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Jacksonville (FL) Alumni and Foundation Hosts 26 th Annual Charity Golf Tournament
students in pursuing post-secondary and graduate degrees. Attendees and sponsors of the charity golf tournament have helped the foundation provide over $400,000 in scholarships to date.
The Kappa Alpha Psi Jacksonville Foundation, Inc. in partnership with the JacksonvilleAlumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. hosted their 26th Annual Charity Golf Tournament on Saturday, April 3, 2021 at the Slammer & Squire Golf Course at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, FL. Over 130 players attended this charitable initiative raising approximately $40,000 in net proceeds to benefit scholarship programs for students in the Jacksonville Metropolitan Statistical Area. These funds were awarded to the 2021 Kappa Scholars in collaboration with the William and Betty Cody Foundation, Inc. The tournament was a four-person, best ball scramble. In addition to recognizing the tournament’s top finishers, there were contests for the longest drive, closest to the pin, and opportunities to win a car with a hole-in-one and other hole-in-one prizes and raffles. Participants were able to bid in a silent auction and treated to a lunch. Since its founding in 1994, The Kappa Alpha Psi Jacksonville Foundation, Inc. has hosted a charity golf tournament to primarily fund scholarships to assist local qualified
7 th Southern Province Polemarch and 91 st Elder Watson Diggs Awardee Dr. Frank S. Emanuel with 32 nd Jacksonville Alumni Polemarch and Past Vice President of Kappa Alpha Psi Jacksonville Foundation Dr. William L. Cody
Kappa League Welcomes Former Member and Inducts NewMembers
The April Virtual Kappa League Meeting was held on Sunday, April 18th at 3pm. A virtual Induction Ceremony took place welcoming eight new Kappa League member into the chapter. Former Kappa League member Malcom Chapman was the special guest speaker pouring words of wisdom into the Kappa Leaguers recounting “The Hero’s Journey” of answering the call to adventure, learning lessons through trials, and returning home changed based on those experiences. Chapman is a native of Jacksonville, Florida and 2016 graduate of the University of Central Florida with
a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences. He is currently in his last year of a dual-degree MD/ MBA at the University of North Carolina and plans to specialize in internal medicine. He is a Spring 2016 initiate of the Lambda Omega Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi. Malcom Chapman provides words of wisdom to Kappa League members
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T H E K H R O N I C L E | November 2021
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