Prevent Child Abuse America [website]
Since 1984 Kappa Delta chapters and alumnae associations have held
Shamrock Projects, local fundraisers that vary from jambalaya feeds
and twister games to luncheons and golf classics, to support the
prevention of child abuse. Shamrock Project, staged by thousands of
women in hundreds o communities nationwide, is held throughout the
month of March and has earned local and national media attention. A
full 80% of the money raised stays in the community and is donated
to local child abuse prevention agencies; the other remaining 20% is
donated to the Prevent Child Abuse America, PCAA, for its national
programs. Prevent Child Abuse America was founded by a Kappa Delta,
the late Donna Stone.
The
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Research Awards
Known as the "Nobel Prize of
Orthopaedic Research," Kappa Delta's Orthopaedic Research Awards are
presented annually. Three $20,000 awards recognize outstanding
research in orthopaedics and enable the researchers to continue
their efforts. First presented in 1950, they have grown in stature
to become the most coveted awards in this field.
Children's Hospital, Richmond, VA [website]
In 1921, Kappa Delta became interested in the work being done to
treat polio victims in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. William Tate Graham
was a leader in this research, and never turned a patient away
because of inability to pay. Today, the Childrenšs Hospital is a
leader in all manner of childrenšs health, and Kappa Delta is a
primary sustaining supporter of the hospital.
