By Brother Rodney Beverly
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| Brother Principal Damien Goins (center) with Gamma Pi members outside the Super Chapter Fraternity Center |
On Thursday, August 16, 2012, the Brothers of the
Gamma Pi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. did what they do best – they
responded to the call for assistance in the community. This time, the call to action involved
Scholarship and was in response to chapter Brother Damien Goins who begins his
first year as the newly appointed Principal at Gaywood Elementary School in Seabrook , Maryland
Gamma Pi
responded in Super Chapter fashion as Brothers came together and collected a
truckload of school supplies for Gaywood Elementary students. Brother Goins was
overwhelmed by the response and Brothers helped him get his career as a school
principal off to a good start while also helping young students get the school
year off to a promising start. It was a salute to Scholarship all the way
around – the Omega way.
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| Brother Goins (right) with Brother Troy Scott (left) and Brother William "Bo" Ellis |
Thanks
to a caravan of Brothers who stopped by the Super Chapter Fraternity Center in
Forestville to donate supplies on that date, Gamma Pi was able to amass more
than 30 backpacks, thousands of pencils and pens, rulers, erasers, notebook
paper, folders, notebooks, even physical fitness equipment and other needed
items for Gaywood’s students. Approximately 90% of the students are on free or
reduced lunch plans.
“First
of all, we are very proud of Damien in his new role as principal, but I am also
very proud of how Gamma Pi responded to this effort. This was truly Scholarship
in action,” said Basileus Brother Gordon Everett, Sr. “This is exactly what the
Founders intended when it comes to both Uplift and Scholarship.”
