Tyler Omega Lamplighters
About Tyler Omega Lamplighters
Tyler Omega Lamplighters gives teenage boys in Tyler a place to be mentored, while also helping local students through scholarships and showing up for the community in practical ways. Its members read in elementary schools, support health education, and take part in service efforts that reach shelters, holiday drives, and local cleanup work. If you like your giving to feel grounded and local, this is the kind of work you can picture in real life, not just in a brochure.
What sets Tyler Omega Lamplighters apart is how strongly it ties fraternity brotherhood to everyday community service in Tyler. The chapter keeps that focus close to the ground, with teenage male mentoring, scholarship support, health outreach, and hands-on local volunteer work.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Lamplighter mentoring program
A mentoring program for teenage males.
Brother You’re On My Mind
A program offered in partnership with the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities and Texas Health and Human Services.
College scholarships
Scholarships for local students and 2026 recipients were recognized on the site.
Health fair
A health fair that includes a wellness seminar and health care vendors.
Annual Memorial Services
Annual memorial services performed by the chapter.
Salvation Army support
Support that includes toiletry items for the shelter, holiday meals, sock drives, and clothing for the Men’s Ministry.
Toys for Tots support
Support provided at the Toys for Tots distribution site.
Keep Tyler Beautiful participation
Community service participation with Keep Tyler Beautiful.
Elementary school reading visits
Members read at local elementary schools to provide positive male role models.
About this work
In their own words — what they do, who it reaches, and what your dollars actually fund.
Mission
Sigma Omicron stands ready to further its brotherhood and its communities through mentorship, scholarship, health initiatives, and community development.
Who they serve
Teenage males, local students, elementary schoolchildren, shelter residents, and the Tyler community.
How your donation helps
- College scholarships
- Toiletry items for the Salvation Army shelter
- Holiday meals for the Salvation Army
- Sock drives
- Clothing for the Men’s Ministry
- Support for the Lamplighter mentoring program
- Support for the Brother You’re On My Mind program
- Support for the health fair and wellness seminar
Our story
The Sigma Omicron Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. was founded in Tyler, Texas on October 1, 1948, growing out of the Sigma Sigma Chapter on the Texas College campus. As more professionals moved into the Tyler area, the founders saw a need for a graduate chapter, and the chapter took shape around brotherhood, community service, scholarship, and uplift.
In their words
FRIENDSHIP IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SOUL
MANHOOD, SCHOLARSHIP, PERSEVERANCE, and UPLIFT
Events
Annual Memorial Services
AnnualAnnual memorial services performed by the chapter.
Spring into Good Health 2026
2026A health fair organized by The UT Tyler Center for Community and Rural Health Education and sponsored in part by the brothers of Sigma Omicron.
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles Tyler Omega Lamplighters has shared.
Volunteer opportunities
- Read at local elementary schools
- Support the Toys for Tots distribution site
- Participate in Keep Tyler Beautiful
- Help with holiday meals and shelter item drives
Partners & funders
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
What kinds of service does Sigma Omicron provide?
Its service reaches a lot of corners of Tyler. That includes the Lamplighter mentoring program for teenage males, scholarships, a health fair, Annual Memorial Services, support for the Salvation Army and Toys for Tots, Keep Tyler Beautiful participation, and reading at local elementary schools.
Who does the Lamplighter program serve?
It’s a mentoring program for teenage males.
What community health efforts does the chapter support?
The chapter sponsors a health fair with a wellness seminar and health care vendors, and it also supports the Brother You’re On My Mind program focused on mental health awareness.
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