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04/23/2024 04:33 PMPress Release from Anne Murphy
On April 6, members of the Zeta Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma (DKG) Society International celebrated their chapter’s 75th birthday. As part of the event, the universal birthday custom of receiving gifts was reversed. Instead, members donated a collection of children’s books to a North Haven non-profit organization, Mary and Joseph’s Place, which serves women and their babies in need in the Greater New Haven area.
DKG promotes the professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education, provides scholarships and grants, and also funds initiatives to assist children and families. The Zeta Chapter consists of key women educators in New Haven County.
On April 11, three Zeta members—past presidents Carole Franceschet and Anne Brandt and Corresponding Secretary Lorna Mangles—delivered a wide variety of new books for babies and toddlers to Mary and Joseph’s Place at the Village Medical Center in North Haven. This non-denominational support organization, administered by Mary Cornwall, provides both educational and material resources and gift baskets to mothers with new babies throughout their first year of life.
There is strong evidence to show that children who are read to daily, beginning at birth, are more successful in school. With this newest book collection, the Zeta Chapter continues its ongoing practice of donating items for children of all ages.
Mary and Joseph’s Place was very grateful for the generous donation. Upon receipt, they were immediately able to include one of the books in a baby basket to a newly arrived client.
Women educators in any field of education and at all stages of their professional careers are invited to inquire about membership in the Zeta Chapter of DKG. Membership applications are currently being accepted from all interested educators. For information on membership, contact www.dkg.org or visit www.dkgct.weebly.com.