BALTIMORE, MD– The second annual Thanksgiving for All will take place today from 4:00pm until 7:00pm at the Kappa Youth and Community Center (KYCC), located at 1207 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, Maryland 21217. The event is hosted by Maryland Delegate Antonio Hayes and community leader Phylicia Porter. The dinner is sponsored by the Baltimore Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, a national historically- Black fraternity, and the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation of Metropolitan Baltimore, Inc. More than 200 nearby residents of the Promise Heights community, comprised of the Upton and Druid Hill neighborhoods in West Baltimore, will be treated to a full holiday meal and a resource fair which will provide access to much-needed services.
“The Brothers of this chapter look forward to Thanksgiving for All because it reflects our commitment to service and supporting communities in need,” said Kappa Foundation President Donald Malcolm Smith. “We want to make this a community tradition that families can look forward to each year.”
Last year’s dinner served 150 West Baltimore residents who live in the vicinity of the civil uprising following the death of Freddie Gray in 2015. The resource fair will feature representatives from Kappa Foundation community partners such as: University of Maryland, Baltimore City Healthy Homes, New Vision House of Hope, Healthcare for the Homeless, Operation Hope, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Chase Brexton, NAMI, Goodwill of Chesapeake, Mental Health Association of MD, and Optimal Public Health Solutions.
The Kappa Youth and Community Center is believed to be the first youth center located within Baltimore city limits operated by a historically-Black Greek fraternal organization.
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated was founded January 5, 1911, on the campus of Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana and now has functioning Undergraduate and Alumni Chapters on campuses and in cities throughout the country. The Baltimore (MD) Alumni Chapter was chartered ten years later on July 15, 1921. For more information, visit http://kappafoundationmetrobaltimore.org/.