Sigma Delt (fondly known as Sigma Delta Sorority for All Kinds) prides itself on its efforts to allow every sister to be an active member of the house, regardless of her financial circumstances. This year, Treasurer Katie Gandy ’11 has spearheaded an effort to expand Sigma Delt’s scholarship fundraising with a termly event called the Sisterhood and Scholarship Supper (S.A.S.S.). SASS is a potluck event: sisters bring food to Sigma Delt and invite their friends over to eat, where they are asked to donate a few dollars each to Sigma Delt’s scholarship fund in exchange for a scrumptious home-cooked alternative to Food Court. This fall, SASS raised over $300 for in-house scholarships, and we hope that future proceeds will allow us to expand and increase our scholarship program to cover every sister who needs it.
We’re all gettin’ some S.A.S.S.
It has been a great term for philanthropy in Sigma Delt. Overall, sisters did close to 400 hours in community service, both through the house and through individual organizations. We cooked for Students Fighting Hunger a number of times, an event which is always a blast. Our new pledges participated in the Out of the Darkness Walk, which raised awareness about suicide prevention and was organized by the Active Minds group on campus. As a sisterhood we raised over $300 towards the house charity for the term, which was World Partners in Education (an organization that one of our sisters is currently very involved in). Individual sisters were involved in other fundraising efforts. Some sisters participated in the DREAM Date Auction, which overall raised $1,600. Other sisters were heavily involved in fundraising for the Out of the Darkness Walk, which overall raised $5,000 towards suicide prevention. Sigma Delt also manned the canteen station at the Blood Drive, as we do on a termly basis.
Overall a great term for philanthropy – we look forward to more great events next term!