Donate
Support the work
Every program the Foundation runs is paid for by people nearby and staffed by volunteers. There is no office and no salaries.
Where it goes
What a gift pays for
The same four things the Foundation has always done. Nothing here is a fundraising campaign for something new.
The Charles R. Drew Scholarship
$1,000 every May, awarded with the Rho Omicron Chapter to a graduating high school senior in Iberia, St. Martin, or St. Mary parish.
STEM mentoring
The Rho Omicron STEM Mentoring Program — monthly sessions for males aged 11 to 17, with meals and transport to off-site activities paid for by the Foundation.
Community services
Resources and programmatic assistance for elderly, less fortunate, homeless, and underserved neighbors across the three parishes.
Adopt-a-road
Routine litter abatement on Hopkins Street in New Iberia and Main Street in St. Martinville.
How to give
Two ways, today
Online giving is being built and will be added to this page. Until then, both of these work and both reach the same place.
By check or money order
Payable to Rho Omicron Foundation
The Foundation has taken checks and money orders this way for years. The address to post it to is just below.
In person
Speak to a board member
Everyone involved is a volunteer and local. If you know someone on the board, that works as well as anything on this page.
Where to send it
Rho Omicron Foundation1405 W. Pinhook Road, Suite 110
Lafayette, LA 70503
Checks and money orders are opened by the Foundation's president or its secretary at the office in Lafayette. If you would rather hand it to someone, any board member can take it.
Tax status
Gifts are tax-deductible
The Rho Omicron Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, so a gift to it is tax-deductible to the extent the law allows.
If you're giving more than a couple of hundred dollars and plan to claim it, ask us for a written acknowledgement when you give — it's easier for everyone than chasing one down in April.
EIN 81-2881220
Another way
Book the hall
Renting the John B. Henderson Friendship Center is not a sideline for the Foundation — the income from it helps pay for the scholarship, the STEM mentoring, and the community services work. Booking it for your own event supports all of it.