The Community Concerns Committee plans and provides programs, activities and resources that are related to social and civic issues for foundation members and members of the community.
Programs include:
MLK Day of Service
Sankofa Workshops
Juneteenth Event
Tree planting
Day of Service at Fairfax Place Nursing Home
Period Poverty Project, providing feminine products to underserved women
Wall of Love, supplies attached to a fence for the homeless
Christmas activity for senior residents of Ivy Plaza
Uplifting our community
Enhancing our environment
ENHANCING OUR ENVIRONMENT
Members of Alpha Omega Foundation collaborated with Omega chapter, AKAdemy, Youth Leadership Institute students and Revolutionary Love Garden to plant trees.
JUNETEENTH EVENT 2023
Wall of Love
The Community Concerns Committee, on Saturday, November 2, 2024,placed hundreds of items on the wall at the Lee-Harvard Shopping Center for the community to take.
September Sankofa Workshop
The Community Concerns Committee held our annual September Sankofa Workshop on September 14, 2024 at the YWCA of Greater Cleveland. The workshop focused on diabetes, job preparation, budgeting, a makeup demonstration, and a fashion show. Tonya Perkins-Stoudemire from Bessie’s Angels was the keynote speaker.
We donated 48 purses and 36 blazers and cardigans. We also received gift bags from Saks Fifth Avenue, hygiene bags from Dress for Success Cleveland, and makeup bags from Halo Fashions