Collegiate Community Service Awards Presented

The community service awards were first awarded in 2006 and are designed to recognize collegians who have demonstrated outstanding initiative in their community through philanthropic acts and who have a strong commitment to enriching the lives of those less fortunate. The Kappa Delta Foundation will award a monetary contribution to the non-profit organization of the selected nominee honoring her leadership and commitment. This year’s recipients were chosen from among a group of applicants that were simply outstanding.

Collegiate Community Service Awards 2010 Winners are:

Ashley Newman – $750 to Feeding the Need Globally Inc.
Alpha Delta - Rhodes College

Ashley is the Founder and President of Feeding the Need Globally Inc. (website: www.feedingtheneed.net). She established the organization in spring of 2008 and earned non-profit 501(c)(3) status in March of 2009. Feeding the Need currently focuses on the physical and mental health of children all over the world, undertaking projects in Columbia, Haiti and the United States. One of the organization’s current projects is to raise funds to purchase Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) called Plumpy Nut to combat hunger and malnutrition in Haiti.

Ashley founded the Dunwoody Chapter of the National Charity League. In addition, she is the Founder and race director of Chastain Chase, a 5k benefit fun run, which over the past five years has raised $25,000.

She has received the Bonner Scholar for Community Service at Rhodes College, Presidential Volunteer Service Award in 2008, 2007, 2006, and 2005, and the Leadership Chapter Award from the National Charity League in 2008, 2007, 2006, and 2005. She has mentored several Girl Scouts and helped them earn Gold and Silver awards.

Anne Marie Newman, President
Feeding the Need Globally Inc.
140 Blenheim Place
Atlanta, GA 30350

Logan Bright – $500 to The Nest
Epsilon Omega - University of Kentucky

Logan founded the program “Mountains of Mittens” in her freshman year of high school. The program collects winter weather items and distributes them to families in her hometown community. She has extended the reach of this program by now collecting items at the University of Kentucky and donates the items to The Nest, Epsilon Omega’s local PCAA beneficiary.

In addition, Logan founded the local chapter of Four Paws for Ability, and serves as its President. This program matches volunteers with service dogs in training as one of the final steps in the dog’s service education. Logan has received the Community Service Scholar Award.

Ginny Blackson, Executive Director
The Nest - Center for Women, Children and Families
530 N. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40508

Chelsea Caveny – $500 to Sunflower County Freedom Project
Alpha Mu - University of Mississippi

Chelsea initiated a mentorship program with the Sunflower County Freedom Project. The Freedom Project is a non-profit organization in the Mississippi Delta that provides afternoon and summer services to high needs children. She began by providing public speaking classes on Saturday mornings and expanded the relationship to include the University of Mississippi. As a result, the University created a permanent summer internship with the Freedom Project open to students at the school. In addition, Chelsea partnered with the student government at a neighboring university to establish a donation website for Haiti, and is also heading the planning for the First Annual Big Event at Ole Miss – a student-run service day that takes place at college campuses across the country.

In addition, Chelsea serves on the student government presidential cabinet as Director of Community Service and is the Community Service Chairman for the Columns Society at Ole Miss. She serves as a Leap Frog mentor and works with students from a local elementary school. Chelsea was recently named a finalist for the national Truman scholarship.

Sunflower County Freedom Project
P.O. Box 701
120 Delta Avenue
Sunflower, MI 38778

Rebecca Ramirez – $250 Tamarindo Foundation, Inc.
Beta Psi - Arizona State University

Rebecca established a relationship between the Beta Psi chapter of Kappa Delta and Invisible Children, a movement seeking to end the conflict in Uganda and stop the abduction of children for use as child soldiers. The organization makes touching documentaries to show the severity of the situation, and to heighten awareness of Uganda. For the past three semesters, Beta Psi has teamed up with the Roadies of Invisible Children to host a screening of the most recent of these documentaries. There were over 200 attendees to the screenings the held on the campus of ASU.

She has organized fundraisers to support Haiti and has established partnerships at various local organizations to encourage volunteering. The organizations include an elementary school, elderly care center, and homeless shelter. In 2008, Rebecca was named Volunteer of the Year for the American Red Cross Greater Houston Chapter.

The Tamarindo Foundation Inc.
P.O. Box 90404
Indianapolis, IN 46290