3rd Annual Pi Kappa Phi/Push America Road Race: April 26th, 2008

Brothers from Alpha Chapter of Kappa Delta Phi at Bridgewater State College spent the early part of this week ensuring that some area families in need have a happy Thanksgiving. Alpha Chapter held its 4th annual Thanksgiving canned food drive and collected 60 bags of groceries for the North Easton-based My Brother's Keeper.

Sixteen Brothers from Alpha Chapter were involved in this year's drive, and they placed collection bags at Roche Bros. in Bridgewater (which donated the bags) and distributed empty bags to 500 homes in town. On Sunday they collected the bags and put together a trove of goodies that will surely brighten the holiday for many area families.

"I was speechless at some of the stuff we collected. People were very generous", said Brother Dan Kent, Alpha Chapter's philanthropy chairman.

During the week, the students also brought food to their peers who were participating in BSC's Tent City.

Each year, the drive is an important event for Kappa Delta Phi, Brother Kent said.

"One of the main reasons we do it is not just to help others, but for ourselves," he said, "so we can learn more about service and educate others about the homeless." (John Winters, Office of Institutional Communications)

Story from Washington Square News

NYU sorority Delta Phi Epsilon raised $450 at its first annual dog wash, a breast cancer fund-raiser in Washington Square Park this past Sunday.

The sisters washed over 50 dogs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Because of the overwhelming response from dog owners, both DPhiE and Dan Rubenstein, owner of the Paw Stop and major sponsor of the fundraiser, said they are planning on holding the event again in the future.

Story excepted from The Sentinel

A knot of husky young men chanted raucously as they jogged from Harley Hall to a waiting car, where they snatched up suitcases, storage bins and a small refrigerator before disappearing back inside a Shippensburg University residence hall.

The scene replayed itself several times as 1,700 SU freshman moved into their campus homes Thursday morning, leaving traffic tangled from the university eastward to the Exit 29 interchange of Interstate 81.

Tom Konen and a dozen Kappa Sigma fraternity brothers made short work of mounds of luggage trucked in by arriving students and their parents. The Kappa Sigma “bellhops” were just one of many Greek organizations and athletic teams that turned out to help incoming freshmen.

The Sisters of Kappa Delta Phi National Affiliated Sorority (Kappa Delta Phi National Fraternity's sisters) Help out.

Story from The Daily Texan

UT sororities are not just a group of girls who make T-shirts for every occasion. The University's chapter of the Delta Delta Delta sorority donated $77,000 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as part of the organization's philanthropy.

"We really care about our St. Jude," said Holly Turpin, president of the sorority and a marketing senior.

The sorority hosted two fundraisers in the past year that raised more money than any other Tri Delta chapter in the nation, Turpin said.

Story from the Daily Egyptian of Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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For parents of children with disabilities who have always wanted to partake
the bonding experience of fishing, a new addition to the Touch of Nature
Environmental Center may help them get their wish.

The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity recently finished building a new
wheelchair-accessible fishing dock on the Nature Center Pond located in the
heart of SIUC's outdoor recreation center. The dock, which features a five
degree inclined ramp and guardrails, was built in four days as part of the
fraternity's Build America project.

story from Alligator Online

The kids at this camp are poked and prodded with needles up to 10 times a day, but they're used to it. They have type 1 diabetes.

During session one of Camp Winona, the Florida Diabetes Camp in DeLand, Fla., 161 kids have been doing their best to have a normal camp experience since Monday.

Counselors go through an intense two-day crash course, learning everything they can about diabetes and how to handle children who have it, said UF business senior Troy Pashuck.

His fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon, donated $16,000 raised by its annual dance competition, Surf Frenzy, to the camp.

Story from The Kappa Talk of Kappa Delta Phi

Alumni Brother Dave Campbell raised over $3,100 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society on June 9th in Hyannis. He did the triathlon in honor of Jamie and Zanna Mangini's child, Jenna Mangini. Jenna is less than a year old.

Jamie Mangini, father of Jenna, is also a Kappa Delta Phi Brother of Iota chapter at University of Southern Maine who pledged in 1990. Jenna's Mother is Zanna Mangini, a sister of Kappa Iota, Kappa Delta Phi National Affiliated Sorority at University of Southern Maine.

Story from University of Cincinnati HomePage

Here I was thinking I was going to help these people in need, but I know that they helped me much more than I helped them – not physically, but spiritually.  – Dan Parsons
 
A summer trip for a group of University of Cincinnati fraternity brothers was far from the typical trip to a beach or a hike in the mountains. In fact, on their arrival, Dan Parsons says they felt they had entered another world. Parsons, a fifth-year major in finance and digital business from Symmes Township, and nine other members of the UC chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity took off for Haiti last month to spend a week working with a missionary organization, working in extreme heat to patch up a school and visit with children housed at an orphanage and a jail.

story from Abilene Reporter-News 

Thirty-five young men of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity pedaled into Abilene in the rain on Friday in their ''Journey for Hope'' to raise money and awareness for people who have disabilities.

Friday's rain did not dampen their spirits as they arrived at Disabilities Resources, Inc., where they received a warm welcome along with lunch. They spent Friday night in Abilene. A van traveled with the group and carried their sleeping bags and other personal items.