Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Provide Service to the Community

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Omicron Upsilon Omega and Beta Iota chapters hosted a Family Enrichment Day at Open Door Shelter in Norwalk. Adults from the community received tips on how to ace a job interview, resume building, and job readiness. Children participated in reading circles, book creations, and art activities.

Parents were given information on school readiness to help them prepare their children for school, and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) an evaluation that measures state standards and critical thinking. College readiness was also discussed during the event. Adults from the community were given a bag of groceries to take home with them, while children received books and craft kits.

The sorority also held a clothing drive at the Norwalk Police Department. Sorority members, family, and friends donated and collected gently used clothing for the community. Tables and clothing racks were filled with warm coats, professional and casual wear for women, men, boys and girls.

“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

• The mother with two young boys has jeans and jackets;
• The woman from a nearby shelter has a beautiful new coat that she just could not put down;
• The grandmother was able to get clothing for her grandchildren;
• The gentleman from a local shelter was happy to have bright colored polo shirts so that all would be able to see him coming from a distance;
• The woman, who was going to get on the bus, saw the sign at the bus stop and came into the community room instead and was able to get her twin boys pants; and
• Another woman from a nearby shelter was able to get size 10 pants and was happy to have new clothing to wear to church.

Members of the community were touched by the support. The event was such a success that it will be held as an annual affair.

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About the Norwalk-Stamford Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated is an international service organization that was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, DC in 1908. It is the oldest Greek-lettered organization established by African-American college-educated women. It is comprised of over 265,000 members in 969 graduate and undergraduate chapters in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Caribbean, Canada, Japan, Germany, South Korea and on the continent of Africa. The Norwalk Stamford Chapter was chartered on April 27, 1985 and is committed to providing community service and outreach in the Norwalk-Stamford communities. It has awarded more than $80,000 in scholarships to area high school students and provides leadership and financial training to local youth. For more information, visit www.akaouo.org.