On Weds., Nov. 6, Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) members volunteered at the Atlantic Street Center for the Teen Feed dinner program, where they prepared, served, and dined in friendship with displaced and homeless youth.
“I was encouraged by the young people that we met,” said AKA’s Event Coordinator, Marquisha Lee. “Through fellowship, and making one-on-one connections, I hope the youth feel our hope and support for them as they work through their current challenges.”
Since our beginning in 1908, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. has designed and implemented community-based programs that affect countless lives. With 265, 000 members, 986 worldwide chapters, we remain committed stewards in the communities where we live.
This year the Seattle Graduate Chapter of AKA, decided to concentrate our social service efforts with one main local agency. With a focus on low-income children and youth of color in Seattle’s central and southeast neighborhoods, we entered into a partnership with the Atlantic Street Center (ASC).
Due to the racial disparities for homeless youth in South Seattle, Atlantic Street Center- Family Center relocated to a new site in the Rainier Beach neighborhood. One reason the center moved into this area is that Black youths make up 38 percent of the youth and young adult homeless population, the highest of any racial group, according to the Committee to End Homelessness in King County.
In the midst of moving into it’s the new Family Center, ASC also entered into a partnership with Teen Feed. Teen Feed responds to the most basic needs of homeless youth by providing healthy meals and down-to-earth engagement with the community’s members. Not all youth who attend Teen Feed are homeless. Many live with food insecurities, where regular access to healthy and or enough food are not available.
This Thanksgiving season is a wonderful time to bring together your family, and friends and donate a home cooked meal with Atlantic Street Center’s Teen Feed. Tell then Alpha Kappa Alpha sent you!
