I’m headed to the Fraternity and Sorority Archivists Conference to meet with my people. I look forward to doing a little research in the Carroll L. Lurding Library of College Fraternity and Sorority Materials at Indiana University and touring a few new to me GLO HQ.
Here are some positive news stories that have appeared in the last week or so. Positive news about the majority of GLO chapters doesn’t get much press and we sometimes forget there are chapters full of members who do “get it.”
Read how a shoebox on a counter led to an impromptu fundraising effort by one of my favorite Pi Phi chapters.
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The Pi Kappa Phi chapter at Texas Christian University raised funds to make a young woman’s dreams come true.
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I am proud of the Delta Phi Epsilon chapter at Southern Illinois University in my hometown of Carbondale for raising more than $10,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This post explains how the CFF became DPhiE’s philantrhopy.
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The Marshall University chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi held a canned food drive (and then had to move the 2.700+ cans of food somewhere else).
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The Illinois State University chapter of Chi Omega has been hosting a Dance Marathon for 42 years. That’s more than twice the age of current chapter members.
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And who doesn’t love a good Scrabble graphic on #NationalScrabbleDay! Well done Sigma Kappa!
