Phi Eta Omega helped to lead the National Pan-Hellenic Council of Central Jersey's campaign to raise $5,750 to
support the Preserve Shady Rest Committee's efforts to preserve and restore the historic significance of the Shady Rest Golf and Country Club.
Located in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Shady Rest Golf and Country Club opened in 1920 as the first African American Golf and Country Club in the United States. The country club was home to John Matthew Shippen Jr., the first American Born African American Golf Professional and has hosted Jazz and Blues Legends like Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington. Through the NPHC of Central Jersey’s Divine Nine for Shady Rest fundraiser, the nine historically Black fraternities and sororities comprising the NPHC, collectively known as the Divine Nine, formed teams to collect donations reflective of the founding years of each organization to support the preservation and restoration of the Shady Rest Clubhouse.
Three of the Divine Nine teams -- AKA, Delta and Omega -- raised over $1,000 each as part of this effort. Assemblywoman Linda Carter presented the NPHC of Central Jersey and its member-chapters representing Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta and Omega Psi Phi, with certificates of commendation. Phi Eta Omega 's President Liz Nolley Tillman was also recognized in a special resolution presented to the NPHC of CJ for her role in chairing this fundraiser.