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In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at UNC-Chapel Hill donated $17,600 on April 6 to a local nonprofit in order to help feed children in Orange County who normally depend on the breakfast and lunch offered at school for regular meals. Vance Brice, President of the UNC Delta Kappa Epsilon, Beta Chapter, said: 'Many children living in Chapel Hill and Carrboro rely on the breakfast and lunch provided by their public schools. As schools in the area have closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, local communities have struggled to provide these kids with meals and nutrition. This donation represents something we can do to help other members of our community who are affected by this unprecedented crisis.' Following UNC-Chapel Hill's indefinite closure on March 20 due to COVID-19, Mr. Brice and the fraternity's treasurer, Chris Vaughan, determined that $17,600 would be left over from each brother's dues which covered meals for the remainder of the spring semester. Rather than allocate refunds or issue credit for the upcoming fall semester, DKE's members and their parents agreed to donate those funds to TABLE, a local charity suggested to them by Meg Miller, the fraternity's longtime house manager. TABLE is a nonprofit organization based in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area that provides hunger relief and nutrition education services to children living in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and neighboring communities within Orange County. Ashton Tippins, TABLE's executive director, said: 'TABLE is so grateful to DKE for their contribution to help us feed Orange County kids. As a result of DKE's donation, we will be able to provide 8,800 meals and snacks to the roughly 600 hundred children we serve weekly.' Scott Smith, DKE's academic advisor and alumni board president, added: 'I am proud of the example the UNC-DKE leadership and active members are setting. Showing compassion for others who may be less fortunate is more important than asking for a refund. This donation goes to show that fraternities like DKE at UNC can lead by example in our community. I hope their contribution to TABLE will challenge others in the UNC Greek system and throughout the country to consider doing more of the same.' To learn more about TABLE and their relief efforts throughout Orange County click here. For any additional information regarding UNC-Chapel Hill's response to COVID-19, please visit www.unc.edu/coronavirus. Picture Above: DKE's treasurer, Chris Vaughan (left), and president, Vance Brice (middle), meet with a TABLE employee at the nonprofit's headquarters in Carrboro. Note, they are practicing social distancing. Delta Kappa Epsilon is the oldest fraternity at UNC-Chapel Hill, formed on April 5, 1851. It is also the Beta Chapter, the ninth oldest DKE chapter in the United States. For more information about DKE or about the chapter's donation to TABLE, please contact Mr. Brice at vbrice99@live.unc.edu or 919-457-3704.

Multi-million-selling recording star Vince Hill made a triumphant return to the stage on Tuesday 4 June, heading back to his home city of Coventry for a special farewell concert at the Belgrade Theatre. As well as celebrating the singer's 85th birthday year, the Vince Hill and Friends midday variety show also helped raise vital funds for the Belgrade's charitable work in the community.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that bare, the movie is in the works from Tony nominated producers Hillary Butorac Weaver and Janet Billig Rich and Tony nominated director Kristin Hanggi at the helm. Hanggi was the original director of the musical and adapted the screenplay for the film.

KANSAS CITY, KS - If you hear the sound of drums and motivational chants on the morning of June 4, you must be close to Unbound's charity mile. Unbound plans to have the loudest cheering section along the 10K and half marathon route in Kansas City's oldest annual race, Hospital Hill Run.

This week FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visitwww.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Lyrically, The Songs of Alan and Marilyn Bergman; BARE: The Reunion Concert; Emerson Steele: Roles I Can't Play Now...Or Ever...Except Tonight!; If It Only Even Runs a Minute: 15th Edition; and Kerry Butler at 54 Below.

This October, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street. For