NEMCC ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATE IN GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP-- Northeast Mississippi Community College Phi Theta Kappa members recently partnered with members of  the Student Government Association, Delta Epsilon Chi-DECA and the Baptist Student Union to help eliminate trash and to beautify the Booneville campus. Cody Burchell of Booneville, co-president of the Iota Zeta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, assisted with cleaning out a flower bed on campus.

Phi Theta Kappa’s International Service Program partner, the Great American Cleanup, is the nation’s largest community improvement program, built on a foundation of individual responsibility and civic pride. Northeast’s Great American Cleanup activities are part of a larger national effort that is expected to involve close to 2.5 million people, volunteering more than 8 million hours to clean, beautify and improve 15,000 communities during 30,000 events in all 50 states. Activities will include beautifying parks and recreation areas, cleaning seashores and waterways, handling recycling collections, picking up litter and removing scrap tires, planting trees and flowers, and conducting educational programs and litter-free events.

Keep America Beautiful, Inc., established in 1953, is the nation’s largest volunteer-based community action and education organization. This national nonprofit forms public-private partnerships and programs that engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community’s environment. The Great American Cleanup™ is the organization’s signature program that mobilizes millions of volunteers to improve their communities through hands-on participation.

Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,250 chapters on two-year and community college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. More than two million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 100,000 students inducted annually. Recognized by the American Association of Community Colleges, Phi Theta Kappa is the official honor society of two-year colleges.

Iota Zeta at Northeast is a five-star chapter, the highest rank attainable, and was recently ranked in the top 100 of the 1250 chapters.