Continuing Projects (and committee/office responsible):

Mini-grant for Early-Career Educators (Educational Excellence Committee)

August and September meetings. Up to $800, depending on number of applicants and selected recipients. For 1^st-3^rd year non-member educators for a classroom/school project.    Alpha Phi members distribute the brochures/applications and deadline is November.   Recipient(s) receive award at December luncheon and report back on their project in March.

Pop Tabs for Ronald McDonald House (Educational Services Committee)

Every meeting.  Bring your collection to each meeting or save and bring when you get a full zip- top bag filled.

Christmas Wrapping for Kids on the Block (Officers)

October and November meetings. Date(s) for wrapping to be determined

New projects (and committee responsible):

Teacher Shower of Classroom supplies (Educational Services Committee)

August meeting.

For classroom teachers in Alpha Phi who attend the meeting.

August meeting.

$100 drawing for classroom supplies. Classroom teacher-members present at meeting will be in a drawing to win.

March meeting.

$100 drawing for classroom supplies. Classroom teacher-members will get their names put in for each meeting they attend during the year. A name will be drawn at the March meeting for the recipient of the money.

Box Tops for Education (Educational Services Committee)

Every meeting. Save the pink “box tops for education” coupon on products you use all the time. There will be a box at every meeting to deposit the collected tops. At the March   meeting, all members present whose schools participate in the project will have a drawing to see who gets the box tops.

Belk Charity Sale (Finance Committee)

September and February meetings. We will register our chapter mini-grant project with Belk and sell $5 tickets to their twice-a-year charity sales that occur in May and November.  We keep all the proceeds from the ticket sales and apply them to our mini-grant award.

High School Essay Contest (Educational Excellence Committee)

October meeting. Though we have not participated in this Xi State project in many years, we will attempt to promote it through high school English teachers. We may submit up to four essays to the state essay contest committee. Winners at the state level receive cash awards.

Books from Birth (Educational Excellence Committee)

February meeting. Another state project in which we have participated but not recently.       We will decide whether we wish to make a donation for the mailing of books and/or help sign up children for the book program.

Room at the Inn (Educational Services Committee)

December meeting. We will bring gently used professional clothing to the meeting, to be donated to the Room in the Inn women’s shelter, so that women who have left home with nothing but the clothing on their backs will have a nice outfit to go for job interviews.