project. I was a member of AAES for two years and they’re a great group of Brothers. Here’s a pic of Bros. Ruben Galvez (far left) and Manzell Baskerville with one of the families. You can find more pics here.
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