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      Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity has more than 17,000 male and female student members at 366 college campuses nationwide. Its mission is to prepare campus and community leaders through service. Its purpose is to develop leadership, to promote friendship and to provide service to humanity. Founded at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1925, it is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization headquartered in Independence, Missouri.  More than 350,000 members have joined Alpha Phi Omega since its founding.

     Section 89 encompasses all of Western New York, containing 8 outstanding active chapters and a number of sites of interest! Counties included in the Section are Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario, Yates, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, and Steuben.  Section 89 is proud to be a part of Region II. Region II includes all counties of New York (excluding the Greater NY City area), Delaware and Eastern Pennsylvania.

Bell-Ringing for the Salvation Army soon!

The first weekend of service will be hosted by ABX of Geneseo!

Saturday, December 12th
4p-8:30p
Marketplace Mall @ Macy's entrance across from Sears
1 Miracle Mile Drive (Henrietta)
Rochester, NY 14623

The second weekend is hosted by Section 89*:
Saturday, December 19th
2p-6p
Wal-Mart Supercenter Store @ the food entrance
2150 Chili Avenue
Rochester, NY 14624

*Anyone who enjoys company or cocoa should stick around afterwards for some cozy fellowship!

Section Fellowship, Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, NY

Section 89 Fellowship -
Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, New York
http://www.museumofplay.org/

Date:  October 24th, 2009 (THIS SATURDAY!!!!!)
Time:  11am - 5pm (Chi Pi will be leaving at 5pm the latest)
Admission:  $10

Strong National Museum of Play
One Manhattan Square
Rochester, NY 14607
Phone: 585-263-2700

Come join the Brothers of Section 89 for our Fall Fellowship.  The Brothers of Chi Pi have planned our Fellowship in the Rochester area.  Play, laugh and learn at this exciting, hands-on museum.  Strong Museum of play has the largest collective of play-related artifacts.  The museum is also home to the National Toy Hall of Fame® and the National Center for the History of Electronic Games™.

We hope to see you there!

Dunkirk Cleanup participants continue to grow in number

POSTED: October 4, 2009
By APRIL DIODATO

OBSERVER Staff Writer

Dunkirk Cleanup

Whenever Rich Cimino is walking down the street and spots an errant bottle or candy wrapper, he picks it up. If others followed suit, he reasons, litter wouldn't be a problem.

Twenty others who share Cimino's sentiment joined him in front of the Adams Art Gallery at noon on Saturday, where they informally assembled for the Dunkirk Cleanup. Held each spring and fall since 2007, the fifth cleanup amassed its biggest turnout yet. The mild, sunny weather and word of mouth helped the cleanup group grow to nearly twice its usual size.

Co-organizer Josh Curry-Bascome smiled as he surveyed the volunteers as they chatted and waited for more to arrive. One of his favorite aspects of this grassroots effort to keep local streets clean, he explained, is that "everyone is here because they want to be."

Mike Tate of Tate's Painting provided rubber gloves, garbage bags and took care of trash removal. The volunteers were scattered throughout Dunkirk but stayed linked with the use of their cell phones.

After divvying up the group and assigning locations, the voluntary trash collectors took to the streets. Target areas were Washington Park, along Central Avenue from Sixth Street to the pier, Third Street from Route 60 to Robin Street, near the Rural Ministry, and along Fifth and Sixth streets.

As Cimino drove to Third Street to begin cleaning up, he explained the idea behind the project. It originated when Cimino was a student at SUNY Fredonia and met environmental and peace-promoting groups on campus.

Welcome back!

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As the Summer fades and Fall returns to our beautiful state, I hope you all are well rested and energized for another year of Leadership,
Friendship, and Service!!!
 
            As you may or may not be aware, at our Spring conference hosted by Kappa Phi, incumbent Keegan Daley chose not to run for re-election as Section Chair of 89. Although he will be travelling abroad for the next three years, Keegan will remain in close contact as a friend of the section and valued member of staff.
            As the newest Chair of Section 89, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. An alumni of the Alpha Delta Eta chapter at SUNY Albany and the Beta Iota chapter of New York University, I have served in many roles, including: FVP, Pledgemaster, Rush Co-Chair, Public Relations Chair, and national, regional, and sectional voting delegate. I have also had the opportunity to serve as chair for a number of conferences - 2005 Joint RI/II Conference, 2006 Section 97 Conference, and 2008 National Convention - as well as assist in the planning of many events throughout Regions I and II. Currently, I work as a contract laborer for the Rochester City School District and voice actor.

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