BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Cultural and Educational Advancement Foundation of Omicron Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA) held its Inaugural Evening of Pearlfection Scholarship Gala on December 31, 2014 at the BJCC East Ballroom. More than 600 people, including members of CEAF, Omicron Omega Chapter and their guests, attended the Inaugural Scholarship Gala.
CEAF Foundation President Tammy Fincher, Omicron Omega President Dr. Gwendolyn Tilghman, and Scholarship Gala Chairman Gennia Baldwin all greeted and thanked guests for attending the Inaugural Evening of Pearlfection Scholarship Gala.
The more than $30,000 raised from the scholarship gala will assist deserving high school seniors with college scholarships and provide cultural enrichment and/or financial support for people in the Birmingham/Jefferson/Shelby County communities.
The East Ballroom was filled with over 600 guests that included several community leaders, members of the Pan-Hellenic Greek Council: Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternities as well as Delta Sigma Theta Sorority members and AKA members from surrounding chapters. Members of Omicron Omega chapter enjoyed dancing to the entertainment provided by Jazz Guitarist Eric Essix, Mike Hamm and the accompanying band.
Guest entertained themselves taking pictures at the amazing beautiful flower arrangement in the foyer that consisted of pink roses, white tiger lilies and silver bells of Ireland. Decorations inside the ballroom were created using silver balls, pink branches, floating ivy with pearls adorned the tables under delicate candlelight. Heavy appetizers consisted of grilled vegetables, assorted cheeses, breads and steamship of beef with assorted rolls.
The event was planned by the chapter’s Fundraising Committee: Chairman Gennia Baldwin, Co-Chairmen, Dr. Nichole Davis Williams and Stephanie Hill Alexander; Leah Wiggins, Pauline Parker, Sharon Johnson, Tammy Fincher, Felita Nash, Cecila Crenshaw, Natasha McGlothan-Walker, Coretta Howard, Dorothy Wilson, Fatima Carter, Cherie Dortch, Stephanie Rayborn, Robin Williams, Angelia Strode and Stephanie Ayers-Millsap.
Guests present: Birmingham City Councilor, Shelia Tyson; Birmingham Fire Chief, Charles Gordon and wife, Regina; Lina and David May, BBVA Compass; and Pamela and Henry Blanton, Belk.
Out of town guests included: Gail King from New York, New York and Currita Waddy from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is an international service organization founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington D.C. in 1908. Omicron Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. has served the greater Birmingham community for 90 years providing cultural, educational, financial, and enrichment programs to the community. The chapter also mentors and supervises four undergraduate chapters on college campuses in the Birmingham area.
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