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Furnished a private room at Memorial Mission Hospital before integration (1954)
Assisted as professionals in a Sickle Cell Screening Program
Served as researchers in a three-year survey for the American Cancer Society
Sponsored a Health Fair on available community services
Established a Van Fund for a former Teen Pageant Contestant who was paralyzed
Sent Christmas gifts to Tuskegee, Alabama, for Veteran’s families
Awarded more than 60 scholarships to high school graduates
Sponsored a Saturday reading program at the Livingston Street School
Provided tutorial services to junior and senior high school students
Sponsored “Picking up Study Skills,” “Career Happenings,” “How to Become a Millionaire,” and “Beyond Black and Beautiful”
Sponsored “Fashionetta,” Hamilton-Vogue Esquire Models of Chicago, Arts Festival, and Miss Versatile Teen Pageants
Hosted guest models, Sara Lou Harris and Rose Meta Morgan, owner of Rose Meta Morgan House of Beauty in Harlem, a former Miss North Carolina (1983), and second wife of Joe Louis
Sponsored Brenda Armstrong, Miss Versatile Teen in the Miss Black Teenage World Pageant in Goldsboro, NC
Sponsored Channelle Christopher, national Winner of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Domestic Tour Essay Contest
Chartered Kappa Alpha at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC
Hosted four Regional conferences and hosted the 13th Mid-Atlantic Leadership Conference with Kappa Alpha Chapter at Western Carolina University
Presented 12 Distinguished Service Awards, the chapter’s highest honor given for exemplary community service and achievement
First African-American Greek letter organization to purchase a NAACP life membership and is currently purchasing a $1,000 Golden Heritage Membership through the Asheville branch
Sponsored the first bi-annual Beautillion in 1992 for young African-American males ages 14 to19. The Beautillion introduces the young men to the Asheville community, recognizing their accomplishments and aspirations. The eighth Beautillion was held in 2005.
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