Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sets up CHIPP program to help kids
Published 7:40 am Friday, November 24, 2023
- Members of the Sorority who participated in the CHIPP Program Color Party are, from left, Vera Cooke-Merritt, Elvira Ford, Avis Gresby, Tracey Armwood Wade, Tiffany Hurt, Yvonne Brown, Gwendolyn Jones, Valarie Harris, Taneisha Charles, and Brittany Allen. Back row, Carolyn Smith-Lee, Danielle Coleman, Allie Yarbrough, Morgan Thomas, Stacie Pennington, Kimberly Archer, Oasia Booker, Donna McRae Jones, Joyce Booker, Bobbie Holman, Carla Lightfoot and Angela Christian.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the Kappa Rho Omega Chapter of Farmville, has initiated the Childhood Hunger Initiative Power Pack (AKA CHIPP) Program. The program provides weekend and holiday meals for elementary and middle school children within our local service communities.
Currently, selected students from Cumberland County Middle School and Prince Edward County Middle School are enrolled in the program and additional students who attend other schools are expected to participate in the program later in the school year.
Members of the local chapter collected nonperishable food items for breakfast, lunch and snacks filling approximately 100 Power Pack Bags for distribution. A Color Party was held within the chapter where sorority members wore specifically assigned color tee-shirts that corresponded with the assigned food items.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated has a strong history of supporting and servicing families who understand a healthy family is the foundation of a healthy community. Childhood hunger is a pressing issue affecting children which inhibits their physical and cognitive development.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated is a community service organization whose motto is “Service To All Mankind”.
Sorority members assembling the Power Pack Bags for distribution.
