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Sigma & Zetas Host Easter Event

Thursday, 26 April 2007

RANCHO CUCAMONGA

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc, Zeta Phi Beta Soroity, Inc, and Partership Alliance for Community Kids, hosted their first annual Easter Extravaganza last Saturday at Milliken Park in Rancho Cucamonga.

The Extravaganza, in it's inaugural year, had over 75 attendees, which included children from all parts of the Inland Empire and all walks of life. According to PBS member and event chaiperson Manzell Baskerville, that was the goal of the event, " the committee wanted to create an event that gives underpriviledged children, children from the community, and our own children a chance to have real fun together. This is three fold event that allows us to give back to the community, introduce our children to community service, and include all members of our families in what we do."

Children enjoy Easter event.

The children and adults were equally impressed with different events that were available to the children. "I was invited by a business associate, and my girls are having a great time," said James Gates, " I'm really impressed and would like to get information on joining Phi Beta Sigma." The ladies of Zeta Phi Beta Soroity, Inc, did a wonderful job coordinating games, and Easter egg and bag decorating. Sorority member Chantel Ridley brought her classroom experieince to the park, "This is what I do every day as a teacher. I really enjoyed working with the little ones as they created their eggs and baskets." There was also a hamburger and hotdog cook out that was coordinated by Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Steven Walker, fraternity member and Riverside County Social Worker, enjoyed his time as chef, " We did a good job. We've fed about 75 people and have not run out of food, so that's a job well done. I'm looking at all of the kids and parents, and everyone is having a good time. Giving back to the community is what we are all about."

Various activities kept everyone busy.

No Easter event is complete without a visit from the Easter bunny and an eEaster egg hunt, and the Extravaganza had both. Deshae Donohue, the resident Easter bunny, was really excited with her new role, "I had a great time seeing all of the smiles on the kids faces. they were so excited to see the Easter bunny, and I even had my daughter fooled. I can't wait to do it again next year." John Iszard, PBS Chapter President, noticed the adults were just as excited about the bunny as the kids. "Man, the adults were taking pictures with the bunny, and bringing kids to take pictures with the bunny, it was nice to see parents excited about their kids being excited." As the day came to a close, the kids lined up by age groups and set off in search of the Easter eggs to fill their decorated bags. " I had to make sure all of the kids got a few eggs" said Gwen Roche of ZPB, "my daughter and I made 150 candy filled eggs and as they were finding them, I thought I hope we have enough. It all worked out and every kid had a bag full of candy and eggs. Service is what all of our organizations are based on, and today we were able to fulfill our duty". When asked about all of the decorated real eggs, Sorority member Eva Cubit said, " We boiled a lot of eggs. We had some members who could not make it out today but still wanted to help, so they boiled and dyed 8 dozen eggs last night. That's what our sisterhood is about, helping one another achieve a common goal."

Jermmaine Rogers, PBS Chapter secretary summed it up, " When you have everyone coming together, it's hard not to have a great event. Zeta Phi Beta is our sister organization and we work very well together, we always have. Now that we are working Partnership Alliance for Community Kids, the success is even greater. Sonya Baskerville stepped up big as usual, cooking several dozen eggs and Tanya Blaylock was a integral part of our planning. Next year, we plan of doubling what we did today."

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