KAPPA DELTA AND PHILANTHROPY
Since 1984, Kappa Delta collegiate and alumnae chapters have held Shamrock events, local fundraisers that vary from pancake breakfasts and 5K runs to silent auctions and golf tournaments, to support the prevention of child abuse. Shamrock events, staged by thousands of Kappa Delta women in hundreds of communities nationwide, are held throughout the year and have earned local and national media attention.
Every year, KD collegiate and alumnae chapters raise more than $2 million to benefit child abuse prevention efforts. A full 80 percent of the money raised stays in the community and is donated to local child-abuse prevention agencies; the remaining 20 percent goes to the Kappa Delta Foundation to support Prevent Child Abuse America's national office for its national programs. PCAA was founded by a Kappa Delta, the late Donna Stone, Lambda-Northwestern, which makes the cause that much more relevant to the sorority.
Prevent Child Abuse America
Girl Scouts
In 1998, Kappa Delta began a national collaboration with Girl Scouts, an organization of over three million girls. With this partnership, Kappa Delta became the first and only National Panhellenic Conference group to adopt the Girl Scouts as a national philanthropy.
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Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. The same could be said for Kappa Delta as it relates to young women. With common values and a commitment to leadership development, Kappa Delta and Girl Scouts are sisters at heart.
Girl Scouts provides Kappa Delta members opportunities for face-to-face volunteering. Each year, Kappa Deltas across the country devote over 125,000 hours to working with Girl Scouts in their communities. Popular KD Girls Scout events are self-esteem workshops, campus tours, International Girls Day celebrations and anti-bullying workshops.
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Kappa Delta collegiate volunteers get to see firsthand the difference they make in girls' lives while learning important leadership skills in the process
National Kappa Delta Resource Library
National Kappa Delta Website