The Delta Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
The Delta Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. at Winston-Salem State University conducted the chapter’s 12th annual overnight sleep-out for the homeless campaign Nov. 21, at 6 p.m. near the Greek plot on campus.
Activities surrounding the event included the collection of nonperishable food items, school supplies, and clothing items for the homeless, which will culminate with the all-night sleep-out to raise awareness about the homeless in the Piedmont. Members of the fraternity and students supporting the initiative slept in cardboard boxes, sleeping bags, and tents.
The fraternity set up a makeshift cardboard city near the Phi Beta Sigma monument on the university’s Greek plot near the Cleon F. Thompson Student Services Center.
Clothing items were donated to the Winston-Salem Rescue Mission, while the nonperishable food items were given to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina. The school supplies were donated to Project Hope of the Winston- Salem/ Forsyth County School System, and the monetary donations given to the Samaritan Ministries Annual Penny Campaign.
Sleep-out for the homeless participant
This year’s Sleep-out For the Homeless event generated 17 boxes of clothes and 2 boxes of shoes which were donated to the W-S Rescue Mission; 500 pounds of non-perishable food items were donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank (2 weeks worth of food for 2 agencies); $350.00 were donated to the Samaritan Ministries Soup Kitchen (which will provide 1400 meals). That compares to last year’s totals, which came to340 pounds of food for Second Harvest Food Bank; $50 to Samaritan Ministries Penny Campaign; and nine (9) boxes of clothing items donated to the Winston-Salem Rescue Mission.
