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Atlantic City Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc, organized by Patricia Caster, Valgene King, Victoria Simmons, Barbara Ann Toomey and Elsie Washington was chartered in 1979 by eighteen Sorors and has continued to move the national thrusts of the sorority forward.  In addition to our founding sisters, thirteen other sorors chartered the chapter: Mae Arrington, Carol Braithwaite, Janice Dennis, Paula Farmer Lightsey, Edythe Greene, E. Wanda Harris, Barbara Hudgins, Deborah Lane, Sheryl Marable, Pam Mobley, Karen Sutton Bailey, Patricia Thomas, and Geraldine Walden Hayer.
 
The chapter continues to promote service, scholarship, sisterhood and social action under the leadership of past and current presidents, Sorors Valgene King, Victoria Simmons, Julie Peterson, Agnes Howard, Alberta Jackson, Carolyn Henderson, Lynda V. Browne-Kidd, Susan Fowler Maven, Patricia Royal, Vickie Collette, Diane Epps, and Cydnee Phoenix. 
 
Several of our members have entered the Omega Omega Chapter: Mae O. Arrington, Gwen Bennett, Margaret Best, Carol Braithwaite, Esther Callender, Debra Carmichael, Alice E. Cash. Patricia O. Caster, Karen Davis Massey, Janice Dennis, Denise Eure Young, Adrienne Fordham Campbell, Michele Graham Fauntleroy,

Edythe Greene, E. Wanda Harris, Barbara Hudgins, Alberta Jackson, Margaret Lampson,

Babetter Lawerence-McZeke, Gladys Lewis Holmes, Carol Mallette, Aquilla Mathews, Katherine McEachern, Flora Parker, Debra Perry, Sallie Self Stewart, Sharon Shepperson-Tynes, Eve-Ellen Smith, Eve L. Stuart, Patricia Thomas, Barbara Ann Toomey, Renee Turney, and Elsie Washington.
 
For more than 40 years, the Atlantic City Alumnae Chapter has provided an array of programs in the areas of Educational Development, Economic Development, Physical and Mental Health, Political Awareness, and International Awareness. Committed to public service, the chapter initiatives have focused on social justice,
public safety, food insecurity, the homeless, adult illiteracy, teenage pregnancy/parenting, financial wellness and home ownership, black single mothers, and school reading programs. In addition, the chapter leads the way in community voter registration drives and voter education, food, clothes and toiletry collection for community and international charities, community forums with law enforcement, and relevant speaker series.

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Major fundraisers that support our chapter programs and scholarships include the Tiny Tots Cotillion, and The Crimson & Gold Gala. To date, the chapter has awarded over $200,000 in scholarships to college-bound area youth to help them pursue their goals of continuing their education. Some of our health initiatives are implemented through partnerships with local health agencies. Partnerships have produced town hall meetings on trending health issues, health fairs and screenings and we have collaborated with the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk. We host an annual Memorial Breakfast to benefit breast cancer causes. The proceeds support agencies and organizations that provide testing, access to mammograms and other breast cancer related services. Chapter members also participate in an annual competitive Two-Week Health Challenge.

Services that impact women and children include the Supper with Santa Christmas Party, Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy and Dr. Jeanne L. Noble Delta GEMS mentoring programs. In addition, the chapter has

sponsored the following: Mother Hale Project, Youth conference for residents at the Atlantic County Juvenile Detention Center (Harborfields) and we continue to support Avanzar (formerly known as the Atlantic County Women’s Center).
 

We are honored that some of our chapter programs have been recognized by our national office and by a former New Jersey Governor. Grand Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. recognized the chapter for the work we do under the sorority’s Physical and Mental Health Thrust and Governor Jon Corzine acknowledged our community service work with the Winona L. Lipman award. The chapter was also recognized by the men of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. for our work on social justice.  Atlantic City Alumnae Chapter continues to honor the ideals of our beloved Founders by remembering, “Membership in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is a lifetime commitment.”

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