FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 5, 2007

CONTACT:
Contact Person:  Valerie Jackson Jones
Company Name:  Community Association for the Welfare of School Children
Voice Phone Number: 225-9214-7506
FAX Number:  225-924-5165
Email Address: vijjones@cawsc.org
Website URL: www.cawsc.org

The Community Association for the Welfare of School Children (CAWSC) is presented with a donation from attendants of the Louisiana/Jamaica statewide conference. Pictured from left to right are Twana Malveaux, member of State Conference Planning Committee Valerie Jackson Jones, executive director of CAWSC, Y. Jean Whitley interim State Coordinator

Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc held the Louisiana/Jamaica statewide conference in Baton Rouge. Each year the membership makes a contribution to a charitable agency in the city where the conference is held. This year the Community Association for the Welfare of School Children (CAWSC) was selected as the recipient. The money comes from donations of the members in attendance at the Sunday Morning Ecumenical Service.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide services and programs to promote human welfare. It has a membership of nearly 300,000 predominately African-American, college-educated women. The Sorority currently has nearly 1000 chapter’s world wide. Gwendolyn K Grant, of Houston, TX is the regional director; and Georgia Humphrey of Alexandria, LA is the state coordinator. Soror Hazel J. Freeman and Mrs. Mildred Clark of Baton Rouge are founders of CAWSC. The Community Association for the Welfare of School Children is a 48 year old, non-profit, social service agency providing services to children and their families. CAWSC is located at 440 North Foster, Baton Rouge, LA.

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