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Brother Frank Breedlove is sworn in as Rotary Club President.
ALPHA SIGMA LAMBDA
Dallas, TX
ASL Brother Blazes Trail as
Newly Elected Rotary Club President
Alpha Sigma Lambda Brother Frank Breedlove blazed a new trail by being the
first African American installed president of the Rotary Club of Dallas, Texas. He
was installed on June 25, 2008 as the organization’s 98th president. Brother
Breedlove and his wife, Rotary Club First Lady Dr. Donnie Breedlove, have been
Rotarians for 29 and 20 years, respectively. Mr. Paul Harris founded Rotary
International in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois. Rotary International now has 1.2 million
members in 32,000 clubs in 200 countries throughout the world. The
objective of the Rotary is to encourage and to foster the ideal of “Service” as a
basis of worthy enterprise. Service above self is the motto. One of Brother
Breedlove’s goals for the Rotary Club of Dallas is to increase the club’s membership
and diversity. In addition, the month of June was filled with partnerships
and events for ASL. The Chapter kicked off the month with its first Dallas Greek
ASL Brothers and Project Alpha participants are pictured following
basketball game.
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Picnic Weekend, in conjunction with the African American Museum of Dallas
“Music Under the Dome” event. Both events included a Voters’ Registration
Drive, which involved Greek fraternities and sororities from at least five different
states. Later during the month, ASL partnered with the Texas Council of
Alpha Chapters in holding a mentor drive for Big Brothers Big Sisters and to
host a Centennial Reception for the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha. Finally, the
Brothers gave out new and slightly used clothing to the elderly male residents
of the South Dallas Nursing Home during its yearly Father’s Day event. All of the
events were successful and helped to build on the legacy of Alpha throughout
the state of Texas and the Region. Also, ASL held its Annual Project Alpha event
in October at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Dallas. The U.T. Southwest Medical
Center of Dallas, Texas sponsored the keynote speaker and the U.S. Military provided
gift bags for each participant. ASL Brothers provided mentorship, camaraderie
and refreshments during the event. Following the program, Brothers
challenged the participants to a game of full court basketball where they out
scored the young men, with a winning score of 29 to 27.
Xi Tau Lambda Brothers are pictured following a Barbershop Recruitment
Initiative.
XI TAU LAMBDA
North Dallas, TX
Xi Tau Lambda Answers Call to Community Service
Xi Tau Lambda Chapter has taken the call for Alpha mentors to heart with
more than 40 percent of their active members now serving as “Bigs” in the
Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Chapter Brother Dale Long serves as
National Big Brothers Big Sisters Coordinator; Brothers sit on three area
BBBS Boards—in Collin County, Dallas County and Denton County; and the
Chapter participates in the local Bowl for Kids Sake fundraising event every
year and this year raised over $1,200. Also, Xi Tau Lambda Brothers started
their Barbershop Recruitment Initiative in 2005 at three Dallas-area barbershops.
The effort, which continues to grow each year, has been responsible
for the recruitment of 95 new Bigs. In October, the initiative was extended to
five barbershops in the cities of Plano, Dallas, Lewisville and Ft Worth. Three
Chapters participated in the initiative—Xi Tau Lambda, Eta Epsilon and Beta
Tau Lambda. The Barbershop Recruitment Imitative resulted in an article in