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BLACK INK
February 24, 1983
Service most important goal
help others
Greeks
by Jonny Smith
Special to the Ink
A party at Upendo, a party at
Great Hall, a step Show at Great
Hall., that is probably what the
black greeks at UNC are most
commonly associated with. Does
the average student ever question
the real motive and purpose for
being in a fraternity or sorority?
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. is
service oriented. The service
projects they have done thus far
have demonstrated this. The
projects include: scholarship to
sophomores and juniors, based upon
academic excellence, extra
curricular activities and financial
need. They held a fashion show and
disco with proceeds going to the
National Headquarters million
dollar fund which aids the United
Negro College Fund, the NAACP and
the National Urban League. They
also organized a can food collection
drive for the Orange County Social
Service. In the future, the Alphas
plan to sponsor a blood drive, work
in the Campus Y program for youth
and to give a scholarship to high
school students.
“It is evident through the service
projects that we are more service
oriented," said Alpha president
Darryl Hart. “We do not do service
projects for awards. If one comes it
is nice, if it doesn't we don't worry
about it"
“The overall goal of the Alphas is
service. Everything else is
secondary"
Mary Towe basilus of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority, said the
AKA's attempts to serve the
community have been sucessful and
worth while.
"1 feel like we are a group of
women geared toward academic
success and service to the
community," Towe said.
The AKA's sponsored a
Halloween party for children at the
Hargrave Community Center in
Carrboro, helped with Minority
Career Fair and helped other greeks
on campus with their service
projects.
Phi Beta Sigma, Inc takes a
different approach to service.
"The brothers try to concentrate
their efforts on doing a few service
projects at a time, but to do them
well," said Michael McIntosh,
president of Phi Beta Sigma, Inc.
"When trying to do a lot of
service projects at one time, you are
not really concentrating your full
efforts on either of the projects,"
Allen Davis, Vice President of the
Sigma's said.
The Sigma's are currently
involved with the Avenue of
Retarded Citizens, the United Negro
College Fund, and Big Buddy
Program. They are also increasing
their charity fund to give to such
organizations as, the United Negro
College Fund, Big Buddy Program
and the Ronald McDonald House.
strive to
McIntosh said that the Sigma's
social projects deal mainly with
working with the youth of the
community.
"When given an under privileged
kid who has nothing to look forward
to in life and when we give him
some hope, this makes working with
under-priviledged youth and doing
service projects so rewarding,"
McIntosh said.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., like
their brother fraternity, the Sigma's,
also work closely with youth.
Annually the Zeta's sponsor a family
at Christmas and at Easter an egg
hunt for the children at N.C.
Memorial Hospital.
The Zeta's will sponsor a Heart
Fund Drive, Feb. 17.
In the past, the Zeta's helped the
Black Creek Council with the fuel
and canned good drive for Carrboro
and Chapel Hill residents.
"One of the objectives of the
Zetas is service. Even though we do
have social events, all proceeds go
to a charity," Zeta president
Annette Amerson said.
"It is good that they (the BSM)
give out the award (BSM Service
Award)," she said. "But it's not the
real motivating factor. The
goodness of service is knowing that
you have helped someone," she
said.
Omega Psi Phi President Mitchell
Vann said service is one of the major
aspects of his fraternity because it is
one of the priorities stressed during
pledge period.
Some the Que's service projects
for this year included: a Halloween
trick-or-treat for underprivileged
children, Halloween party for
parents and kids at St. Paul's A.M E.
Church and a Musical Revue, with
proceeds going to Sickle Cell Ane
mia. The Que's also plan to establish
a scholarship fund to Chapel Hill
High School students coming to
UNC.
Mitchell said that the BSM
Service Award is a motivating factor
but that service in the community
allows an organization to do new
things and allows them room to
grow.
Faye Hardy, president of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. said the
fundamental principle that the Del
ta's were founded was service.
The Deltas have upheld their
principles by sponsoring a Hot Dog
Sale for Sickle Cell Anemia, giving
contributions to UNICEF and to the
Hoke of Abused children and hold
ing seminars for child's abuse, and
battered women. They also held
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEP and
participated in the Minority Health
Fair.
"The social aspects of the sorority
is emphasized more than the service
in the eye of the public," Hardy said.
"It is unintentional on the part of
the Delta's but it seems like people
want to attend step shows and
parties more than public service'
projects. The Delta's are trying to
get the public more involved in the
service aspects, than just the
social."
The Kappa's stress the need to be
even more outreaching.
"The main concern for social
projects is to raise money towards
the community, not just on the local
level but also nationally," Andre
Blount, of Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity, Inc. said.
The School of Social Work at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill has received a $1
million grant from the Edna
McConnell Clark Foundation to
establish a National Child Welfare
Leadership Center.
The center will provide training
aimed at improving child welfare
programs in the United States. It
will offer three basic educational
programs in the Triangle area and
across the country," Turner said.
The center is co-soonsored bv
The Kappa's have participated in
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEP, the Big
Buddy Program, Student Revolving
Loan and field day for kids at the
Hargrove Center. The Kappa's have
also made contributions to the
Heart Fund, Sickle Cell Foundation,
and the United Negro College Fund.
"To the Kappa's, service and
achievement through personal
growth is what service projects are
all about," Blount said.
seven departments or schools
within UNC-CH: School of Business
Administratin; Frank Porter
Graham Child Development
Center; Institute of Government;
School of Medicine; department of
political science; School of Public
Health; and School of Social Work,
and by the Institute of Political
Sciences and Public Affairs at
Duke University.
The Edna McConnell Founda
tion, based in New York City, sup
ports projects in areas such as
children's services, juvenile justice,
welfare employment and tropical
diseases.
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