Philanthropy Capsule – December

In 1954 Delta Zetas in the Washington DC area became involved with the Gallaudet College for the Deaf, now known as Gallaudet University. In 1955 Lucille Hunt Pendell, AE, was librarian and a new library was in the process of being built. While funds were available for the building itself, nothing was allocated for the furnishings to acquire books to fill the shelves. She persuaded the Washington D.C. alumnae chapter and national council members to visit. After a visit by President Evelyn Adams Costello, Gallaudet was named one of our national philanthropic projects. Another result of the visit was the sponsoring by Delta Zeta to donate money for the furnishings, which was inaugurated with a $10,000 gift. A National Director of Philanthropy was also added to National Council to accommodate our growing philanthropic involvement . Over the years we have gone on to support students of Gallaudet by funding a Delta Zeta Scholarship Fund and a Fine Arts Endowment Fund, and in 1995 the Delta Zeta Dance Studio, also funded by the sorority, was dedicated. The dance studio is the home of the Gallaudet Dance Company which is a group of approximately 15 dancers. All members of the company are undergraduate or graduate Gallaudet students with varying degree of hearing loss and communication modalities.

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