Day for Kids

We had our first community service project this weekend. Nine of us went down to The Ranch in Loveland to help at "A Day for Kids," sponsored by Boys and Girls Club of America and other organizations for kids. The event took place inside and outside, and included rock climbing walls, bungie trampolines, and even a jumping castle. It was really fun! We started off the day stuffing bags and helping out with other set-up activities, then the event was underway. Our primary job involved inspecting car seats. At first, I think we were all a little concerned about the "level of fun" this activity would hold, but it turned out to be great! We got to work outside, play with babies, and take notes on the inspections. Not to mention we all got free food from Texas Roadhouse! The day ended with a quick cleanup and we were off!

So far, the community service position has been really fun. There has been a great involvement of brothers wanting to volunteer. Our next two projects include volunteering at the CSU football game and helping during Make a Difference Day. We will be collecting cans for CSU's Cans Around the Oval at the football game, and we'll be painting the exterior of a clubhouse for the Larimer County Mental Health Society.

Thanks to all of those who helped out on Saturday! Let's keep it up!

Admitted Pledges

Congrats to those newly admitted pledges who received their bids this past Friday! After the pinning ceremony, the new pledges and brothers made their way over to Woody's Pizza for a feast! What a feast it was, some brave brothers, with stomachs made of iron, competed in a not so friendly eating competition. The winner was brother Jason, eating a gut-busting 13 slices. I tip my hat to you good sir!

Alpha Nu Pledge Class

Emily
Marisa
Jessica
Caitlin
John
Jared
Bryon
Whitney
Jonathan

By Brother Santomarco #576

Delta Sigma Pi Recruitment

We have concluded our Rush for Fall 2008. All the brothers who participated did a great job of involving recruits and making a great impression. We had a short week this semester because of the Labor Day holiday; therefore we only held four events.
The first event was Meet the Chapter. Meet the Chapter is our informational meeting. We had free pizza and Deltasig officers spoke about themselves and their position. Our second event was our professional event. We tried a new approach this semester and went with a more hands on event. Professor Maynard from the Management Department facilitated team building activities. It was great interaction between the recruits and brothers. The third event was an ice cream social at Cold Stone. This event went really well. It is always a good time for brothers get to know recruits on a more personal level. We have an ongoing relationship with Cold Stone for these events so they give us a discount! The last event we put on was what we called our “Main Event”. The event was invitation only. We had wings and a ton of food; this was another great event for getting to know recruits on a personal level.
Our new Distrcit Director, Brian, has been helping and guiding us this semester. He has pointed out some areas that we differ from other chapters in a positive and potentially negative way. He pointed out that our Meet the Chapter event is much different than other chapters. Other chapters conduct a more informal and casual event. This is something we will need to consider as a chapter. He also said that other chapters do a 2 week recruitment which tends to be successful for them. If our goal for next semester is to grow numbers we might want to consider lengthening recruitment.
As Senior VP coordinating and planning recruitment it was very exciting to see the event unfold with such success. It is a very rewarding experience knowing that you have such a vital part in the future of our organization. It is a very stressful time since you are coordinating multiple events back to back, but the reward greatly out ways one week of no rest or personal time.

By Kristyn Childress