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~An Alpha Tribute~
 

Promoviendo Comunidad

As stated in our sorority name, Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad (or Latinas Promoting Community), we strive to give back to our local communities and pursue philanthropic initiatives that resonate with the passions and interests of our indvidual Hermanas.

Below are some of the service initatives we have engaged in over the years.

Fall 2007
September
• Apple Harvest- Pie eating contest
• Café Con Leche- "Patches of Love: Empowering Our Womyn" 
  Created a quilt for National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
October
 Project L.E.A.A.P.(in honor of National Latino AIDS Awareness)
 “Kisses & Condoms” Information Tabling
 Displaying Café Con Leche Quilt
• Ithaca Breast Cancer Alliance
• Loaves & Fishes - Helping serve at the "Empty Bowl Dinner"
• Cultural Food Tasting with Pi Delta Psi Fraternity, Inc. 
  Philanthropic Initiative
• Into the Streets
• Halloween Haunted House - Philanthropic initiative with 
  Delta Chi Fraternity, Inc. and Kappa Delta Sorority, Inc.
November
• Beverly J. Martin Elementary School
  Helping with the set-up of the new playground
• YMCA- Supervised youth activities
Fall 2006 - Spring 2007
October
Project L.E.A.A.P. (in honor of National Latino AIDS Awareness)
“Kisses & Condoms” Information Tabling
Café Con Leche- "AIDS: The Undenying Truth"
• G.I.A.C.- Día de Los Muertos/Mexican Paper Flower Making
• G.I.A.C.- Do They Represent You? The Media & Minorities 
• Loaves & Fishes- Serving the homeless food
• Ithaca Breast Cancer Alliance
• Halloween Haunted House- Philanthropic initiative
November
• G.I.A.C.- Birthday Celebration & Movie
• Ithaca Book Fest- Volunteering with children's activities
• G.I.A.C.- Stroll Workshop
February
• Alterra Clare Bridges - Hosted activities with the elderly
March
• Scrabble for Literacy
• Alterra Clare Bridges- Hosting activities with the elderly
• Helped organize March of Dimes/WalkAmerica and raised funds 
  by selling paper Baby-Booties & Beanie Babies
April
• Relay For Life All Night Walk as part of the MGLC Team
• Books Thru Bars- Packaging books for US prison inmates
• Day of Demeter with MGLC
Fall 2005 - Spring 2006
September
• Books Thru Bars- Packaging books for US prison inmates
October
• Trip to Lansing Correctional Center
• Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort-Latino Greeks Reaching Out
• Monster's Ball-A Hurricane Katina Relief Costume Party
• How Do You Spell Murder Program & Book Donation for 
  Books Thru Bars
• Into the Streets- Ithaca Breast Cancer Alliance
November
• St. Jude's Creation Station
• Books Through Bars- Packing materials for US prisoners
December
  Project L.E.A.A.P. (in honor of World AIDS Day)
  The Red Ribbon Affair-Party raising donations for 
  Southern Tier AIDS Program of Ithaca
• Books Through Bars- Packaging books for US prisoners
February
• Books Through Bars- Packaging books for US prisoners
March
• Cornell Annual Fund Phonathon
• Best Jugs on Campus with Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Inc.
• Project L.E.A.P. – “Kisses & Condoms” Information Tabling
• Helped organize March of Dimes/WalkAmerica and raised funds 
  by selling paper Baby-Booties & Beanie Babies
April
• Operation Home Delivery-Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund 
• Relay For Life All Night Walk as part of the MGLC Team 
• Hair donation to Locks for Love
Fall 2004 - Spring 2005
October
• Loaves & Fishes Fundraising Function 
• M.I.R.A. at G.I.A.C.- Christopher Columbus/Taino History
December
  Project L.E.A.A.P. (in honor of World AIDS Day)
  “Kisses & Condoms” Information Tabling
• On Site Volunteering- Holiday Kick-Off @ Ithaca Commons
February
• M.I.R.A at G.I.A.C- Racial Bias Awareness
• Books Through Bars- Packaging books for US prisoners
March
• M.I.R.A at G.I.A.C- "Not Black, Not White, But Both"
• Connecting with the ladies of Lansing Correctional Facility
• Scrabble for Literacy @ Ithaca College
• Helped organize March of Dimes/WalkAmerica and raised funds 
  by selling paper Baby-Booties & Beanie Babies
April
• Presented college materials at Lansing Correctional Facility
• M.I.R.A at G.I.A.C.- Math Tournament volunteers
• Relay For Life All Night Walk as part of the MGLC Team
Fall 2003 - Spring 2004
September
• Bone Marrow Drive
October
• Cafe con Leche: "Beyond Cornell 101-What YOU Need to Know"
• CROP WALK Registration and Walk
November
• M.I.R.A.- Created personal storybooks
• Habitat for Humanity Silent Auction Basket Donation
December
Project L.E.A.A.P. (in honor of World AIDS Day)
• O.P.R.A. (Our People Raising Awareness):
  AIDS the Global Epidemic
• Campus wide White-Out Day
• Movie showing of Philadelphia
• "Kisses & Condoms" Information Tabling
February
• 'I CARE' International Food Night w/ American Red Cross
• M.I.R.A. at G.I.A.C.- Black History Game Show
March
• Memorial Service for the Women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
• M.I.R.A. at G.I.A.C.- Indigenous pottery making
April
• M.I.R.A. at G.I.A.C.- Strolling/ Step Workshop
• Volunteered at WSH Commemoration Field Day 
• Helped organize March of Dimes/WalkAmerica and raised funds 
  by selling paper Baby-Booties & Beanie Babies
May
• College Town Clean-Up
Fall 2002 - Spring 2003
October
• Esperanza after school program
  Importance of Latino Culture, History, & Language
November
• AIDS Awareness Workshop co sponsored with
  La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc.
December
Project L.E.A.A.P. (in honor of World AIDS Day)
• O.P.R.A (Our People Raising Awareness): Knowledge Fued
February
• "Can I Just Love???" How Society and Culture Affect 
  Relationships discussion
March
• MGLC Bake Sale for UNICEF
• March of Dimes: WalkAmerica Kickoff
• College Town Clean Up with MGLC
April
• Blood Drive with MGLC
• M.I.R.A.- Created Personal Storybooks
• Butterfly Creation Station @ LUL's Sabado Gigante
• Raised funds for St. Judes Hosptial Medical Research
• Helped organize March of Dimes/WalkAmerica and raised funds 
  by selling paper Baby-Booties & Beanie Babies



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