Houston

Alumnae Chapter | Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated

One Delta Plaza Educational Center (ODPEC) | 3333 Old Spanish Trail | Houston, TX | 770021
P.O. Box 2642 | Houston, TX | 77252-2642
(713) 747-8175 | dsthoustonalumnae.org

REQUEST FOR LIVE COVERAGE ON SATURDAY

January 17, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Nicole DeLoach, 713-899-6610

Ella Collins-Nelson, 832-393-5023

The Houston Alumnae Chapter is among several area affiliates of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
presenting an Affordable Care Summit and Health Fair with the Harris County Area Agency on Aging,
Americorps VISTA Volunteers and the Metropolitan Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.

The health fair featuring Affordable Care Act insurance enrollment and Medicare health plan
disenrollment will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014 at Metropolitan CME Church,
8955 South Freeway (Texas State Highway 288) at Reed Road.

The event will include free flu shots and other immunizations as well as health screenings.

Participants in need also will receive a free bag of groceries from the Houston Food Bank.

Several Houston-area Delta Sigma Theta chapters are involved with this health fair. They include:
Houston Alumnae Chapter, Bay Area Houston Alumnae Chapter, North Harris County Alumnae Chapter,
Suburban Houston-Fort Bend Alumnae Chapter and Eta Beta Chapter (Prairie View A&M University).

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, founded in 1913, is a private, not-for-profit service organization of
predominantly black, college-educated women committed to transforming lives and impacting society. More than 200,000
women have joined the organization, which has more than 1,000 chapters in the United States and abroad.
The Houston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, founded in 1927, was the first black Greek letter
organization to establish a chapter in Houston. In 1981, the chapter created One Delta Plaza Educational Center (ODPEC),
an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) community foundation, to expand its outreach efforts and oversee the two-story property at
3333 Old Spanish Trail. Houston Alumnaes esteemed members have included Congresswoman Barbara Jordan as well as
several past and present regional and national Delta officers. Today, more than 400 Houston Alumnae members continue
to implement the sisterhood, scholarship and service demonstrated by Deltas 22 visionary founders. Led by Chapter
President Tia Simmons, this commitment continues with Preserving the Legacy Through Passion, Purpose and Public
Service the theme of the 2013-2015 biennium.