DILLON-MARION COUNTY ALUMNAE CHAPTER
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
Programs
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is dedicated to the ideals of Sisterhood, Scholarship and Public Service. In accordance with these ideals, Delta has established a long and glorious history of educational, cultural, political, and social service in the public's interest. To further its public service goals, Delta Sigma Theta operates under a Five Point Program Thrust:
Educational Development
Each year, local Delta Chapters conduct projects designed to address the community's concerns about excellence in education. On a national level, Delta's pursuit of educational excellence takes the form of scholarships and grants to individual members and local chapters. Scholarships are given to both undergraduate and graduated members.
▲ Academy/Gems
▲ EMBODI
▲ SC Education Symposium (2009)
▲ Scholarship Awards
▲ DREF
▲ Reading in the Park
▲ Back to School Blast
▲ A Play – Charlotte’s Web
▲ Heritage Celebration
Economic Development
Financial planning, consumer education, money management, investments and employment opportunities are but a few of Delta's concerns addressed under economic development.
▲ Habitat Humanity
▲ Supported 300 Needy African Families (Household, clothing, school supplies, etc.)
▲ Shelter for Battered Women
▲ Food Basket Drive
Political Awareness & Involvement
Though non-partisan in nature and purpose, Delta understands the importance of the need for an informed electorate. Delta's concern for the public's "need-to-know" and the enfranchisement of all Americans has been the philosophical basis for public service programs in this area. Voter registration and voter education programs, workshops and seminars highlighting elected public official assessment and accountability are ongoing and successful.
▲ Voter Registration Drive
▲ Election
▲ Delta Days at the Nation’s Capital
▲ Delta Day in the State Capital
▲ NAACP
▲ NCNW
International Awareness & Involvement
Delta has a rich history of involvement in the international arena. The building and maintenance of the maternity wing at the Thika Memorial Hospital in Kenya, West Africa, to Delta's identification of 1987 as the "Delta International Year" underscores Delta's commitment to understanding the world. The "African Diaspora," a Delta Cultural Awareness/Study Program focused on the dispersion of the peoples and cultures of Africa through the continents of North and South America, Europe, Asia and the island countries in the eastern and western hemispheres.
▲ Adopt a Child – Kenya
▲ Pills Bottles
Physical & Mental Health
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has programs designed to address health education programs and health fairs. Delta also supports medical research that examines illnesses that affect specific segments of the country's population.
▲ HIV / AIDS Workshop
▲ Cancer Walk
▲ Sickle Cell Fund Drive
▲ Heart Fund Foundation
▲ Hearty Start
▲ Relay for Life
▲ St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital
▲ Nursing Home Project