Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., celebrates Black-owned businesses through Midwest Impact Day of Service
Midwest Impact Day of Service 2021 -Schaumburg-Hoffman Estates Alumnae Chapter celebrates Black-owned businesses
Submitted by DST Schaumburg-Hoffman Estates
The Schaumburg-Hoffman Estates Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., presents the Midwest Impact Day of Service 2021 (MIDS 2021).
Themed "Secure the Bag: Buy Black," this year's event, on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, focuses on supporting the Black-owned businesses in the Northwest Suburbs. This event is free and open to the public.
"Small businesses and entrepreneurs have been longtime wealth builders in our country; however, Black-owned businesses have not had the same opportunities," says Chantelle Porter, president of the Schaumburg-Hoffman Estates Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. "Supporting Black business ownership is a path for creating sustained, multigenerational wealth and closes the racial wealth gap."
The first part of the event takes place from 10 a.m. to noon CST with a Virtual Pop-up Shop, via Zoom, featuring the following Black-owned businesses:
• AnnieBea Company
• Color Street
• Jennifer's Cookies
• My BLING Place
• The Center for Wellness Encounters (TCWE);
• The Gift Shop
• Upliftea.
The second part of the event is the Black Restaurant Takeover. The Black Restaurant Takeover has the chapter and community showing support of the following Black-owned businesses by flooding them by dining in-person or making online pickups:
• Moni's Soulfood Fiesta, 13 Douglas Ave., Elgin
• Priscilla's Ultimate Soulfood Cafeteria, 1840 Army Trail Road, Hanover Park
To register for the Virtual Popup Shop and to learn more about the participating Black-owned businesses, please visit: bit.ly/ShacMIDS2021
The Schaumburg-Hoffman Estates Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (SHAC) serves the communities in and around the Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates area, including Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Elgin, Hanover Park, Palatine, Roselle, Streamwood and other neighboring communities.
This year, we celebrate 30 years of service, and our strong commitment to public service has only increased over time. As we continue our work as a Chapter, we strive to create innovative programs with a focus on the Sorority's Five-Point Programmatic Thrust:
• Economic Development
• Educational Development
• International Awareness and Involvement
• Physical and Mental Health
• Political Awareness and Involvement
From providing financial empowerment seminars; conducting youth enrichment programs; awarding scholarships; supporting local domestic violence shelters; to conducting voter registration drives; and much more, SHAC continues to institute programs aimed at "transforming lives and impacting communities."
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