Sacramento Alumnae Chapter – Farwest Day of Community Service
Sacramento Alumnae Chapter –
diapers from members via a drive
purses were lovingly donated by
Farwest Day of Community Service
through drop off process. The
members of the chapter.
- Saturday, March 26th, Diaper Drive
diapers donated ranged from sizes
and Purses for Unhoused Women
one through five according to SAC
The Sacramento Alumnae Chapter (SAC) collaborated with Black Mothers United (BMU) at their location to collect donated diapers from chapter and community
Sister Circles. We have rekindled our relationship with BMU and look forward to more collaborative efforts for pregnant African American women in the Sacramento area.
The beautiful and useful purses were donated to the Homeless Area Resource Teams (HARTs) in the Sacramento area. HARTs is a coalition of faith communities, nonprofits, businesses, agencies, and individuals, who are committed to
members. BMU’s mission is to
Not only were diapers collected, SAC
finding solutions to homelessness
lower the Black infant mortality
assembled and donated 107 new or
in local communities.
rate and risk of premature or low
gently used purses filled with personal
birth weight in Sacramento County.
hygiene items. Sorors worked in an
They ensure Black mothers have
assemble-like fashion to put together
a positive, healthy pregnancy by
personal hygiene items purchased
providing free resources, education,
by chapter members. Also, Personal
and support in the prenatal stages
Protective Equipment for the purses
through the postpartum period.
was donated by Agile Group. The
SAC donated and collected 5,797
SAC also was able to donate some of the purses to BMU. The purses donated to the North Sacramento HARTs were quickly picked up by the unhoused women at the Wednesday Respite Center on March 30th and they were very appreciative of the purses.
Tokyo Alumnae Chapter Food Drive The Tokyo Alumnae Chapter committed to conducting quarterly food drives for Second Harvest Japan to contribute to the food safety net for children’s homes, single-mother shelters, centers for the disabled, as well as many other welfare organizations in the Kanto Plain. To date, the Tokyo Alumnae Chapter have donated 2,590 pounds of non-perishable food items and $896.15 in monetary donations from our community members this sorority year. Second Harvest Japan
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employees are always grateful for our donations and look forward to seeing the “Delta Sisters” as we are affectionately known to them. The final food drive is scheduled for May, a date is to be determined.
