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Monday, September 06, 2010

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Brothers Feeding Others

North American Food Drive

The North American Food Drive (NAFD) is a labor intensive, highly visible, incredibly rewarding philanthropy, designed to raise food for local communities, while promoting Lambda Chi Alpha. For many years, local chapters did their own philanthropies and Lambda Chi Alpha had no officially designated “international” outreach. The official food drive started in 1993, with efforts coordinated and tracked internationally. The event is typically held on the first Saturday in November.

The focus of the NAFD is for all chapters to participate in the same event on the same day. In 1993, 149 chapters took part in the first event. More than 250,000 pounds of food was raised for local food banks on that day, and more than 8,000 brothers participated. Since then the NAFD has continued to grow and several chapters now collect individually more than 100,000 pounds of food.

The food drive is basic (and so is the concept). Brothers drop off empty grocery bags throughout their community with a letter asking people to donate food for a local charity. They then return to pick up the bags on the first Saturday of November, weigh the bags, and deliver them to a local charity. Many additional activities can supplement the basic event of the food drive making it not only more fun for our brotherhood but also involving sororities, dorms, or other civic organizations (Boy Scouts, YMCA, etc.).

The advantages of the NAFD are numerous. Chapter brothers participate in a hands-on event with the immediate satisfaction of collecting food from the local community for a worthy charity. The synergy of all of Lambda Chi Alpha's chapters participating helps generate local, regional, and sometimes national and international media coverage for the event. Finally, Lambda Chi Alpha rewards leading chapters with awards and recognition at the General Assemblies and Leadership Seminars. group

Watermelon Bash 2009!

This year's Watermelon Bash was highly successful! Overall we raised over 2000lbs of food. The sorority turnout from Sigma Kappa, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Zeta, Alpha Xi Delta and Kappa Delta Chi was overwhelming! We also had cameos from Sigma Alpha Mu and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternities.

Even tho the day was extremely hot for September, the day went off without a hitch. There was fierce competition between the ladies, but everyone enjoyed themselves and it was a day full of memories. At the end of the day, Sigma Kappa took first place with a repeat win followed closely by ADPi and KDX. Choosing a winner was very hard considering the amount of effort put in by everyone, but the importnant thing is that we raised a tremendous amount of food for the North American Food drive. Enjoy the picture goodness:

adpi AGDwm azd caitlyn&danny food girls john KDX letters tshirt wms group