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Rasheeda S. Liberty, Worldwide Grand Basileus of Sigma Gamma Rho acknowledged, “Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Included is grateful for the chance to help St. Jude Kids’s Analysis Hospital’s work to search out cures and assist save the lives of kids everywhere in the world.”
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority – a traditionally Black sorority – has accomplished a historic pledge made in 2021 to boost $1 million for St. Jude Kids’s Analysis Hospital. This achievement comes days earlier than the worldwide collegiate and nonprofit neighborhood service group’s one hundred and first anniversary, marking over a century of dedication to serving to these in want.
On the time of the unique announcement, Sigma Gamma Rho had already raised practically $500,000 for St. Jude. As a part of the push to succeed in $1 million, Sigma Gamma Rho pledged a three-year sponsorship for the annual St. Jude Stroll/Run, held throughout Childhood Most cancers Consciousness Month every September.
Since then, Sigma Gamma Rho has reached its objective largely via its participation within the St. Jude Stroll/Run. In 2023, the group entered greater than 200 Stroll/Run groups in cities throughout the US, serving to it cross the fundraising end line this 12 months.
“This can be a milestone accomplishment by Sigma Gamma Rho and its members everywhere in the world that may assist St. Jude proceed making progress in bettering survival charges for youngsters with most cancers and different life-threatening illnesses.”
Liberty acknowledged, “Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Included is grateful for the chance to help St. Jude Kids’s Analysis Hospital’s work to search out cures and assist save the lives of kids everywhere in the world. I’m pleased with the mobilization of our international membership to succeed in this $1,000,000 milestone, and to have finished so simply previous to our one hundred and first Founders’ Day. This accomplishment aligns with our sorority’s motto, ‘Better Service, Better Progress.’ We stay up for persevering with our partnership with St. Jude within the years to come back.”
Assist from organizations like Sigma Gamma Rho helps be sure that households by no means obtain a invoice from St. Jude for therapy, journey, housing or meals – to allow them to deal with serving to their youngster dwell.
“We’re so grateful for and honored by the unbelievable coronary heart and devoted service proven by Sigma Gamma Rho,” stated Richard C. Shadyac Jr., President and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and consciousness group for St. Jude Kids’s Analysis Hospital. “This can be a milestone accomplishment by Sigma Gamma Rho and its members everywhere in the world that may assist St. Jude proceed making progress in bettering survival charges for youngsters with most cancers and different life-threatening illnesses.”
Be a part of Sigma Gamma Rho in serving to St. Jude speed up analysis and therapy for youngsters around the globe with most cancers, sickle cell and different illnesses.
About Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority was based on November 12, 1922 on the campus of Butler College in Indianapolis by Seven African-American Girls Educators. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority has welcomed greater than 100,000 collegiate {and professional} girls from each career. The sorority has greater than 500 chapters in the US, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Ghana, Germany, Japan, South Korea, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the United Arab Emirates. The group additionally has lively affiliate teams dedicated to empowering girls at totally different phases in life. The Rhoer Membership Associates (teenage ladies) and Philos Associates (buddies of the sorority) additionally help chapters with varied service efforts and packages.
Sigma Gamma Rho’s dedication to service is expressed in its slogan, “Better Service, Better Progress.” The sorority has a proud historical past of offering optimistic and proactive neighborhood outreach nationally and internationally. The packages, partnerships, and sponsorships signify Sigma Gamma Rho’s dedication to selling the larger good in schooling, service, and management improvement.
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