The mission statement of the Sigma Chi Fraternity is to develop values-based leaders committed to the betterment of character, campus and community. This is no more evident than in our extensive efforts to give back to the community, both locally and otherwise.
Sigma Chi Alpha Omega hosts weekly spoonfeeds at local homeless shelters in Palo Alto. In the month of February, we successfully continued our yearly tradition of selling Crushgrams to benefit the spoonfeeds with the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority prior to Valentine's Day. Jeremy Voss ('10), acts as president of Habla, a service program in which students teach English to Stanford janitors. Many brothers also work as tutors in this program. Multiple brothers in the class of 2010 will be working for Teach for America in the upcoming year. Karl Francel ('12), recently returned from volunteering in South America on a medical mission.
If you're interested in working with Sigma Chi Alpha Omega in a philanthropy event, please contact one of our Philanthropy chairs: Alex Alvarado or Ashwin Peres-da-Silva.
Philanthropy
Every spring, Sigma Chi chapters nationwide participate in a fundraising event to benefit the Huntsman Cancer Institute known as Sigma Chi Derby Days. It is one of Sigma Chi's most renown events because of the combination of philanthropy and fun it brings to the community. The specific nature of the fundraising events is up to each individual chapter. In 2009, Alpha Omega hosted a weeklong series of events, including a movie night, crawfish boil, and charity concert. We have big plans for Derby Days 2011, so keep an eye on this site for updates. If you'd like to get involved with Derby Days this year, please contact our Derby Days chair, Alex Alvarado.
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