Posted on Jun 3, 2008

Union clubs, Minervas, athletes, Greek organizations and members of the general campus community raised $70,275 for individual charities and causes this term, everything from health care organizations to earthquake relief. Here's a sampling of their efforts:

• Dozens of clubs, Greek organizations, students, faculty and staff contributed to the success of Relay for Life, raising nearly $34,000 for the American Cancer Society.
• Tri Delta Sorority raised more than $800 for St. Jude’s Hospital through its annual pancake breakfast and a clothing sale co-sponsored with Golub House.
• The Brothers of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity raised more than $100 through pizza and grill sales to help sponsor a youth in Uganda.
  

  

• The third annual Domestic Violence and Rape Awareness Banquet, “Out of the Silence, Finding Our Voices,” sponsored by Las Hermanas of Tau Chapter of Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, raised approximately $4,000 to be split between the National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault, A Long Walk Home, Inc. and the YWCA of Schenectady.
• Sigma Delta Tau’s gala brought in $8,000 for the Prevent Child Abuse organization.
• The annual April fashion show, Catwalk for a Cause, raised more than $500 for Student Advocacy for Equitable Recovery (SAFER), the Tulane student recovery project with which Union students worked over winter break.
• Phi Delta Theta raised $350 for the ALS Association through its annual car bash event 
• May’s campus-wide Run, Ribs and Reggae, organized by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, raised more than $600 for the Ronald McDonald House.
  

  

• Unitas partnered with Toyota to place a van in sub-Saharan Africa. The next goal is to fill it with medicine, good Sand supplies and health care workers.  Through the success of February’s Winter Gala and the 10th annual Bob Dylan birthday tribute, the group raised more than $6,000 for the Foundation for Hospices in sub-Saharan Africa.
• The Asian Student Union held a faculty fundraising event for earthquake relief in the Sichuan Province of China, which brought in more than $2,500.
• Sigma Chi's annual Derby Days raised $1,525 to support The Elephant in the Living Room, an organization that strives to call attention to domestic violence issues in the Capital Region and make Schenectady’s Domestic Violence Policies and Response a statewide model. The brothers said it is imperative that men become involved in the effort to end Domestic Violence.
  

  

• Alpha Epsilon Pi partnered with Wold and Green Houses to host an outdoor barbecue and movie screening of “Wet Hot American Summer.” The event raised $100 for the Red Cross Chinese earthquake victims.
• The women’s ice hockey team raised $11,800 for the American Cancer Society with Pink at the Rink. The league-wide ECAC effort raised $40,000 for the charity.
• Students from each intercollegiate sport formed a team to help with the Barrett Street Habitat for Humanity House, the football team volunteered time working with students from the Zoeller Elementary School and the men’s ice-hockey team helped serve thanksgiving meals in the area.

In lieu of monetary contributions, which are forbidden per Minerva House guidelines, students in the Minervas partnered with other student organizations and volunteered their time and services for various causes.

• Beuth House participated in “The Iraqi Student Project Kickoff Event” to educate the campus and community about the project which will bring an Iraqi student to campus.
• Sorum House members joined other Minervas, Greeks, athletes and academic and administrative departments helping to rebuild the Habitat for Humanity House on Barrett Street and preparing lunch for the many workers.
• Minervas joined other campus groups to help with the Kenney Community Center’s annual U-Care Day
• In addition to raising money for St. Jude’s Hospital, Golub House made breakfast for the Crop Walk participants and joined in the Minerva Games.