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Released April 2, 2006

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Scholarship Gala Highlights Events to Remember
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Scholarship Gala – "Bridging the Gap: Transcending from the Dream to Reality" to be a held at Hyatt Regency Greenville.

Greenville, SC, December 28, 2005 – The Gamma Gamma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will pay homage to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during its annual MLK commemorative weekend.

The Upstate Chapter will hold its Scholarship Gala – "Bridging the Gap: Transcending From The Dream to Reality" on Monday, January 16, 2006 at 6:30 pm at the Hyatt Regency Downtown Greenville. This year's celebration will honor Dr. King with song, dance, and spoken word presented byGreenville’s very own Phillis Wheatley Repertory Theatre for Youth.

This will be the 27th annual MLK event and will feature
Phillis Wheatley Repertory Theatre for Youth.

This special event promises to be an entertaining and exciting evening as the local chapter raises funds for the Luke H. Chatman Scholarship. The Chatman scholarship is an annual $3000 award that supports an area high school student who enrolls in an accredited college or university.

This special event promises to be an entertaining and exciting evening as the local chapter raises funds for the Luke H. Chatman Scholarship. The Chatman scholarship is an annual $3000 award that supports an area high school student who enrolls in an accredited college or university.

Tickets are $35.00 or $40.00 with a donation of $5 to the MLK Memorial, and the event is open to the public. Interested persons can purchase tickets from any brother of the Greenville Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha. Additionally, tickets can be purchased on line at our website, www.gglapa.org.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is the nation's oldest and largest predominantly black Greek-letter fraternity established by college students. Founded on December 4, 1906 on the campus of Cornell University, Ithaca in NY, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity has more than 750 chapters worldwide with over 100,000 members initiated. Gamma Gamma Lambda is the Greenville Chapter established in 1941.

For more information about the MLK Gala or the Goto High School, Go to College Youth Program, please contact Rudy Simmons, MLK 2006 Chairman at mlk@gglapa.org

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