101 Years of Service: Nobody

101 Years of Service: Nobody Does It Better

PHOTO ON THIS PAGE: Omicron Theta Zeta — A Christmas tree in Alexandria, Virginia, is lit up purple.

PHOTO ON NEXT PAGE: (MIDDLE LEFT) The Rockford, Illinois, City Hall, the Embassy Suites Hotel, and the Tivoli Lights lit up purple for healthy babies.

PHOTO ON NEXT PAGE: (BOTTOM LEFT) Purple Reign Light — The city of Rock Hill, SC lights up the city water tower and lights at the city fountain in observance of Delta Xi Zeta, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Prematurity Awareness.

By Dr. Irish Spencer

Zeta National March of Dimes Director

Members and auxiliaries of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., recognize clearly that in Zeta’s 100-plus years of being communityconscious and action-oriented, we must continue to lead the way to end a difficult situation or task, or be the solution to a challenging problem.

With regards to birth outcomes for moms and babies, challenging problems like health threats exist. And because we have one-too-many babies suffering and families hurting, there is much more for us to do to find solutions.

Together with the March of Dimes, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority recognizes that progress cannot be made in isolation and certainly not by standing still or going in reverse. With years of success and accomplishments, it is easy for us as members and auxiliaries of Zeta Phi Beta to sit back and rest on our laurels. However, we were challenged to do one step better than last year, and what a record-breaking year it has been! The Members Administration made history, raising $820,390 and winning the Alpha Phi Alpha Challenge for the fourth consecutive time!

As we celebrate our 50-year partnership with the March of Dimes, we ask our members to contribute one more dollar, one more visit to the NICU, one more opportunity to encourage a first-time mom or dad and continue to celebrate 100-plus years of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer womanhood to break even more records!

So, let us challenge ourselves to make this March for Babies EPIC!! The goal has been set and we will bring home the Alpha / Zeta plaque once again, and do what we do for all the babies and moms!!