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“IN HONOR OF ZETA EPSILON LAMBDA CHAPTER OF THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E2235 on Nov. 1, 2005.
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IN HONOR OF ZETA EPSILON LAMBDA CHAPTER OF THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA
FRATERNITY
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HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.
of new jersey
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Zeta Epsilon Lambda alumni chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in Red Bank, New Jersey for their fiftieth anniversary on November 5, 2005. The Zeta Epsilon Lambda chapter has been an active contributor in the community over the past 50 years.
Since 1980, the chapter has donated over $200,000 in scholarship money to approximately 150 local high school students in Monmouth and Ocean counties. A large number of these scholarship recipients have returned to Zeta Epsilon Lambda after receiving their degrees to assist in other community outreach programs.
Over the past 17 years, through Project Alpha, the fraternity has been educating young males on the prevention of teenage pregnancies. Thus far, they have provided meaningful guidance to over 700 elementary, middle, and high school students.
Further establishing themselves as mentors in the community, the Zeta Epsilon Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha has been in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth County since 2001. Through this partnership, the brothers of Zeta Epsilon Lambda have given valuable guidance to dozens of young boys each week from Asbury Park Middle School in Asbury Park, NJ. The chapter has also successfully assisted Big Brothers Big Sisters with obtaining a $222,000 grant from the Justice Department to organize a Juvenile Mentoring Program, which has already achieved great success.
Once again, I would like to congratulate the brothers of the Zeta Epsilon Lambda chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity on their 50th anniversary and thank them for their continued spirit of contribution and service to the community.
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