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Missouri State Fraternities Give Back

April 10, 2019 by Megan Asbury

This semester, Missouri State University’s Center for Community Engagement partnered with Drew Lewis Foundation to open up Bear Pantry, an initiative to serve students of our campus community who face food insecurity. Sigma Chi and Theta Chi fraternity have been two chapters in our Fraternity and Sorority Life Community who have taken action to support and donate to this great addition to our Missouri State campus!

Brandon Gaffney, Sigma Chi Secretary, has many duties in his role and being in charge of philanthropy is one. Brandon said the following about Sigma Chi’s efforts to support Bear Pantry…

“[Being in charge of philanthropy] allowed me the privilege to take head on planning the Sigma Chi Food Drive benefiting Bear Pantry! When the new exec board was elected, we knew that we wanted to improve our philanthropic donations and become more invested with philanthropic events around campus. After constructing a new philanthropy committee, we took the time to organize this event. I heard about the new Bear Pantry on campus and I felt that it would be a perfect opportunity to help jump start the Bear Pantry and give Sigma Chi an opportunity to fulfill Missouri State’s Public Affairs Mission by being engaged in the community in order to collect donations for the pantry. I know that there are so many students and families that suffer from food insecurity and I felt that this would be a perfect opportunity to help them overcome the obstacle of food insecurity in any way possible… As we were planning the food drive, I never really thought of a specific goal in mind in regards to how many donations we would receive, but we definitely exceeded any expectations that I could have had. After three days of collecting donations, we ended up collecting 1,150 items, totaling at 475.9 pounds of items. Along with food, we were also collecting toiletries, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc. and I was very happy to see some of those items donated as well. Not only did we want to collect food for the Bear Pantry, but we wanted to help spread information about the Bear Pantry to the students in hope that if someone ever finds themselves struggling, they now know they have somewhere to turn to for help. Everyone in the chapter, especially myself, was thrilled with the outcome of our food drive, and we are definitely looking forward to working with the Bear Pantry a lot more in the future. Lastly, Sigma Chi would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who donated to our food drive because without your generous donations we wouldn’t have been as successful as we were!”

Abdillahi Dirie of Theta Chi talks about their initiative to help promote and give back to Bear Pantry saying the following…

“We wanted to hold an event with Mo State Movement and we eventually [came up with] Dancing with the Stars. This pretty much was a philanthropy event created with the help of Jaymes Dickinson and Patrick Seacrist. We decided to give the community the opportunity to pay $3 or bring 2 canned food donations to help out the Bear Pantry. Alex Johnson and his office created this program to help other students who are in need of certain items that they don’t usually have. We wanted to help kick start this program and now with the help of various organization on campus, the pantry was fully stocked before spring break which is very cool to see. We collected 194 items and it came out to be 191.3 pounds.”

We are so proud of these chapters and all the members of our Fraternity and Sorority Life community and campus community who helped make these donations possible! To learn more about how you can use Bear Pantry or how to get involved in helping out, click here!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bear Pantry, CCE, Community Engagement, Donations, Mission, Public Affairs, Sigma Chi, Theta Chi

Fraternity and Sorority Life Celebrates Homecoming 2017

November 1, 2017 by Kate Roessler

Pictured from left to right: Matt Campbell (Delta Chi), Lily Cozad (Alpha Chi Omega), Isaiah Villarreal (Sigma Tau Gamma), Rachel Prather (Phi Sigma Pi, Alpha Chi Omega), David Azar (Catholic Campus Ministry, Sigma Pi), Ali McClean (Alpha Sigma Alpha), Blake Kobel (Phi Gamma Delta), Joy Sharp (Xi Omicron Iota), Evan Grosch (Sigma Phi Epsilon), Taylor Christopher (Sigma Sigma Sigma)

Homecoming is an important tradition within the Fraternity and Sorority Life community. In 2017, members of the Interfraternity Council (IFC), National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), and Panhellenic Association (PHA) councils had the opportunity to pick their own teams for the annual week of friendly competition. Judges from Missouri State University and the Springfield community determined the winner of each event, and gave appropriate points to teams who best applied creativity, brilliance, and diligence to each sect of the week.

In addition to the competition, members of the FSL community contributed to a total of over 6,000 pounds of canned food donations, as well as over 150 hours of voluntary community service. The 2017 Homecoming FSL winner was Theta Chi, with Sigma Kappa and Delta Zeta coming in 2nd and 3rd place, respectively. Winners of each individual event can be found below. Additionally, all 10 nominees for Homecoming royalty were members of the FSL community.

 

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. placed first in the inaugural Homecoming Step Show hosted by NPHC and the Black Alumni Council

The National Pan-Hellenic Council also hosted the inaugural Homecoming Step Show with the Black Alumni Council. With over 300 in attendance, four teams from NPHC chapters and the student organization “Essence of Hip Hop” performed.

1st Place: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

2nd Place: Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

3rd Place: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

 

 

Homecoming King, Matt Campbell (Delta Chi) and Homecoming Queen, Lily Cozad (Alpha Chi Omega)

Banner Competition:
1st Place: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Chi, Xi Omicron Iota
2nd Place: Alpha Gamma Rho, Delta Zeta, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta
3rd Place: Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta Sigma Phi, National Pan-Hellenic Association, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Tau Gamma

Window Painting Competition:
1st Place: Alpha Gamma Rho, Delta Zeta, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta
2nd Place: Sigma Kappa, Theta Chi
3rd Place: Alpha Omicron Pi, Kappa Sigma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon

Decorate Downtown:
1st Place: Alpha Gamma Sigma, Alpha Kappa Lambda, Gamma Phi Beta, Sigma Chi
2nd Place: Sigma Kappa, Theta Chi
3rd Place: Alpha Omicron Pi, Kappa Sigma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon

Chili Cook-Off:
1st Place: Sigma Kappa, Theta Chi
2nd Place: Alpha Omicron Pi
3rd Place: Alpha Chi Omega, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Pi

Rockstar:
1st Place: Sigma Tau Gamma
2nd Place: Delta Zeta
3rd Place: Lambda Chi Alpha

Can We Build It?:
1st Place: Alpha Omicron Pi, Kappa Sigma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon
2nd Place: Sigma Kappa, Theta Chi
3rd Place: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Chi, Xi Omicron Iota

Yell Like Hell:
1st Place: Delta Zeta
2nd Place: Theta Chi
3rd Place: Lambda Chi Alpha

Field Day:
1st Place: Alpha Gamma Rho, Delta Zeta, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta
2nd Place: Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta Sigma Phi, National Pan-Hellenic Association, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Tau Gamma
3rd Place: Sigma Kappa, Theta Chi

Parade – Float:
1st Place: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Chi, Xi Omicron Iota
2nd Place: Sigma Kappa, Theta Chi
3rd Place: Alpha Chi Omega, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Pi

Parade – Decorated Car:
1st Place: Sigma Kappa, Theta Chi
2nd Place: Alpha Chi Omega, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Pi
3rd Place: Alpha Omicron Pi, Kappa Sigma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Sigma Nu, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Sigma Sigma

Parade – Walking Entry:
1st Place: Alpha Gamma Rho, Delta Zeta, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta
2nd Place: Sigma Kappa, Theta Chi; Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta Sigma Phi, National Pan-Hellenic Association, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Tau Gamma; Alpha Chi Omega, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Pi

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta Chi, Delta Zeta, Fraternity and Sorority Life, Homecoming, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Kappa, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Pi, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Sigma Tau Gamma, Theta Chi, Xi Omicron Iota

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