Inside his Edens Quadrangle single, the president of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity picks up a small index card file from on top of his dresser. Change rattles inside.
“A couple of days ago there were $900 in this box,” senior Garver Moore said, referring to the funds his fraternity raised for Hurricane Katrina relief in collaboration with Delta Gamma sorority.
“Our goal was $3,333.33,” he explained. “Since the alums will doubly match any money we raise, that would make a total donation of $10,000.”
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Some groups have mobilized their alumni networks. For example, a portion of SigEp’s and Delta Gamma’s matching funds come from the Manilow Fund for Health and Hope, which was founded by singer Barry Manilow. It was arranged by the president of Manilow’s management company, who is a former SigEp brother from the University of Southern California.
The two groups sold $2 raffle tickets at the West Campus bus stop, raising $2,318. The winner will get an Xbox and a $100 shopping spree at Southpoint mall.
When combined with matching funds from the Manilow Foundation and SigEp alumni, the total donation will be $6,954.
Great effort. Of course they may need some help closer to home when "Ophelia" is done.
