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- Book Discussion Group - books
discussed include "Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn" and "Singing In The
Comeback Choir".
- Delta Academy - activities include
Baltimore's Inner Harbor Maryland Science Center; Kwanzaa Presentation at Sorority
Meeting; packaging toiletry baskets for Montgomery County Community Service Day; trip to
the NBC-4 Health and Fitness Expo; Black History Month Study on Black Scientists;
Sisterhood Sleepover; Career Awareness Seminar and participation in "Take Your
Daughter To Work Day"; hands-on science experiments at the Rockville Science Day; and
"Surfing the Internet" Computer Training class.
- Economic Development - support of
African American owned business, DanSha' Products who specializes in unique silk floral
arrangements and Business Entrepreneurship Seminar at chapter meeting.
- Educational Development - supported two students to go on the Black College Tour; Adopt-A-School
Program at Glen Haven Elementary School which included Giant and Safeway receipt donations
and assisting with afternoon tutoring and the ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages)
classes.
- International Awareness and Involvement
- study of several Caribbean islands and International Food Tasting at chapter meeting.
- Physical and Mental Health -
Alzheimer's Memory Walk; Blood Pressure Screenings at chapter
meetings; National Clinical Depression Campaign and Community Outreach Project that gave
the clinical test to over 150 people; and a guest speaker at sorority meeting during
Cancer Awareness Month.
- Political Awareness and Involvement
- participation in Maryland Council of Delta's (MCD) Political Awareness Workshop; MCD
Delta Days in Annapolis; Delta Days in Nation Capital; Delta Day at the
UN; Voter Registration Training; and
letter writing campaign in support of affirmative action.
- Community Outreach -
Storybook Project at Montgomery County Women's Detention Center which
provides female inmates with the opportunity to record a story and send
the book, tape, and tape recorder to their child(ren) - this Project
continues to be highlighted in National and Local Papers;
International Day of Service - AIDS Awareness; school supply
donation to Glen Haven Elementary School; toiletry, canned foods, and women clothing
donation to the Mt. Calvary Helping Hands Center for women and children; and Christmas
Drive which included clothing and toy donation to Greentree Homeless Shelter in Bethesda,
a Baptist Home for children and families.
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