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Bellevue Alumnae Chartering Sorors and officers were: Doris
Marie Leverett, President; Rivian Antoinette Smith, Vice President; Ethel
Williams Thompson, Recording Secretary; Patricia Anthony, Corresponding
Secretary; Joycelyn Yvette Sims, Financial Secretary; Carlette Teresa
Marrow, Treasurer; Thelma Louise Payne, Parliamentarian/Sergeant-at-Arms;
Barbara Louisa Williams, Chaplain; Sherrilyn Fay Jordon, Historian; Alice
Marie Allen; Octeria Lynn Burse; Geraldine Douglass; Pamela Renee Greer,
M.D.; Rosetta Hunter; Theopia Renee Jackson, and Carolyn Elaine Payne.
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On January 28, 1989, Bellevue
Alumnae Chapter became the 800th
Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. This marked the
culmination of a year of meetings, data gathering, and an enormous amount of
enthusiasm! For the 16 Charter Members of the Chapter, it marked the
beginning of a commitment of excellence set by the original beloved Delta
Founders.
In its infancy years, the Bellevue
Alumnae Chapter focused on Internal Development, Social Interaction and
Public Service. In December of 1990, Bellevue Sorors initiated their Women
Helping Women Public Service Project by adopting a Bellevue family
consisting of a single mother and three elementary-age children to provide
ongoing support. A chapter newsletter, an active telephone tree, time set
aside at each meeting devoted to Delta Protocol and Traditions were
established as ongoing Chapter strategies to foster vital links to
communication and Sisterhood development.
Over
the last 14 years the Bellevue Alumnae Chapter has continued its dedication
to public service by sponsoring or participating in several Social Action
projects including:
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Scholarships for Eastside Students |
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Adopting an Eastside family for the
holidays |
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Tutoring students in a local school |
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Young authors Conference |
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Habitat for Humanity |
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Donating food for Thanksgiving and
Christmas to Hope Link |
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The Delta Academy |
Our
beloved sorority is blessed with the historical path of women who possessed
a special and rare ability to create a vision which has lasted more than
three quarters of a century. As the Bellevue Alumnae Chapter moves forward
into the 21st Century, we do so with a commitment to public
service, new achievements in political participation, and new joys and
happiness in the fraternal bonds of Sisterhood! |
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