Signature Programs
adopt-a-school
Adopt-A-School allows members of Zeta Phi Beta to identify low performing schools and provide assistance in a number of ways to enhance the educational experience, increase test scores and grades. Members purchase supplies and/or equipment, provide volunteer hours, assist with parent engagement programs and work with administrators to identify needs that may be specific to that particular school. Zeta Delta Zeta hosts an adopt-a-school program in partnership with Twin Hills Elementary in Willingboro, NJ.
Elder care
Zeta Delta Zeta's Elder Care Initiative strives to provide education and awareness about preparing for your senior years. The African American community is least prepared when it comes to retirement, estate planning and understanding the legal and financial preparation needed to care for parents, grandparents and ultimately, for our own long term care. It is a comprehensive program that also focuses on elder abuse awareness, financial peace, supporting the caregiver and volunteering at senior care facilities.
storks nest
The March of Dimes and Zeta Phi Beta have a cooperative program called Stork's Nest. The program was launched nationally in 1972. This program has both service and educational components. The service is the establishment of a distribution site, the "Nest," where expectant mothers, referred by cooperating hospitals, clinics, and health centers, can get necessary items such as maternity clothes, layettes and furniture at minimal or no cost. The educational component consists of seven sessions covering prenatal care, nutrition, drugs, alcohol and smoking, genetics, infant care and parenting. Zeta Delta Zeta actively participates in the March of Dimes Walk every April and hosts a Stork's Nest Program at Virtua Memorial Hospital. Click HERE to find out more.
Zeta National Education Foundation
The National Educational Foundation of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. with 501c3 status is created and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. The principle activities and purpose of the trust are to award scholarship grants to worthy students for the pursuit of higher education; to conduct community educational programs which will aid in the educational and vocational improvement in individual and community living standards; to engage in activities which will aid in the educational development of all women; and to engage in any appropriate research related to the purposes of the Foundation Scholarships.
ZHOPE
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. has long demonstrated an interest in serving the needs of the community. Spanning the Sorority's nearly thirty-year partnership with the March of Dimes to its relationship with the Human Genome Project, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. has been at the forefront of anticipating the ever-changing needs of society.
It is within this framework that the Zeta Delta Zeta chapter implements a number of Z-H.O.P.E. projects, such as collecting and distributing school supplies for needy children; collecting and supplying health care items for local women's shelter; Get Engaged (TM), a Z-HOPE initiative designed to address the underlying issues that are contributing to the senseless killing of African Americans in the U.S and many others.
It is within this framework that the Zeta Delta Zeta chapter implements a number of Z-H.O.P.E. projects, such as collecting and distributing school supplies for needy children; collecting and supplying health care items for local women's shelter; Get Engaged (TM), a Z-HOPE initiative designed to address the underlying issues that are contributing to the senseless killing of African Americans in the U.S and many others.
Affiliations
In addition to the programs above Zeta Delta Zeta participates in the Susan G. Coleman Breast Cancer walk every October at Cooper River Park in Pennsauken, New Jersey.