Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated Initiatives
Z-HOPE (Zetas Helping Other People Excel through Mind, Body & Spirit) is an interactive holistic multidimensional outreach program designed to enhance, cultivate and empower participants to develop health promoting lifestyle choices across the lifespan. Participants are women, men, youth, seniors and international women of color.
Elder Care strives to provide education and awareness about preparing for your senior years, estate planning, legal and financial preparation needed to care for parents, grandparents and ultimately, for our own long-term care. Comprehensive program that focuses on elder abuse awareness, financial peace, supporting the caregiver and volunteering at senior care facilities. Locally, Mu Gamma Zeta adopted Signature Healthcare at Brookwood Gardens.
Adopt A School allows Zeta members to identify low performing schools and provide assistance to enhance the educational experience, increase test scores and grades.
Stork’s Nest is a 40-year-old partnership between Zeta Phi Beta and the March of Dimes. Stork’s Nest is a community based, prenatal, health promotion program for low-income pregnant women.
Prematurity Awareness Sundays occur every year in November. More than 300 churches across the county distribute information on prematurity awareness, causes of prematurity and the importance of seeking prenatal care to decrease infant mortality.
International Women of Color is one of the five components of Z-HOPE. The program includes support for those with AIDS and those caring for AIDS victims, literacy programs, building water wells, donating rice and much more. We have built more than 52 water wells throughout Ghana. We have recently launched a Well Maintenance program to ensure that our wells are functioning and providing potable water to villages.
Triple Negative Breast Cancer – while triple negative breast cancer can be found in any ethnicity, breast cancers found in African American women are more likely to be triple negative. Zeta chapters have begun adding information and projects to build awareness and support efforts of health care professionals and organizations recommending earlier breast health testing.