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How did you giene products and two hundred thirty-seven miscel-
spend your laneous items such as scarves, gloves, and hats. In
day on Mon- addition to these items one hundred twenty dollars in
day, January checks were received from personal donors and the
20, 2020? Montgomery (AL) Alumnae Chapter contributed a
The Mont- two-hundred-dollar donation to assist with providing
gomery (AL) needed funds to the MACH.
Alumnae Jessyca M. Darrington and Tracy L. Williams, Co-
Chapter of Chairs of the Community Outreach Committee,
Delta Sigma would like to thank all committee members that do-
Theta, Sorority Inc., observed its Third Annual MLK nated refreshments as well as their time to make this
Day of Service by involving chapter members and event a success. A special thanks to Cathey Hen-
the community in helping those in need. This event dricks and Robyn Lindsey for assisting in transport-
was announced in the chapter’s newsletter - MAC ing and distributing donated items to the MACH as
Memos, via Facebook, mail-outs, and through media well as Mona Davis the Chair of the Publicity Com-
presentations.
mittee, members of the chapter and community for
On January 14, 2020, Cassandra E. Brown, President their support in making this event a “Day On of Ser-
of the Montgomery (AL) Alumnae Chapter and Pat- vice.” The Montgomery (AL) Alumnae Chapter of
rick Aitken, Case Manager for the MACH, reaf- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is “Committed to
firmed the significance of our chapter’s on-going IMPACTFUL Service” and will continue to collect
partnership with the Mid-Alabama Coalition for the personal hygiene products to donate to MACH on a
Homeless (MACH) and being committed to serve monthly basis.
our community during their interview on WAKA -
“Your Community This Week” local news segment.
President Cassandra E. Brown extended a personal
invitation on behalf of the chapter to all citizens to
use their day off as a day on and give gently used
clothing and needed hygiene products to their neigh-
bors in need.
Even though the MLK Day of Service Event official-
ly started at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, January 20, 2020,
viewers began delivering items as early as 8:00 a.m.
Some donations were made on Thursday, January 9,
2020 from citizens participating in other service
th
events on the 20 who did not want to miss the op-
portunity to give to those most in need.
This event ended at 12:00 noon and Tracy L. Wil-
liams Co-Coordinator of this event, was proud to
present the Mid-Alabama Coalition for the Homeless
(MACH) seventy-five large bags of donated items.
These bags included sixty blankets, one hundred fif-
ty-five coats, one hundred ninety-three items of
women’s clothing, one hundred twenty-five items of
men’s clothing, forty-four items of children’s cloth-
ing, two hundred eight pairs of socks, sixteen pairs
of shoes, one thousand six hundred forty-five hy-