Condolences to the Alpha Chi Omega chapter at Pennsylvania State University. On Sunday, September 27, 2015, sophomore Vitalya “Tally” Sepot died at the scene in a one-car roll-over accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The seven students in the car were Alpha Chi Omega and Tau Kappa Epsilon members who were returning from a trip to raise funds for THON, PSU’s student philanthropy. The other six students in the car were taken to the hospital. My thoughts and prayers are with the chapter and family members as well as the PSU THON community.
THON is the PSU IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon. From its beginning in 1977, the event has raised more than $127 million for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. Teams solicit funds in many ways, but a tried and true way is by canister solicitation, “canning.” Last weekend was the first of three official canning weekends. THON 2016 will take place February 19-21, 2016. Below is a photo from the chapter’s twitter feed of the memorial service held yesterday evening. (For additional information about the memorial service see http://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_7ee12d80-67e9-11e5-afae-b76bc5df6e6f.html)
Yesterday, the Circle of Sisterhood celebrated its fifth birthday. Happy Birthday, Circle of Sisterhood and congratulations to its founder Ginny Carroll, Alpha Xi Delta! The impact that sorority women can have is endless and the Circle of Sisterhood has proven this in five short years. Birthday donations are welcomed even if they are made a day or two late.
CofS is 5 today! Give us $5 to celebrate girls provided opportunity worldwide. https://www.circleofsisterhood.org/give-now/
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Happy Founders Day to Delta Kappa Delta, founded in 1999 at Texas A&M University, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi, founded in 1998 at UC-Davis.
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