New Philanthropy Focus!
Supporting Homeless Youth and Children in Foster Care
After two years of providing supplies and support to underserved students impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic through the Kindly Hearts Campaign, Alpha Xi Delta has re-shifted its philanthropy focus. On May 3, 2022, a day also known as National Foster Care Awareness Day, our sorority’s national president Becky Perrett announced a new initiative across chapters to support homeless youth and children in foster care.
“Over 400,000 children are currently placed in foster care and every year an estimated 4.2 million youth experience homelessness. The need for support is real. Alpha Xi Delta believes that all children deserve love and support. Children and youth experiencing foster care or homelessness do not always have access to the foundational needs that will help them realize their potential. Alpha Xi Delta is dedicated to aiding organizations who provide access to these needs and support resources in our local communities and across the country.”
Moving forward, The Gamma Eta chapter will continue to host our campus-based, philanthropic events, like Xiti with the Xis and the Step It Up 5K, as well as engage in an array of service projects; however, the primary benefactors of our efforts will now be children in foster care or experiencing homelessness both nationwide and in the Atlanta community. Our chapter wholeheartedly embraces this new philanthropic focus, and we eagerly await the coming fall semester to begin work toward this new initiative.
We encourage you to visit the National Foster Care Month website: https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/ to learn more about those we seek to support and how you can contribute throughout May!