Community Service
Lambda Theta Nu Sorority, Inc. is strongly dedicated to giving back to the Latino Community. Each chapter participates
in at least six Community Service activities each year. Among them are the Latina Youth Leadership Conference and
the Lambda Valentine Sales, both of which are done by all chapters on a national level. Individually, each chapter also
participates in other community service activities on their own. Upsilon Chapter at sonoma State University has
volunteered for several years at the Graton Day Labor Center and has participated in walks to raise money for
breast cancer and multiple sclerosis research, among others. Below is a more detailed description of several of our
community service activities.
If you would like to join us in our efforts to give back to the community, you may contact our Community Service
Chair at
ssulambdas@yahoo.com.
Latina Youth Leadership Conference
Every chapter of Lambda Theta Nu Sorority, Inc., holds an annual Latina Youth Leadership Conference at their respective
campuses. The purpose of this event is to bring junior high and high school students to a university campus and
encourage them to pursue a college education. Workshops are held that encourage self-esteem, respect, cultural
awareness, as well as a workshop where they are informed of the requirements for being admitted into a university.
Click here to see more pictures of our LYLC November 2004
As an organization dedicated towards community service, every February we do a fundraiser on a
national level for a certain non-profit organization dedicated towards promoting literacy in the
Latino community. We choose an organization that is located near the area where we hold our annual
National Convention, where we present to the chosen organization all of the money we have raised.
For 2005, we are pleased to announce that we have chosen CAMINO NUEVO CHARTER ACADEMY as the recipient
organization for this year's Lambda Valentine Sales, which totaled over $7,000 on a national level.
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, whose motto is "leveling the educational field for our students",
was founded in August 2000 and is located in the MacArthur Park neighborhood, one of the poorest and
most densely populated neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Most of the residents in this neighborhood are
immigrants from Mexico and Central America. Their mission is to educate students in a college preparatory
program to be literate, critical thinkers and independent problem solvers who are agents of social justice with
sensitivity toward the world around them. As the academy is a non-profit, self-funded organization, our
purpose in raising this money for their organization will be to help them establish a library in their
school and promote Latino literacy through our
efforts.
For more information on Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, visit
http://caminonuevo.org.
Graton Day Labor Center
Since 2002, we have been volunteering for the Graton Day Labor Center in the small town of Graton,
CA. Every Saturday morning during the school year, we would give the Latino migrant day-laborers English
tutoring. Many of these laborers do not speak a word of English as they have recently arrived from Mexico
and other Latin American countries. The Graton Day Labor Center is composed of volunteers from the community
and their goal is to build a center where the workers can get a job in an organized fashion, instead of standing
outside in the street waiting for someone to offer them a job. They gather in a local restaurant on Saturday
mornings to hold meetings with the volunteers and for the English tutoring.
For more information about the Graton Day Labor Center visit their website
http://www.scpeo.org/centro_laboral_de_graton.htm.