Philanthropy

	Philanthropy
		Sleigh Bell Days
		Annually we host a Christmas party for underprivileged children in the community. With the help of a fraternity, we help children to experience some of the holiday joy. The children take part in many activities while at the Christmas party. They decorate cookies, make cards, watch movies, and even get their pictures taken with Santa. At the end of the party each child receives a present from Santa.

	Frats at Bat
	Every fall we host a softball tournament for fraternities. The money raised benefits St. Judes Children's Research Hospital and Camp Little Red Door. Camp Little Red Door is an Indiana Children's Cancer Research center. Last year we raised approximately 2,000 dollars. Every year over 20 fraternities participate in this event. This year we are hoping to spread it out even more into the greek community. At the tournament we act as coaches of the various teams, cheering them on and providing motivation. 2006 WINNER! CONGRATULATIONS to the men of Kappa Sigma who came in first place and the men of Sigma Nu who came in second!!


		Boiler Blast
		Boiler Blast is a campus wide volunteer event, usually comprising of over 700 volunteers. The event is organized by the BVN and separates volunteers into groups to go out into the Lafayette and West Lafayette community. Each group is assigned a task. This is the first year that we as a house participated, and it turned out to be a lot of fun. We had approximately 18 girls participate! Next year we are hoping for an even bigger turn out.

	Other
	We participated in over 10 fraternity/sorority philanthropies this year. We came in the top 5 at many of them. We are always one of the top houses in spirit and support categories. Here are just a few of the philanthropies we participated in this past year: Zetas BMOC (won spirit award with Kappa Sigma), Delts Powder Puff, Fiji Foreplay (placed in lip syncs), DG/SAE Anchor Splash, Lambda Chi's watermelon bust, Sigma Chi's derby days, PMO U-Sing, and Pikes Firemans Challange