Starting Monday 04/19/10 til that Thursday 04/29/10, the brothers of Zeta Pi's Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity will be hosting our 2nd Annual philanthropy/clothe drive and will be placing bins inside every organization's houses or preferred location in hopes of collecting clothes for the Metropolitan Ministries here in Tampa. (here's a link for more details to the ministry:
http://www.metromin.org/ ) Last year we did just a little over 300 pieces of clothing so let's see if this year we can gather over 1000!!!!
An overall winner will be chosen for the organization who donated the most clothes as well as individual winners at the actual social event that will be held at Tia's. DJ Expertus will be spinning hot fire on the tables and remember to be creative on the pajamas you will be wearing!!!
2 Buses will be leaving greek village at 10 and 1130 !!!!! so make sure you dont miss the bus
Food for thought: The Facts
*Each year 2.3 to 3.5 million people will experience homelessness in America
In the Tampa Bay area, there are...
* More than 20,000 homeless people
* 9,532 homeless people in Hillsborough County
* 5,195 homeless people in Pinellas County
* 2,300 homeless people in Polk County
* 2,859 homeless people in Pasco County
The 2007 Hillsborough County Homeless Coalition Homeless Census Survey reports that there are at least 9,532 homeless people in Hillsborough County...
* 16% are children (a 48% increase in 2 years)
* 47% are Caucasian
* 32% are African-American
* 18% are Veterans
* 37% work full-time
* 23% have drug and alcohol addictions
* 18% suffer from mental illness
* 28% have a physical disability
* 56% have some type of income
Did you know...
That one of the fastest growing segments of the homeless population is families with children.
That approximately 3.5 million people, 1.35 million of them children, are likely to experience homelessness in any given year.
That most shelters, in the Tampa Bay area and nationally, do not accept homeless families with teenage boys and often require the father to separate from the family.
The most unsuspecting and innocent victims of poverty and homelessness are children. Nearly 200 homeless children resided with their families at Metropolitan Ministries last year, and thousands more at-risk children were helped through our Outreach and Prevention Services. The Ministries is committed to being a "Beacon of Hope" and keeping the family unit intact.
(visit
http://www.homelessofhc.org/HChomelessOV.html for more information on Hillsborough County!)
Please contact Garry Auguste "Chapter President" (gauguste07@gmail.com ) or Gil Rosario "Chapter Advisor" (g.rosario72@gmail.com) through email or by facebook message!
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