[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 142 (Tuesday, November 1, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2235]
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    IN HONOR OF ZETA EPSILON LAMBDA CHAPTER OF THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA 
                               FRATERNITY

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 1, 2005

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Zeta 
Epsilon Lambda alumni chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in Red 
Bank, New Jersey for their fiftieth anniversary on November 5, 2005. 
The Zeta Epsilon Lambda chapter has been an active contributor in the 
community over the past 50 years.
  Since 1980, the chapter has donated over $200,000 in scholarship 
money to approximately 150 local high school students in Monmouth and 
Ocean counties. A large number of these scholarship recipients have 
returned to Zeta Epsilon Lambda after receiving their degrees to assist 
in other community outreach programs.
  Over the past 17 years, through Project Alpha, the fraternity has 
been educating young males on the prevention of teenage pregnancies. 
Thus far, they have provided meaningful guidance to over 700 
elementary, middle, and high school students.
  Further establishing themselves as mentors in the community, the Zeta 
Epsilon Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha has been in partnership with 
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth County since 2001. Through this 
partnership, the brothers of Zeta Epsilon Lambda have given valuable 
guidance to dozens of young boys each week from Asbury Park Middle 
School in Asbury Park, NJ. The chapter has also successfully assisted 
Big Brothers Big Sisters with obtaining a $222,000 grant from the 
Justice Department to organize a Juvenile Mentoring Program, which has 
already achieved great success.
  Once again, I would like to congratulate the brothers of the Zeta 
Epsilon Lambda chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity on their 50th 
anniversary and thank them for their continued spirit of contribution 
and service to the community.

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