Through The Alpha Delta Kappa Foundation, established in 1981, members reach out to others in two very significant ways. First, the Foundation awards over a quarter of a million dollars in scholarships biennially through its scholarships and grants programs, plus it has provided perpetuating endowments administered by the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory of Music, the Kansas City Art Institute and Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas. Current scholarships and grants programs include: The International Teacher Education Program, the Excellence in Education Award, the Fine Arts Grants and the Regional Professional Development Scholarships. The many lives these scholarships have enriched are testimony to the collective effort of our members. Secondly, through its International altruistic projects, the Foundation has contributed more than one million dollars to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the world’s foremost research and treatment centers for catastrophic childhood diseases; from 1991-1997, contributed $150,000 to the Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Santa Monica, California which funds pediatric AIDS research around the world; and since 1997 has contributed more than $400,000 to Susan G. Komen For the Cure.