MLK Scholarship Celebration

Committee Resources & Status

2021 MLK Scholarship Celebration

Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation (AGF) and Gamma Gamma Lambda Chapter have released our plan for 42nd Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Celebration for 2021. We will be holding the event virtually on Saturday, January 9, 2021, starting at 12 noon. 

We have decided to change our event from a Luncheon to a virtual Celebration because of the current COVID19 Crisis and our concern for the safety of our community. The MLK Scholarship Celebration seeks to raise funds for the Foundation's efforts to support local youth in the Upstate of South Carolina. We also take pride in the first and oldest Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Event in the Upstate of South Carolina and our selection of our Martin Luther King Jr. Citizenship Award Winner.

We are asking for our supporters to purchase a virtual ticket for $40, which allows a person or household with an email address to connect to our event via Zoom. Virtual tickets will be available on our Eventbrite website at mlkgala2021.eventbrite.com, through GGL Brothers, or by calling our AGF Foundation phone line at (864) 735-0880. Straight donations can be made on this website.

2020 MLK Scholarship Gala Luncheon

Due to some schedule conflict, we decided to move the Gala to Saturday at 12 noon, and re-name the event MLK Scholarship Luncheon.  We have consolidated the Report for the 2020 MLK Scholarship Gala Luncheon in a separate Project Summary available here.  

Allen Cook

Chairperson, 41th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Gala

864-380-5781, Alphacook@Charter.net

2019 MLK Scholarship Gala

We have consolidated the Report for the 2019 MLKS Gala in a separate Project Summary available here.  

Allen Cook

Chairperson, 40th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Gala

864-380-5781, Alphacook@Charter.net

2017 MLK Scholarship Gala Request

Brothers of GGL, 

I greet you in the name of Alpha.

It is that time of year to start preparing for our 38th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Gala.  Our yearly event will once again be held at Furman University on January 29th, 2017 at 3:00 pm.

We are asking all brothers of GGL to sell a minimum of 8 Tickets.  Tickets are $50.00 each.  Sponsorships have become a challenge over the last few years and without the support of sponsorships and ticket sales from each brother, this event would not be a success.  If you are able to solicit $1,000 in sponsorships, you will not be expected to sell 8 additional tickets.  We will be at Barnes & Noble 735 Haywood Rd on Thursday, November 3rd between 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm to hand out tickets to those brothers that can come by.   Please let me know if you are not able to come by so that we can make other arrangements.

Included in this packet is a copy of the sponsorship information.  All ticket sales and donations from sponsors must be complete by December 25th, 2016.

On behalf of the committee members and myself, we would like to thank all of you in advance for your support in making this event a success.

If you have any questions, you may contact me at the number listed below or you may visit the chapter atwww.alphagreenville.org. 

An Alpha Phi Alpha man’s altitude should not be “how much can I derive from the Fraternity?” but “how much can I do for the Fraternity?”.

Yours Truly, 

Allen Cook

Chairperson, 38th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Gala

864-380-5781, Alphacook@Charter.net

2016 MLK Scholarship Gala Status Report:

MLK Gala:

Right now the biggest thing that GGL brothers need to prepare and plan for are the selling of their allotment MLK Tickets. We have gone to press with the ticket order and we're expecting to have them back before the 26th of October. Don Weston will be responsible for the distribution and tracking of tickets to brothers. Tickets will be $50 each and brothers will be given an allotment of 8 tickets. Please see the attached Sponsor sheet for brothers. It has been uploaded to the Brothers Only Site, but please print off several for brothers to have in hand. It's very necessary that we push hard for ticket sales this year. GE has backed away from supporting us this year, so the $3K - 5K they were providing is not happening. We got to make a push to recover a part of that lost sponsor money.

We've secured the Younts center for this year's event and the event will take place on January 10, 2016. We need brothers to step up and find some businesses or individuals to purchase the $150 sponsorship package. This would be Churches, doctors, families, or whatever groups they are a part of. 

Also have brothers look for the recommendation for this year's citizenship award recipient. Furman Jackson please provide the criteria for selecting a MLK Citizenship nomination. We should be make plans to vote on these candidates in the November Meeting. 

We will have a status meeting conference call on 10/20. All those that are interested in joining that call can do so by contacting me so I can send them the meeting reminder by 10/19.

Travis Smith 

2016 MLK Scholarship Gala Chair

Update we have MLK Meeting with Furman and GGL on Monday, August 26th at 6:00 PM.

2015 MLK Scholarship Gala Status Report:

Total Collections and Contributions as of 10/22/15

Total Income:  $ 17,375.00  (down 15% from MLK 2014)

Companies:  $11,200.00

Individual:  $6,175.00

Expenses

MLK 2015  expenses $6,625.02 

MLK College Fair  $1,042.71

2015 Joseph Vaughn awards $ 1,052.00

Our net profit after these three events is $8,655.29. (Down 28% from 2014)

2014 MLK Scholarship Gala Status Report:

AGF Treasurer's  3/14/14

Here is my final report on how we did with the 2014 MLK, MLK Youth College Fair and Joseph Vaughn Oratorical.

MLK  Income   $20,298.12  (Up 13% from 2013)

MLK Expenses $6,364.33  (down 12% from 2013)

MLK Youth Program & Gordon College Fair Expenses $704.04

Joseph Vaughn awards $ 1,200.00

Our net profit after these three events is $12,029.75. (up 41.88% from 2013)

We have a current balance in  the AGF checking  account of $21,156.24. We have three checks from the Joseph Vaughn Oratorical that have not cleared yet.

Check # 1031  Alvia Blount $50.00

Check # 1032  Jared Dawson $50.00

Check # 1033 Jana Kelly  $50.00

This reflect an actual checking  balance of $21,006.24.  If any of you have a contact number for these students, please give them a call and request that they go ahead and cash their check.

Jimmy DuRante

864-297-8009  Home

864—704-9416 Cell 

2013 MLK Scholarship Gala Status Report:

My preliminary gala report shows a profit of $8,479 based on the following:

• Ticket sales of 106: $4,240 (Chuck Ford  $320, Shawn $40, Patrick Gramblin $160, Byron Corbitt $100 donation with be added by Friday)

• Ads and donations which includes the projection of receiving St Francis $1,000, Piedmont Natural Gas $1,000 and US&S $1,500 equals a total of $12,150

So, to recap: