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MARKESSCE CRAFT
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
"Serve the Less Fortunate"
By Charles Frye



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Markessce Craft is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at the College of Charleston. He is involved with volunteering locally and nationally for many causes and organizations.

From Charleston to Mobile, Ala. to Washington, D.C. Markessce has been busy the past few years with community and civic service. He has also been involved in several successful fundraising endeavors to help those in need.

Markessce has been an early supporter of the ONE organization and was a leader in the College's Students for Obama organization.

Read more about Anderson, S.C.'s Markessce Craft in the section below.

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Markessce Craft
About Markessce Craft...
Hometown: Anderson, S.C. Major: Corporate Communication Expected Graduation: May 2009

Previous Volunteer Activites: Summer 2008- traveled to Mobile, Ala. to help out the victims of Katrina with The Habitat for Humanity. January 2009- College of Charleston MLK Challenge Mission Trip to Washington DC for an initiative called DC Feed The Homeless. Raised can goods for the Lowcountry food Bank, organized a haunted house for the boys and girls club on Halloween, grilled hotdogs for the less fortunate/homeless in downtown Charleston with SGA president John Capelle. As President of Alpha Phi Alpha, organized a HIV forum in September and testing with the Lowcountry Aids center, Voter Registration Drive in conjunction with Students for Obama, Co-organized a fundraiser for laptops for kids with Alpha Kappa Alpha, currently planning our annual book bag and supply drive for elementary schools in the downtown area for next fall. In 2008, was chair of our date auction, which raised $300 for the March of Dimes.

Current Volunteer Activities: I am currently helping Alpha Phi Alpha plan our annual book bag and supply drive for elementary schools in the downtown area for next fall. The goal of this is to help the less fortunate children in Charleston's Tri-county area.

What are you most proud of contributing to your organizations? I can truly say that I am proud to be a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. We are dedicated to helping out the less fortunate and it makes us proud to see our hard work with local and national communities pay off. I am proud to represent the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity with all of volunteer efforts. The results we get to see is what keeps us volunteering!

What do you enjoy most about community service: I really enjoy getting to see the results of our hard dedicated work go to worthy cause. We are helping disadvantaged people that other wise would not receive help.

How do you think your friends and family would describe you? They always tell me that I am one of the most dependable people that they know and that I always follow through and do what I say I am going to do. I am also known for being very trust worthy and reliable. I am a very kind and generous person who enjoys donating time and effort to things of good and worthy cause.

What would you tell someone who is thinking about volunteering? Be the change you want to see in the world. There is nothing more rewarding in life than getting to see the results of your hard work benefit people who are less fortunate than yourself.

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