Academic Scholarships
Each year the BCAC Scholarship and Standards Committee awards graduating Bergen County high school seniors scholarships for college. BCAC has a long history of supporting the academic advancement of young people.
History Of Scholarships
Through fundraising, the Scholarship Committee has awarded more than $400,000
Over 47 years of aid to deserving young people in Bergen County, New Jersey
Arts and Letters
The Arts and Letters Committee is dedicated to highlighting the works and talents of artists and writers through theater outings, concerts, performances and book signings.
Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy
Delta Sigma Theta FOR Youth
Catching the Dreams of Tomorrow, Preparing Young Women For the 21st Century The Delta Academy was created out of an urgent sense that bold action was needed to save our young females (ages 11-14) from the perils of academic failure, low self-esteem, and crippled futures.
Delta Academy provides an opportunity for local Delta chapters to enrich and enhance the education that our young teens receive in public schools across the nation.
We augment their scholarship in math, science, and technology, their opportunities to provide service in the form of leadership through service learning, and their sisterhood.
Young girls are prepares for full participation as leaders in the 21st Century.
Dr. Jeanne Noble Delta GEMS
Delta Sigma Theta For Adolescents
The Delta GEMS Program was created to catch the dreams of African-Americans at risk, adolescent girls aged 14-18. Delta GEMS provides the framework to actualize those dreams through the performance of specific tasks that develop a CAN DO attitude.
Goals for Delta Gems
To instill the need to excel academically
To provide tools that enable girls to sharpen and enhance their skills to achieve high levels of academic success
To assist girls in proper goal setting and planning for their futures-high school and beyond
To create compassionate, caring and community minded young women by actively involving them in service learning and community service opportunities.
EMBODI
Delta Sigma Theta FOR Males
The EMBODI program is a Delta Sigma Theta effort with support from major organizations to aid African-American males.
EMBODI Stands for:
Empowering
Males to
Build
Opportunities for
Developing
Independence
Delta Sigma Theta wants each EMBODI member to reach their potential socially, educationally, and emotionally.
Members will learn about:
Education
College Readiness
Culture
Fiscal Management
Leadership
Physical and Mental health
Character Development
Ethics and Civic Engagement
Breast Cancer Awareness
BCAC annually participates in the local American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk and the Englewood Hospital & Medical Center's Walk for Awareness
Physical & Mental Health
In response to the rapid increase in health related problems in the African-American community, Delta's all over the world have pulled together various Health Awareness programs locally.
BCAC has done events focusing on the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Diabetes and good nutrition. These events, hosted by the BCAC Physical & Mental Health Committee, has partnered with various local organizations such as the local American Red Cross, Holy Name Hospital and others.
GOALS FOR Health Program
Educate through keynote speakers
Health Fair
Various health screenings
Zumba Class
Voter Registration
Voter suppression is running rampant throughout the US, it is keeping people from casting ballots. Make positive political change in Bergen County and register to vote.
Join us as the Bergen County Alumnae Chapter annually supports voter registration at various locations in the Bergen County area.