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2020 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 496
Commending the Phi Upsilon Zeta Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 3, 2020
Agreed to by the Senate, March 5, 2020
 

WHEREAS, the Phi Upsilon Zeta Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., will celebrate the organization’s 100th anniversary in 2020; and

WHEREAS, for the past 100 years, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, a community-conscious, action-oriented organization, has called all Zetas to social action at local, state, and national levels; and

WHEREAS, the Phi Upsilon Zeta Chapter was chartered in Loudoun County on April 27, 2008, by Ericka Williams Boone, Pamela Croft, Kendra Glover, Bertha Sloan, Suzanne Volpe, and Constance Willingham; and

WHEREAS, the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority conducts its programs and services under the umbrella of Zetas Helping Other People Excel (Z-HOPE), a holistic, multidimensional outreach program designed to empower women, youth, seniors, men, and international women of color to develop healthy lifestyle choices in mind, body, and spirit; and

WHEREAS, the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority has had a significant and consistent impact in Loudoun County for the past 12 years with the ladies of the Phi Upsilon Zeta Chapter partnering with various nonprofit organizations to donate clothing, clean up local highways, serve the senior population, prepare meals, and donate school supplies to local schools; and

WHEREAS, the Phi Upsilon Zeta Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., exemplifies the spirit of community and conviviality that makes Loudoun County a wonderful place to live, work, and raise a family; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the Phi Upsilon Zeta Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., on the occasion of its 100th anniversary; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Phi Upsilon Zeta Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for the group’s mission and best wishes for its continued success.