| Alzheimer's Disease |
| Maine Sea Coast Mission |
| Gerontology |
| Inherit the Earth |
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| Sigma Kappa Philanthropy |
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| Alzheimer's Disease was adopted as a national philanthropy at the 1984 convention as a focus of our interest in gerontology. Characterized by progressive memory loss and other problems with intellectual functions, Alzheimer's Disease has become a major debilitating disease of the elderly today. Since the inception of the Alzheimer's Disease and Research Grant program in 1988, the Sigma Kappa Foundation has awarded nearly $500,000 to colleges and universities in support of Alzheimer's Disease and gerontology-related research. |
| Sigma Kappa has always emphasized our Sorority as a lifetime commitment. Since the time of our founders, we have revered and enjoyed the active involvement of our alumnae regardless of age. In 1954, this emphasis on lifetime commitment to Sigma Kappa led the convention body to adopt gerontology as our national philanthropy. This is a relatively new field of social service that has come about because of the increase in life expectancy. Sigma Kappa was the first sorority to take this action at the national level. |
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| Sigma Kappa Foundation |
| The Sigma Kappa Foundation, Inc., formed in1962 and legally incorporated in 1989, supports the educational and philanthropic endeavors of Sigma Kappa Sorority. It is funded through the generosity of collegiate and alumnae chapters and individual members of Sigma Kappa. Money raised by chapters for our national philanthropies through local projects such as walk-a-thons, golf tournaments, poinsettia sales and the annual lollipop campaign are sent to the Foundation for distribution to the Maine Sea Coast Mission and for Alzheimer's disease and gerontology research. |
| Adopted in 1992, Inherit the Earth is Sigma Kappa's national service project. The program is designed to combine our interest in gerontology with a project to benefit the environment. Most chapters plan their Inherit the Earth project in the spring, usually around Earth Day in April. |
| In honor of our five founders from the State of Maine, the 1918 convention chose the Maine Sea Coast Mission as our first national philanthropy. Each November, Sigma Kappa chapters in conjunction with the Foundation, donate needed funds for medical and dental aid, food, clothing, toys and reading material to families residing on small isolated islands off the rocky, infertile coast of Maine. The Mission provides comfort, companionship, and needed supplies to isolated mainland communities, as well as to lighthouses and islands along the rocky Maine coastline. The Mission sends its boat, the Sunbeam, on "Santa Claus cruises" in December to distribute holiday gifts supplied through donations. |
| Promise, 1997 |
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