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February 4, 2005 |
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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. (ALPHA PHI)
Feb. 4, 2005 –
Members of Beta Delta chapter of Alpha Phi International Fraternity at
UCLA donated supplies to send overseas to U.S. Marines stationed in Iraq
though the Adopt-A-Marine program.
Organized by former
chapter President Lindsay McHolm, Beta Delta members contributed money,
snacks, personal hygiene items, car magazines and thermal underwear to
Snell and Wilmer L.L.P. Law Offices, a west coast-based law firm that
volunteered to package the goods, and sent them to the Marines in late
November 2004.
The care packages were
received by a Marine battalion on the Iraqi-Jordinian border whose job
it is to guard and operate the border crossing between convoys. With the
money raised and goods donated, care packages were donated to 170
Marines through the Adopt-A-Marine program.
Also included in the care
packages were Beta Delta chapter pictures signed by members, thanking
the Marines for their service.
"Obviously [the Marines]
loved the care packages, but I think the pictures made them excited that
somebody was thinking about them," said McHolm, who graduated from UCLA
in June 2004.
Captain Jim Glover of the
Fourth Low-Altitude Defense Battalion thanked Beta Delta for the care
packages his men received in an e-mail sent Dec. 19, 2004 to Alpha Phi
International Fraternity Executive Director Susan Zabriskie. "My Marines
really appreciate the thoughts and effort that went into collecting and
shipping the snacks and hygiene items to them," Glover wrote. He
explained that because of his battalion’s remote location, they are not
well protected from the elements and have limited access to supplies
like the ones Beta Delta sent.
Current chapter President
Allison Riechert said members were very proud to have helped out, though
she thinks the biggest congratulations belongs to McHolm.
Alpha Phi International
Fraternity was founded at Syracuse University in 1872 as one of the
first Greek societies for women. Alpha Phi is dedicated to promoting
sisterhood, cultivating leadership, encouraging intellectual curiosity
and advocating service. The organization is comprised of more than 140
collegiate chapters and more than 130 alumnae chapters throughout the
United States and Canada. The Alpha Phi Foundation is the fraternity’s
philanthropic and educational partner. Through contributions from
chapters, individual members and friends, the foundation supports
women’s cardiac health and other charitable and educational projects.
Together, Alpha Phi International Fraternity and Foundation develop
character for a lifetime.
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