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About Delta Phi Omega Chapter
Programs
 Scholarships:
Since it's chartering, Delta Phi Omega has emphasized supporting
students through scholarship awards. Recent fundraising efforts to
provide scholarship funds include AKADazzle, a Neiman Marcus Fashion
Show and an all Soror Telethon. AKADazzle is the annual scholarship
dance held at the Minneapolis Women's Club each January. Despite the
weather, AKADAZZLe is a popular Twin Cities social event. Delta Phi
Omega is partnering with Neiman Marcus to present a breakfast fashion
show followed by make-overs and shopping. During the telethon, Sorors
used a bank of telephones to call active and inactive Sorors in the
Twin Cities to obtain pledges for the scholarship fund.
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for current Scholarship Information.
Beatrice Schuck Reed Bailey
Scholarship Fund:
Beatrice Schuck Reed Bailey was a charter member of Delta Phi Omega.
Over the years she served the sorority in many capacities including
multiple terms as President. Her love for the sorority and her strong
belief in education as the key to success led her to choose Delta Phi
Omega’s scholarship fund as her charity of choice. In 1982,
toward the end of her courageous battle with cancer, Soror Bailey asked
that any memorial given at her death be placed in the chapter’s
scholarship fund to help deserving students with their college
expenses. Thus was born the Beatrice Bailey Scholarship Fund. Over the
years the chapter has added to the fund and uses a portion of the
interest for the annual scholarship and reinvests the balance for
future scholarships.
 Fashionetta:
In 1986, the chapter initiated a major fundraiser, the Miss Fashionetta
Program and Pageant. The program provided special contact between girls
aged 12 to 15 and the professional women of the chapter. During the
Fashionetta season, various topics were addressed in a variety of ways:
Leadership development, self awareness, cultural and career awareness.
Also, a scholarship/financial plan, as a base for an education fund was
started for each participant. Each received 50 percent of all money
raised in her name as a mutual fund or savings bonds. Remaining funds
were used for the chapter scholarships. Most young women who
participated in the program successfully completed college and some
graduate school. Many became members of Alpha Kappa Alpha while
attending college.
Ivy House:
The chapter began a partnership with St. Joseph's Home for Children in
the mid 1990s. St. Joseph's is a residential facility for children who
have been physically or emotionally abused or neglected. A majority of
the children are African American. Once a month Sorors spend two hours
with the children. Time is spent, reading, playing games, braiding hair
or just giving attention to individual children
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