On June 5, 2024, Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter culminated our school year 2023-2024 volunteer effort at Walt Whitman Middle School’s (WWMS) Monthly Family Market. This is the chapter’s third year and nineth month supporting this important food insecurity distribution program in Fairfax County, Virginia. The market is a Capital Area Food Bank distribution program that…
Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter and the Bernie L. Bates Foundation, Inc., conducted its third and final “Read-Aloud” session of their Reading for Success program at Riverside Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia, for this academic year. On May 17, 2024, the Brothers, known affectionately as “The Sirs,” supported five third-grade classes with a total of 102…
On November 14, 2023 the brothers of the Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., the Fairfax County Ques, re-established its mentoring presence at the Gum Springs Community Center in Alexandria, VA. The chapter’s MANUP program is conducted at three area high schools and now returns to a neighborhood gathering spot…
For the eighth year in a row, the Bernie L. Bates Foundation (BLB), Inc. and Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter (PsiAA) of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. partnered with the Fairfax County Department of Family Services for their Foster Care Program’s Graduation Celebration for the 2023 High School graduates. This year, the event was held at…
Making a Social Action Impact at the International Leadership Conference, July 13, 2023 The Dr. Moses C. Norman, Sr., International Leadership Conference was held from July 11-16, 2023, at Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas. The Social Action project for the conference was a Book Drive for the Island residents. Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter responded by…
Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter culminated its support with the FBES’ Food Market during the fourth and final month of the program this school year. This community social action project supported 183 military families this month with the help of our “Muscle Team.” The project is a massive logistical effort on the front end to remove…
For decades, Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., has graciously provided “Back-to-School Supplies” to the South County Teens Center, County of Fairfax, Virginia, for upcoming School Year. On Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at 11:00 a.m., Brothers W.J. Williams, Jr., Chapter Basileus, Kermit “KC” Jones, and Kenneth M. Younger, Chapter Social…
On May 5, 2021, the Brothers of Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter, Third District, The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and the Bernie L. Bates Foundation, Inc., joined forces to make a positive impact on the caregivers in Fairfax, County, Virginia who are diligently working to ensure they manage the health and care or our residents…
The Brothers of Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc, in collaboration with the Father Engagement Unit of Fairfax County Department of Family Services, completed another successful facilitation of the County’s Dad’s Parenting Program in the Spring of 2021. From February to April of 2021, the brothers of Psi Alpha Alpha provided…
On April 17, 2021, the Bernie L. Bates Foundation, Inc sponsored the Virtual 80s QUE-Rantine Extravaganza. This progressive, virtual social event was hosted by the Brothers of Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. This was a first-of-its-kind Virtual Social Event that featured not only the now common awesome DJ in virtual…