Beta Gamma Omega Chapter (BGO), chartered in 1934, has awarded scholarships for post-secondary education and has implemented programs to address health and wellness, voter registration, economic empowerment, childhood hunger, art appreciation, college admission preparation, global impact, and the well-being of the citizens of Lexington and Central Kentucky.
BGO’s current membership is over 100 women of color who are business women, physicians, lawyers, educators, dentists, government employees, college/university professors, and others. For over 80 years, the BGO Chapter has donated thousands of volunteer hours and thousands of dollars promoting service that positively impacts a large variety of organizations, individuals, schools within the district, and Kentucky State University, as well as numerous women and girls of color who have received scholarships to colleges and universities.
BGO funds and implements its service and charitable programs through its 501(3) (c) nonprofit organization, Pearls of Service Foundation, Incorporated (POS), whose purpose is exclusively to implement the programs of BGO Chapter of AKA.
The international Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® program theme for 2018-2022 is “Exemplifying Excellence through Sustainable Service.” The international program theme includes five program targets for BGO to implement that are designed to advance the mission of AKA and underscore our commitment to service.
The five program targets for 2018-2022 which are conducted throughout the year are:
Target 1: HBCU for Life: A Call to Action – Committee members conduct a variety of activities on the campus of Kentucky State University (Kentucky’s HBCU) to support students.
Target 2: Women’s Healthcare and Wellness – This committee offers a variety of programs promoting self-care and wellness for women.
Target 3: Building Your Economic Legacy – This committee focuses on: 1) Personal financial planning, including workshops to provide information about saving, investing, credit repair and improving credit scores, and retirement planning. 2) Entrepreneurship – to highlight and promote African-American owned businesses and provide venues for black vendors and entrepreneurs (especially women) to sell to the community; encourage support of black restaurant owners by the community. 3) Operation AKA assist – Programs directed to the homeless, homeless children, & homeless veterans.
Target 4: The Arts – The Arts Committee sponsors and supports activities that present black arts—music, theatre, art—to the community, including to children in the schools.
Target 5: Global Impact – This committee makes and collects pillow case dresses for Africa, and collects eye glasses and shoes for the Lions Club of Lexington.
Alberta Robinson
Susan Garr
Ethel Payton
Marietta Hunter
Sally Moore
Grace Harris
Lillian Delaney
Janice Didlick
Mae L. Cleveland
Evelyn Livisay
Dorothy Bottoms
Doris Brown
Katye Jenkins
Emma Butler
Charles Jones
Doris Brown
Katherine Rollins
Anna Conners
Teresa Searcy
Pauline Gould-Gay
Ida Nell Finch
Yvonne Fluker
Doris Brown
Joyce Owens
Valeria Swope
Mae L. Cleveland
Yvonne Fluker
Joyce Owens
Zelia W. Holloway
Eugenia Johnson-Smith
Francene Botts
Dana S. Branham
Martina Martin
Miranda Scully
Lillian Bland
Bridgett Rice
Glenda George
Kim Parker-Brown
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