In 1985, Lambda Epsilon Omega Chapter presented the first DeKalb
County Debutante Cotillion for young African American women as an annual
fundraiser. Over the years, more than five hundred young ladies have been
presented to the greater Atlanta society. These Debutantes and Sub-Debutantes
have participated in various activities including the “Get Acquainted Tea”,
Mother-Daughter Luncheon, Father-Daughter Hawks Basketball game, a myriad of
cultural and career workshops, and a host of community service projects.
Lambda Epsilon Omega’s current program areas include Partners in Education with
Chapel Hill Middle School, Mentoring Program at Leslie J. Steele Elementary
School, the Ivy Reading AKAdemy, providing annual activities for East Lake
Residential Center, the Family and Friends Picnic, the Health Fair at South
DeKalb Mall, Teenage Mothers Nutrition Education Program (TAMNEP) graduation,
Our House Shower of Love, Consumer Economic Outreach, voter
registration/education, AKA Day at the Capitol, donations to the National
Council of Negro Women (NCNW), the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People( NAACP), and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF),
Lambda Epsilon Omega has had the services of eight presidents beginning with
Polly Meriwether Lewis, Maurice Dukes, Earnestine Pittman, Sandra Rice, Verta
Looper, Charletta Wilson Jacks, Deborah Belcher, Ms. Peggy Lamar Smalls, and our
current president Ms. Trudie Carmichael.
In 2003 Lambda Epsilon Omega Foundation was incorporated. One of the primary
responsibilities of the Foundation is sponsoring the annual Debutante Cotillion.
Since 1985, over $500,000 in scholarships have been awarded to our participants.
Lambda Epsilon Omega Foundation continues to increase from its twenty-two
chartering members to numbers exceeding three hundred active members. With an
ever increasing and abiding love for rendering “supreme service”, Lambda Epsilon
Omega Foundation looks forward to many, many years of service to her community.