Sorority chapter provides backpacks for kids in foster care

SPECIAL TO THE VINDICATOR Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.-Epsilon Mu Omega Chapter in Youngstown recently provided more than 85 backpacks to local children in foster care through Northeast Ohio Adoption Services. The sorority collected the backpacks through its Launching New Dimensions of Service program. The goal was to collect 66 backpacks, which represents the number of years the chapter has been chartered. Above, from left, are Deanna Brown, vice president of the sorority chapter for seven years; Kathy Evans, director of marketing and recruitment at NOAS; Dr. Tonia L. Farmer, protocol chairman of the sorority chapter for 14 years; and Annie Constant, president of the sorority chapter for 13 years.