ALPHA PHI ALPHA TEAMS UP WITH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ADOPT HIGHWAY IN NORTHEAST WICHITA

March 25, 2010

A Press release from the Eta Beta Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.:

ALPHA PHI ALPHA TEAMS UP WITH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ADOPT HIGHWAY IN NORTHEAST WICHITA.

The Eta Beta Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated announces its adoption of a Kansas highway. The chapter was inspired by the fraternity’s Alpha Phi Alpha Goes Green Initiative.

This program encourages chapters to participate in neighborhood clean ups and recycling, in addition to education about reducing pollution and paper wastes. The Eta Beta Lambda chapter, in the spirit of this initiative, is working in cooperation with the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Adopt a Highway program, and has adopted a portion of Interstate 135 Highway between mile markers 11 and 9 (the WSU exit) for cleanup.

KDOT already has dedicated a portion of Interstate 135 Highway to our fraternity brother Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We hope this will send the message that the cleanup of our neighborhood starts here, and we hope to inspire more with our actions. This undertaking was first announced at the Kansas District Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. by chapter president Marcus Maxwell at Wichita State University on March 6^th. The Eta Beta Lambda chapter will begin its inaugural cleanup of I – 135 on April 24^th which also is the founding day of the Eta Beta Lambda chapter.

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