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Scholarship

Event – Annual Black & Gold Scholarship Ball, partnered with Mu Chi Lambda Chapter (Rock Island, IL) of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Purpose: 

  • Raise scholarship money for graduating high school seniors in the Quad Cities

  • Recognize individuals, or groups, in the Quad Cities that align and emulate with the mission of the Twin Torch Foundation, Inc.

  • Showcase the work Twin Torch Foundation, Inc. is doing to serve the Quad Cities community

  • Recognize the outstanding Mu Chi Lambda Chapter member of the year

Mentoring and Leadership

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Event – Annual Father & Son Breakfast, partnered with Rock Island School District and other local area sponsors

 

Purpose:

  • Breakfast event which brings together minority male youth, ages 6 to 16, and their fathers, father figures or guardians with other youth in the community to fellowship in a safe environment and hear discussions on a variety of topics

  • Expose minority male youth to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related fields with hands on science experiments presented by local university professors

  • Stress the importance of going to school through Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. “Go to High School Go to College” initiative

  • Prizes awarded to all participants at the conclusion of the event, including bicycles and other give-a-ways.

Event – Project Alpha, partnered with Mu Chi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

 

Purpose:

  • Workshop brings together male youth, ages 13 to 18, to discuss a variety of key topics.

  • Event typically occurs on a Saturday from 8am to 1pm and includes breakfast, lunch and guest speakers from the community

  • Topics include:

  • Responsibility, Respect and the Role of Males in Relationships

  • Adolescent Pregnancy and Fatherhood

  • Protecting Yourself and Your Partner

  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases

  • Intimate Violence in Relationships

 

Event – Boys 2 Men Leadership Workshop Series, partnered with Big Brothers Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of the Mississippi Valley

 

Purpose:

  • Program targets up to 50 minority youth males, ages 8 to 16, per cluster

  • Each youth is partnered with a BBBS mentor

  • Program is 6 months in length with one meeting each month

  • Session last 4 hours in duration and cover a wide variety of topics, that are critical to male minority youth

  • Each session will end with lunch and a guest speaker representing the company that the event is hosted at

  • Concludes with completing a community service project

Community Outreach and Advocacy

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Event – Voter Advocacy, partnered with Mu Chi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and their “Voteless People is a Hopeless People” Program

 

Purpose – Three (3) key pillars of this initiative include:

  • Voter Education

  • Voter Registration

  • Voter Access – ensuring voters know where their voting polls stations are located, providing transportation to those locations, ensuring access to absentee ballots, etc.  

Event – Thanksgiving Food Basket Community Outreach, partnered with Mu Chi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

 

Purpose – provide Thanksgiving dinners to 50 families in the Quad Cities.  The foundation will partner with local agencies and churches to identify these families and have dinners delivered to them the week of Thanksgiving.

 

Event – Christmas Adopt-A-Family Community Outreach, partnered with Mu Chi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

 

Purpose – adopt 50 families in the Quad Cities.  The foundation will partner with local agencies and churches to identify these families and provide them with gifts and food the week of Christmas.

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