Omicron Delta Zeta Chapter
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated Omicron Delta Zeta Chapter is a non-profit 501(c)(7) organization serving the communities of Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and Boynton Beach in South Palm Beach County, Florida, since 1990. Our purpose is to foster the ideals of service, charity, scholarship, civil and cultural endeavors, sisterhood, and finer womanhood. We accomplish this through our programs, initiatives, and committees, and in partnership with local organizations.
Since its inception, Omicron Delta Zeta Chapter has worked with several local organizations to implement a variety of community programs. Our Eldercare program has worked with Lakeview Nursing Home and currently works with Terrace of Delray Beach, the Pompey Park Seniors and St. Matthew's Episcopal Church. We also collect and donate nonperishable items for filling the food pantry at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church and assist with feeding and providing supplies for the homeless.
In conjunction with Spady Museum and Sankofa Study Group, we participate annually in the Kwanzaa event. Our Thanksgiving outreach projects have include serving the needy and donating Thanksgiving baskets to families in Palm Beach County. Our chapter's Adopt-A-School program has benefited students at Carver Middle (Delray Beach), Pine Grove Elementary (Delray Beach) and Galaxy Elementary (Boynton Beach).
Omicron Delta Zeta Chapter also provides youth enrichment, scholarships, and leadership development programs for local students in conjunction with our charitable arm, the Zeta Pearl Foundation.
Zeta Pearl Foundation, Incorporated
Zeta Pearl Foundation, Incorporated is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization serving Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and Boynton Beach since 2003 by promoting youth enrichment, scholarship, personal, professional and leadership development.
Our Zeta Pearl programs are designed to partner with local organizations to meet the needs of the youth in our community in a consistent manner. Each year, we provide academic scholarships to high school seniors in our service area. Scholarship applications typically open in January of each calendar year and can be found here.
Zeta Pearl's mission is to "strive to make a difference in our local area by identifying challenges and providing the momentum that produces a positive change".
To learn more about Zeta Pearl or to make a tax-deductible contribution to our scholarship fund and service programs, click here.
Charter Members of Omicron Delta Zeta
On December 19, 1990, sixteen women came together to charter the graduate chapter Omicron Delta Zeta Chapter in Delray Beach, FL.
A need for a chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. to service Delray Beach, Boca Raton and Boynton Beach was the catalyst for change. The charter ceremony was held at Community Primitive Baptist Church. The first President Omicron Delta Zeta chapter Gwen
Weatherspoon.
Renee Anise
Florence Barnes (T)
Leola Brooks (T)
Shirley Bush-Willis
Charlotte Durante
Doris Delores Greene
Marilyn Harden
Jounice Hill-Parker
Esther Howard (T)
Diane McGriff-Jones (T)
Margaret Newton
Regina Pullum
Gwen Staten
Valerie Swoope
Gwenevere Weatherspoon-President
Elizabeth Wesley (T)
(T) Triumphant: Sorors that we have lost, but not forgotten.
Presidents of Omicron Delta Zeta Chapter
Valencia Spells Anderson
2023-Present
Charlene Farrington
2019-2023
Marilyn Harden
2015-2019
Clovis Moodie
2011-2015
Margaret Newton
2008-2011
Earnestine Cooper (T)
2005-2008
Margaret Newton
2001-2005
Marilyn Harden
1997-2001
Jounice Hill-Parker
1993-1997
Gwen Weatherspoon
1990-1993
Charter President