Thursday, November 6, 2014

Sigma's Annual Thanksgiving Dinner Philanthropy is on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - YOU CAN HELP!

Sigma's first annual Thanksgiving Dinner in 2012.

Our Undergraduate Brothers of Sigma Chapter are planning their annual Thanksgiving Dinner for the Springfield and Wittenberg communities, and YOU can help make it a success by attending in person and/or donating! 

This is a HUGE event for Sigma Chapter and Phi Gamma Delta, and in 2013 over 600 people were fed a full Thanksgiving dinner at 20 West Ferncliff AND $8,000 was raised for the chapter's favorite charity, Springfield Promise Neighborhood.  THIS YEAR, in 2014, our Sigma Brothers hope to feed 800 people and raise $10,000.  That would be incredible!

The details:

  Phi Gamma Delta Thanksgiving Dinner
  Wednesday, November 19, 2014
  4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
  Sigma Chapter House - 20 West Ferncliff Place, Springfield
  $5/person for FULL dinner - Lincoln Elementary School students eat for free

Here's how YOU CAN HELP:

  • If you can be in the area, please attend!  Even offer to help - feeding 800 people over three hours in our chapter house takes a LOT of help!
  • Consider becoming a Sponsor!  The sponsorships range from a measly $100 up to $1,000 - business or personal sponsorships available - and you get some GREAT benefits!  You can view the options, see the cost levels and benefits, and learn how to become a sponsor at this link to a one-page PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwImNLvWpcx_dGFVcHBsbmkwOHc/view?usp=sharing
  • If you can't attend and a sponsorship is not possible right now, the Chapter STILL NEEDS YOUR HELP with a general donation for Springfield Promise Neighborhood!  Here's a link to a secure web site where you can learn more about the event, see a short video featuring Sigma Graduate Brother Ben Imlay'14, understand how your donations help needy students in Springfield, and then donate securely online via GoFundMe using a credit card:  http://www.gofundme.com/tgf2014

This is a huge, huge undertaking for our Brothers at Sigma Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta!  I hope all of Sigma's Graduate Brothers will take a moment to support our chapter in some way - donate, sponsor, attend, volunteer, or just send an encouraging note to the event chair Chase Beach '15 at beachc@wittenberg.edu  I know he and his Brothers would appreciate your support.

Good luck Sigma Chapter!  I can't be there in person, but I've donated $100!

Fraternally,

Skip Buckley (Sigma '80)

Perge!