2008 Woodie Awards
Joint philanthropy event to raise money for Darfur
Shannon Haskins
Issue date: 4/17/07 Section: Campus
Two Greek organizations at Miami University have pooled their resources and create an event that will raise money for the people in the African country of Sudan.
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority (Theta) and Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) fraternity will sponsor a charity dodgeball tournament and concert April 21 to benefit the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and its efforts to help the victims and refugees of Darfur.
The tournament will be played on Central quad from 12 to 6 p.m.
After the game, the band FatKid Dodgeball, the official band of the National Dodgeball League, will be performing from 10 to 11:30 p.m. at Brick Street Bar.
According to Matt Meyers, a sophomore communications pre-major and one of the main event organizers, usually Theta and SigEp conduct independent philanthropies based on the charities that their respective national sorority and fraternity sponsor. But this year, they decided to work together to help a more pressing cause - that of the political unrest and genocide occurring in Darfur.
The idea was suggested by journalism major and member of SigEp, Bobby Pierce, after he heard journalist Nick Clooney speak about Darfur Jan. 30 during the lecture at Miami. At the reception following the event, Pierce discussed Darfur with Clooney, and brought the idea for co-philanthropy back to his fraternity.
Meyers said SigEp thought it was a great idea.
"(We thought we) owed it to (Clooney) and the cause to make people more aware of what is occurring right now in Darfur," Meyers said.
According to Meyers, Theta got involved because SigEp wanted to do more joint philanthropy events and he already had contacts within the sorority.
"We wanted to do more things with (Theta) and I talked to a couple of the girls I knew (in the sorority)," Meyers said. "We (then) had a philanthropy meeting and their philanthropy people were there and they were excited about it and it just grew from there."
Brittany Lipinsky, Theta's philanthropy co-chair, said everyone involved with the tournament and concert is eager to see it all come together.
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority (Theta) and Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) fraternity will sponsor a charity dodgeball tournament and concert April 21 to benefit the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and its efforts to help the victims and refugees of Darfur.
The tournament will be played on Central quad from 12 to 6 p.m.
After the game, the band FatKid Dodgeball, the official band of the National Dodgeball League, will be performing from 10 to 11:30 p.m. at Brick Street Bar.
According to Matt Meyers, a sophomore communications pre-major and one of the main event organizers, usually Theta and SigEp conduct independent philanthropies based on the charities that their respective national sorority and fraternity sponsor. But this year, they decided to work together to help a more pressing cause - that of the political unrest and genocide occurring in Darfur.
The idea was suggested by journalism major and member of SigEp, Bobby Pierce, after he heard journalist Nick Clooney speak about Darfur Jan. 30 during the lecture at Miami. At the reception following the event, Pierce discussed Darfur with Clooney, and brought the idea for co-philanthropy back to his fraternity.
Meyers said SigEp thought it was a great idea.
"(We thought we) owed it to (Clooney) and the cause to make people more aware of what is occurring right now in Darfur," Meyers said.
According to Meyers, Theta got involved because SigEp wanted to do more joint philanthropy events and he already had contacts within the sorority.
"We wanted to do more things with (Theta) and I talked to a couple of the girls I knew (in the sorority)," Meyers said. "We (then) had a philanthropy meeting and their philanthropy people were there and they were excited about it and it just grew from there."
Brittany Lipinsky, Theta's philanthropy co-chair, said everyone involved with the tournament and concert is eager to see it all come together.
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