The Twenty Pearls is an organization for young ladies in high school who are chosen on the basis of scholastic average, character, and personality. A Twenty Pearl must have a strong desire for personal improvement and enthusiasm for community involvement.

The purpose of The Twenty Pearls youth group is to stimulate and encourage academic excellence, personal dignity, and pride among young women.

The objectives of The Twenty Pearls are:

1. To provide young ladies with opportunities to obtain knowledge and insight into the changing roles of women in our society.

2. To provide young ladies with socially, culturally, and educationally enriching experiences. Such experiences will include seminars dealing with self-esteem, etiquette, dress for success, teen issues, as well as social and cultural activities. Community involvement will also include services to needy families, senior citizens, and under-privileged children and their families.

The Twenty Pearls participate in many community service activities throughout the year including the following:

• Community Youth Outreach

• Promtique

• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

• MLK Day Parade

The Precious Pearls Club of Zeta Tau Omega Chapter, of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated was organized in April of 2005 and was chartered in October 2005. The group is composed of young ladies in grades 6 – 8 who attend school in Palm Beach County. The young ladies must maintain good academic standards and strive to maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5. The Precious Pearls Club is an approved sponsored middle school program.

It is the purpose of the Precious Pearls Club to foster academic, social, and leadership opportunities, as well as, ‘big sister-little sister’ mentoring relationships between the Precious Pearls Club and the Twenty Pearls Club with the intent to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, leadership training and positive youth development as members of the Precious Pearls Club are exposed to the sorority’s national programs.

The Precious Pearls Club fundamental purpose and objectives aligns with those of the Twenty Pearls Club and are intended to lay the foundation for academic, social, and personal improvement and possible future participation in the Twenty Pearls Club. Similarly, the objectives include - educational, social and cultural experiences that will assist young ladies in becoming well-rounded citizens; opportunities to gain information, knowledge and insight into the evolving role of African American women in a global society; on-going experiences which encourage responsible citizenship and promote community involvement.