Honor Society at NOVA-Manassas collects baby items for needy families

Members of an honor society at Northern Virginia Community College’s Manassas campus recently collected more diapers and baby items for needy families items than any other Virginia chapter. The Alpha Iota Zeta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa collected 786 diapers and wipes which were donated to the Consortium for Infant and Child Health at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

The fundraiser was conducted as part of the Phi Theta Kappa Virginia Regional Honors in Action Academy held in Virginia Beach Oct. 4-7. The Manassas Campus chapter serves as Virginia State Secretary for the honor society.

Headquartered in Jackson, Miss., Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society is the largest honor society in higher education with 1,280 chapters on college campuses in every U.S. state, plus Canada, Germany, Republic of Palau, Peru, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, British Virgin Islands, United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. More than 2.5 million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 135,000 students inducted annually.