On Feb. 19, guests gathered at The Priory Grand Hall to celebrate the Eighty-third Founders Day weekend for the Alpha Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. The room had been transformed into a winter wonderland that did not require shoveling or snow boots, all you had to do was look and admire.

GOLDEN LADIES— Fifty-year members of AKA are from left: Madelyn Giddens, Alma Burgess, Della Burt, Martha B. Hunt and Dolores Gaines.

Before the evening’s main event, attendees dined on butlered hors d’oeuvres, a fabulous pasta bar and beverages to warm their bodies. Alpha Alpha Omega Chapter President Toni Kendrick and Christina L. Wilds, president, Ivy Charitable Endowment of Pittsburgh, Inc., welcomed their sorors and friends to the reception that honored individuals and organizations in the Pittsburgh community. Peggy Harris, vice president of ICE presented the beautiful crystal awards.

It may not be as hard as you think to get kids to eat more veggies. Sweet potatoes are naturally sweet and delicious, so you don’t have to disguise them and trick your kids into enjoying healthier foods.

Sweet potatoes, sometimes called yams, are loaded with nutrition:

•Sweet potatoes have more vitamin A than any other vegetable. Vitamin A is necessary for strong tissues and maintaining a healthy immune system.

•The sweet potato is a complex carbohydrate that contains more than one-third the recommended daily requirements of vitamin C.

•Potassium in sweet potatoes also helps maintain fluid and electrolyte balance in the body cells, as well as normal heart and nerve functions.

HEAVENLY YAM DELIGHT

These are the inspirational words that not only embody the ministry of Rev. Dr. Darryl T. Canady, the new pastor of Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church, but personify Pittsburgh’s newest religious leader. These words were the motivating factor that challenged a courageous young man entering the portals of the prestigious Morehouse College in Atlanta.

With the October 2008 retirement of Rev. Delano R. Paige, Rodman’s Pastoral Search Committee began the long task of seeking and interviewing candidates to fill the pulpit of their beloved pastor.

REV. DR. DARRYL T. CANADY

Time of reflection

MARCH 3—First Baptist Penn Hills, 7450 Chadwick St., Penn Hills, will host  “40 Days of Worship” at 7 p.m. This event is a time of reflection and preparation for Easter Sunday. The guest will be Pastor Robert Tedder of Union Baptist in Swissvale. For more information, call 412-371-5335.