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During the tour of Kaiserslautern Military Community, Divine Nine Presidents and their local membership assemble on the tarmac of Ramstein Airbase.
“GERMANY ALUMNI CHAPTER (GAC), AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE “FLAGSHIP CHAPTER” FOR BEING THE FIRST ALUMNI CHAPTER OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, WAS CHARTERED ON JUNE 3, 1964.”
the Rhine River, but in less than 24 hours of arrival they began with service to the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC). Grand Chapter officers and leaders joined GAC chapter members reading to young children at Ram- stein Elementary school and joining a Guide Right session at Ramstein Middle School (RMS) on Ramstein Airbase, as they gave the youth an opportunity to ask questions and gain perspec- tive on expectations during college. Additionally, they were given the opportunity to thank the faculty and staff of both institutions, including recognizing
Assistant Principal Pamela Wimberly for her leadership and assisting the GAC with the opportunity to establish RMS as a key location for the Guide Right program. Corris Jackson (East St. Louis (IL) AL 2017), GAC’s guide right committee lead has led the program for over two years within the KMC
and cultivated a relation- ship with the faculty, staff and parents of the middle school inciting service in the public interest. Hosting Grand Chapter leaders and giving the middle schoolers an opportunity to hear from current college students that serve in leadership positions at International
Headquarters such as Junior Grand Vice Polemarch Jordan Q. Smith, was a high- light for him after all his dedication to establish the program in Kaiserslautern. “We’ve built this part- nership with Ramstein Middle School for the past couple years now,” said Jackson. “Thanks to these
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