Mu Alpha chapter of Alpha Phi Omega

Mu Alpha is the Georgetown University chapter of the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) community service fraternity. Perhaps the most famous alumnus of the Mu Alpha Chapter is former president Bill Clinton.

Service projects

Mu Alpha runs volunteer projects every day of the week and also participates in one-day events such as The Walk for the Homeless, Hands on DC, Hoya-thon, Community Service Day, and Just One Day. Since the 1950s, when Mu Alpha brothers helped divert planes away from Georgetown for Commencement, MA has had a precedent of service to the university. MA brothers gave campus tours before the creation of Blue and Gray, and for years the campus community knew to call 7-1WAY to have an escort walk them home. The chapter also helps staff campus-wide events such as Late Night at Leavey and Georgetown Day

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Mu Alpha's strength as an organization is due in large part to its service program. Participating in a variety of projects allows the chapter to more ably serve Georgetown University and the greater Washington, DC community. Brothers and sisters, as well as pledge lines, are encouraged to start and coordinate service endeavors. Below are a few of the projects running regularly throughout the semester.

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Georgetown University - Washington, DC

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Calvary Women's Shelter

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Mu Alpha provides overnight volunteers for the Calvary Women's Shelter on a weekly basis. Calvary Women's Services is a nonprofit organization in Washington, that provides housing and support services to homeless women. As volunteers, brothers and sisters interact with the women on an informal level, helping them see through their education and employment goals.

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Food & Friends

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Mu Alpha volunteers every Thursday for Food and Friends, an organization that prepares, packages and delivers meals and groceries to nearly 1,000 people living with HIV/AIDS and other life-challenging illnesses such as breast, lung and colon cancer throughout the greater Washington metropolitan area.

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Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN)

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The Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN) Foundation is a nonprofit, volunteer organization that provides free one-on-one recreational opportunities for children and young adults with mental and physical disabilities. At each KEEN session, brothers and sisters are paired with participating Athletes as Coaches for a variety of age-appropriate sports and recreational activities.

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Kid Power DC

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Kid Power DC offers structured after-school programs for at risk youth in the DC metro area. Mu Alpha's brothers and sisters help students with writing, research, filmmaking, and acting, all designed to give students a desire to help in their communities and promote positive social change.

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Mary House

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Mary House is an organization that provides transitional housing services, shelter and support programs to predominately low-income Latin American, Bosnian and Kosovar families in Washington, DC. With ten sites in the Washington metropolitan area, Mary House serves an average of 125 people at a time, over half of which are children. Mu Alpha assists Mary House with many of its renovations and home improvement projects, with brothers and sisters demonstrating little to no expertise in general contracting, but having a great time helping out where they can.

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Samaritan Inns

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Samaritan Inns is a program that works in conjunction with a recovery house for men and women recuperating from chemical addictions. Brothers and sisters provide meals for the residents, interacting with them as they strive to overcome the scourge of addiction. A lot of work goes into making sure the daily schedule runs smoothly, and Mu Alpha is there to help.

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Van Escort

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Founded by brother Rabbi Robert Tobin in the mid-1980s in response to a series of sexual assaults near campus, the Van Escort Service provides students who live off-campus with a safe way home. Vans leave the Lauinger Library steps on the hours of 10pm, 11pm, 12am, and 1am. We also leave as late as 2 am, during the final exam periods in December and May.

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Washington Home

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The Washington Home is a non-profit, long term care and hospice facility located in Northwest Washington serving the community since 1888. It provides nursing care and rehabilitative services to the frail, chronically or terminally ill. Volunteers visit invidual residents to read, write letters, or just sit and chat.

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