At Delta Gamma we pride ourselves on always remembering that
being a part of a sorority means you stand for something bigger than yourself:
you stand for your letters, your national organization, and you stand for the
girls who you come to love as sisters. We truly value our friendships and together
we strive to live each day by our national motto: “Do Good.”
One of our yearly commitments to doing good is putting on “Anchor
Splash,” the largest Greek philanthropy fund-raising event on the University of
Oregon campus. We put together a week full of events meant to inspire all 25
chapters in the Greek life community to come together and raise money for our
three 2012 causes: Service for Sight (Delta Gamma’s national philanthropy to
aid the visually impaired), Team Cure ALS (a local organization that supports
patients of Lou Gehrig’s Disease/ALS), and Fight Against Sarcoma (a special
fund set up to support one of our sisters through her struggle with cancer.)
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The Delta Gamma chapter house prepares for Anchor Splash 2012
with hand-painted banners and a live DJ!
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In less than a month of fundraising we raised over $34,000 –
more than we’ve ever raised before! We hosted a series of events over the week to make
the process fun and exciting, including “Donation Days” at Dickie Jo’s burgers,
a Twitter scavenger hunt, an all-Greek house-decorating contest, “Dunk a DG,”
and a Meet and Greet with a gentleman currently living with ALS.
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| John Simpson, an ALS
patient of 8 years, speaks about his condition to Greeks at the Delta Gamma
chapter house. |
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week culminated with the Anchor Splash Big Show where each house had a chance
to wow us with their final performance. At the end we presented awards for the
fraternity and sorority who raised the most money during Anchor Splash, the houses
with the best final performances, and the coveted titles of Anchorman and
Anchorwoman of Delta Gamma.
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Delta Gammas sitting front row at the Anchor
Splash Big Show, watching performances by every Greek chapter to wrap up the
week of fund-raising!
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We
wish you the best of luck as you go through recruitment and no matter where you
find yourself at the end of the week, we urge you to “Do Good”
Love,
Delta Gamma!
