Golf Tournament Aids Hospice Fund

Greeks at Northwest Missouri State join forces to help the SSN Hospice and Home Care Foundation. Proceeds from a Greek Week golf tournament will be donated to the foundation.

Dad is seriously ill or dying. Mom stays home to care for him. Rent is due but the date is missed; it comes around again, and the bill collectors are on the phone. Typical Foundation expenditures include: utilities, special air-flow beds, relief aides for exhausted care givers. Affiliated with SSM St. Francis Hospital, the SSM Hospice and Home Care Foundation (nonprofit, 501(c)(3)) raises money to pay for services of indigent patients and their families. The Foundation also seeks to educate the public about palliative care for the terminally ill.
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Eight Fraternities and six Sororities will participate at Mozingo Lake Golf Course on Saturday, April 8, 2006. The Fraternities include: Alpha Kappa Lambda, Delta Chi, Delta Sigma Phi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Sigma Beta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon

The Sororities include: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta Zeta, Phi Mu, Sigma Kappa, Sigma Sigma Sigma.

Foundation Director, Joe Hederman stated, “As a former student and Greek, I could not be prouder of my institution. The student body has stepped up to support a noble cause. Many, many northwest Missouri patients will benefit from their unselfish efforts.”

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