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Dr. Stacie NC Grant, International President and CEO
Rhetta Washington McCoy, Southern Regional Director
POLISHING OUR PEARLS
UNDERGRADUATE RETREAT 2026
Z-HOPE™️ Project ~ Book Donation Drive
All Z-HOPE™️ donations must be submitted by March 7, 2026 - 9:00 PM
This year, the Southern Region will be donating to Elysian Fields Middle School. This initiative is designed to serve children enrolled in Pre-K-5th grade at Elysian Fields Elementary school, particularly those who may have limited access to books and literacy resources.
Items needed: Gently new or gently used books appropriate for kindergarten through 5th grade students.
You must donate a minimum of 25 books to earn Z-HOPE™️points.
Item Donations
New or gently used books appropriate for K-5th grade students
**A minimum of 25 books is required to receive Z-HOPE points**
Points Allocation:
25 items = 25 points
Each additional 25 items = 25 points
Monetary Donations
**A minimum of $50 is required to receive Z-HOPE points**
Undergraduate Points Allocation:
$50 = 50 points
Each additional $5 items = 5 points
Graduate and Amicae Points Allocation:
1-4 members: $50 = 50 points
5-25 members: $75 = 75 points
26-50 members: $100 = 100 points
51-75 members: $150 = 150 points
76-100 members: $175 = 175 points
100 members: $200 = 200 points
Each additional $50 items = 50 points
Donations must be made via this donation form.
Who can donate?
Southern Region Chapters (Undergraduate and Graduate chapters)
Southern Region Amicae
Southern Region Youth
Southern Region Members
Brothers of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Family and Friends
General Public
Each chapter and auxiliary is encouraged to participate in the Z-HOPE™️ project:
Individual donations will be accepted.
You may submit monetary donations via this form. We appreciate your support!
Remember to go to ZSMS and complete the official reporting form
to receive your points!
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated was founded January 16, 1920, on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., by five coeds. These women dared to depart from the traditional coalitions for African-American women and sought to establish a new organization predicated on the precepts of Scholarship, Service, Sisterhood, and Finer Womanhood. The trail blazed by the founders has been traveled by thousands of women dedicated to the emulation of the objectives and ideals of the sorority.
A nonprofit organization, Zeta Phi Beta is incorporated in Washington, D.C., and in the state of Illinois. The sorority is supported by the dues and gifts of its members.
Southern Region - Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated is a 501(c)(7) tax-exempt exempt entity. Donations to the Southern Region, including dues, are not deductible as charitable contributions on individual tax returns.