Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Thanksgiving committee reports

Thanksgiving Day 2000 Committee ReportMeeting held: 23 September 2000Members Present: Shawnae Lacy, Lisa McNeil, Domini Calloway, Rosilyn McCann, Amanda R. McWilliams, Pamela Thompson-Riley, Jessica Kambala, and Jacqueline HallItems for Discussion:1. Families’: It was decided this year, our goal is to feed 20 families - up from 15 families last year. Names will be provided from Child Protective Services and from participating sorors.2. Menu - The menu selected for this year’s Thanksgiving Day baskets include: Green Beans, Rolls/Butter, Cake Mix/Frosting, Eggs, Yams, White Potatoes, Cranberry Sauce, Macaroni & Cheese, Kool-aid/Iced Tea, Fruit (Apples/Oranges), Corn, and Turkey3. To help with the cost of the turkeys, a letter will be sent to local supermarkets requesting a reduced price or any other assistance they can be provide.4. Most food will be stored at the home of our Basileus, Jacqueline Hall. AKAteens, committee members, and any interested soror will decorate, wrap, and stock baskets for families on 17 Nov 00 at Soror Jackie Hall’s residence. Each basket will contain a card addressed to the family from Alpha Kappa Alpha, Theta Theta Omega Chapter. Families will be called that evening to inform them of our delivery time. Saturday morning/early afternoon, the AKAteens and sorors will distribute the baskets. We are asking fro maximum participation from the chapter to help in the process of making baskets and delivering them.
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The chapter will provide $75 upTront for canned goods. "A motion will be made at the October 2000 meeting to ask each soror to provide $5 to help offset the cost of the basket.
Respectfully Submitted, Shawnae Lacy
Thanksgiving Basket Drive
Final Report For 2000
,! 1. On Friday, 17 November members of Theta Theta Omega (especially the Thanksgiving Committee) met at the base chapel to put together food baskets for needy families.
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Together we put together baskets for 16 families. Each person in attendance took baskets home with them that night and delivered them throughout the city the next morning.
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The total cost of the baskets was $290.63. $75 was paid up front from the chapter leaving a balance of $215.63.
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I learned many valuable lessons from heading up this year’s drive that I will be happy to share for next year. The most valuable lesson was how much I can rely on my sorors when things don’t go quite as expected.
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My thanks to the committee, to sorors who helped out Friday night, and for all the encouragement I received during this process.
Respectfully Submitted,