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National Silhouette Philanthropy Supporting Kappa Alpha Psi ® Chapters with the Safe Sleep Initiative
T he Kappa Alpha Psi ® Fraternity, Inc. Safe Sleep Mini-grant Program officially launched on Father’s Day and more than 90 chapters applied to participate. As part of Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), renewed its partnership with Kappa Alpha Psi ® . With the support of the Global Infant Safe Sleep (GISS) Center team, the mini-grants will enable Brothers and Silhouettes to lead and host activities in their communities, where they can share safe infant sleep messages in culturally sensitive ways. This partnership, established in 2015, focuses on fathers and the unique role they can play in reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related causes of infant death, such as suffocation. undergraduate and alumni chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi ® and to members of the Silhouettes, the wives and widows of Kappa members. Grantees receive up to $1,000 to conduct safe infant sleep educational activities, with a focus on efforts in states with the highest SIDS Following a competitive process, NICHD/Kappa awarded 55 mini- grants across the United States to
rates—this focus is a key component of the ongoing partnership. “Fathers, uncles, brothers, sons — men in our communities can really make a difference in reversing these trends,” said Grand Polemarch Thomas L. Bat- tles, Jr. “We have educated thousands of Kappa brothers and families about saving babies’ lives. These mini-grants will allow our brothers to go into their communities to share these important messages with others nationwide.” The Kappa and Silhouette activities continued throughout the summer. The list of the 55 mini-grant recipients: are: Silhouette Affiliations • The Columbia (SC) Alumni Chapter Silhouettes • The Bowie/Mitchellville (MD) Alumni Chapter Silhouettes • The Decatur (GA) Alumni Chapter Silhouettes • The Houston (TX) Alumni Chapter Silhouettes • The Norristown (PA) Alumni Chapter Silhouettes • The Greenville (SC) Alumni Chapter Silhouettes • The Huntsville (AL) Alumni Chapter Silhouettes • The Indianapolis (IN) Alumni Chapter Silhouettes
• The Mobile (AL) Alumni Chapter Silhouettes • The Augusta (GA) Alumni Chapter Silhouettes • The Toledo (OH) Alumni Chapter Silhouettes • The Denver (CO) Alumni Chapter Silhouettes • Then New Orleans (LA) Alumni Chap- ter Silhouettes Undergraduate Chapters • The University of Florida Chapter the Zeta Phi of Kappa Alpha Psi ® • The Jacksonville University Chapter the Eta Mu of Kappa Alpha Psi ® • The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Chapter the Gamma Sigma of Kappa Alpha Psi ® • The Indiana University Chapter the Alpha of Kappa Alpha Psi ® • The Wright State University Chapter the Xi Tau of Kappa Alpha Psi ® • The Georgia Institute of Technology Chapter the Lambda Delta of Kappa Alpha Psi ® • The Bowling Green University Chap- ter the Beta Xi of Kappa Alpha Psi ® • The West Virginia University Chapter the Epsilon Chi of Kappa Alpha Psi ® • The Marshall University Chapter the Epsilon Delta of Kappa Alpha Psi ® • The Kent State University Chapter the
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