HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-246RESOLUTION NO. 10-246
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,
2010 AS "FORT PIERCE ALUMNAE CHAPTER OF DELTA
SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC. DAY" IN ST. LUCIE
COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has
made the following determinations:
1. Acknowledging a need for change and responding to a call to duty, thirteen
dynamic and energetic women set out on a mission.
2. These young women, from Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties, joined
forces to right the injustices against their people.
3. On Saturday, September 17, 1960, the Fort Pierce Alumnae Chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was chartered.
4. Those Charter members were Mattie J. Benson, Betty J. Butler, Barbara J.
Bush, Jacqueline A. Bush, Parolee P. Ellington, Mary Rhodes Harwell, Delores
Y. Hayes, Temple Jackson Howell, Arlena Benton Lee, Bernice M. Miller,
Edith 6. Oden, Ida C. Rolle and Carolyn M. Smith.
5. Of the original thirteen, Parolee P. Ellington, Arlena Benton Lee and Carolyn
M. Smith are still active in the chapter today.
6. There are more than 150 sorors living in the tri-county area, with almost 75
actively involved in the chapter and working in the areas of medicine, law,
education, entrepreneurship and /or actively retired.
7. The Fort Pierce Alumnae Chapter has been involved in numerous public
service programs in the tri-county area, including the establishment and
funding of two classes for the mentally challenged in Fort Pierce (until the St.
Lucie County School Board assumed full funding a few years later), presenting
Fort Pierce native, soprano, Amelia Scott, in concert in 1976, Jabberwock, Mr.
Ebony, May Week, Cotillion and many cultural trips for area youths.
8. The chapter has sponsored the Delta GEMS Youth Group and the Delta
Academy for pre-teens throughout the years.
9. The chapter has made significant contributions in time, talent, and money to
the United Way, United Negro College Fund, the Sickle Cell Foundation, Boy
Scouts and Girl Scouts of America, the Salvation Army, the American Lung
Association, the American Cancer Society, and Habitat for Humanity.
10. The chapter continually provided support over the years to the Lincoln Park
Community Library, pre-schoolers at Morgan Educational Center, senior
citizens at the Ft. Pierce Care Center, St. Lucie County Youth Hall, and toys for
needy children in the tri-county area.
11. The Fort Pierce Alumnae Chapter has provided thousands in scholarship
awards to graduating seniors in the tri-county area.
12. From the thirteen visionary women, acknowledging and responding to the
need for change, to the one hundred plus women who continue to respond
to the call for duty and service in the three counties, the chapter continues to
move forward, to fight for the plight of all people, especially providing
opportunities for the development of our youth and helping them continue
along the road to becoming productive citizens.
13. The Fort Pierce Alumnae Chapter, chartered in a time of turmoil and strife for
our people, has become the ultimate creation of time and circumstance, and
has endured vibrantly in the tri-county community for 50 years.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St.
Lucie County, Florida:
1. This Board commends the Fort Pierce Alumnae Chapter for its many
contributions to the residents of St. Lucie County and does hereby proclaim September 17,
2010 as "FORT PIERCE ALUMNAE CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC.
DAY" in St. Lucie County, Florida.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 14th day of September 2010.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF ~NTY~OMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE C TY, ORIDA
BY:
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM AND
CORREQTN~ESS: ,,~
COUNTY A~l'~RNEY