Bill Text: VA HR622 | 2022 | 1st Special Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Commending the Woodbridge (VA) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-06-01 - Bill text as passed House (HR622ER) [HR622 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-HR622-Enrolled.html

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 622
Commending the Woodbridge (VA) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, June 1, 2022

WHEREAS, for 24 years, the Woodbridge (VA) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., has supported and empowered its members and enhanced community life in Prince William County; and

WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., a historically Black fraternity founded at Indiana University Bloomington in 1911, has helped develop leadership and a commitment to service among its members for more than 110 years; and

WHEREAS, for many years, Kappa Alpha Psi members in Prince William County could only affiliate with the Alexandria-Fairfax Alumni Chapter to the north or the Fredericksburg Alumni Chapter to the south; and

WHEREAS, believing that Prince William County could sustain an active, vibrant alumni chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi members William Croom, Robert Harding, Sr., and Ronald Thompson, worked with 21 other fraternity members in the area to petition the fraternity's Grand Board of Directors for the formation of such a chapter; and

WHEREAS, the Woodbridge Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi was chartered on February 1, 1998, at a special ceremony presided over by the polemarch of the Kappa Alpha Psi's Eastern Province and held at the Officers' Club of Marine Corps Base Quantico; and

WHEREAS, today, the Woodbridge Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi serves members of communities from Fredericksburg to Baltimore and sponsors community service projects, promotes social welfare, and helps young people in the region achieve their academic goals; and

WHEREAS, the Woodbridge Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi sponsors golf tournaments to raise money to fund academic scholarships, provides meals to families in need during the holidays, and coordinates with service organizations like Project Mend-A-House, the Friendly Visitor Programs of Prince William County, Northern Virginia's Special Olympics, and the Prince William County Adopt-A-Highway Program; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the Woodbridge (VA) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., hereby be commended for more than two decades of service; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Damien Williams, polemarch of the Woodbridge (VA) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for the organization's legacy of contributions to the Prince William County community.

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