Cornell brothers hit the ice, donate to charity
ITHACA, N.Y. – April 8, 2011 – Brothers from the Cornell chapter teamed up with the women of Alpha Phi and the university’s men’s and women’s varsity hockey teams to host a philanthropy skate night. The event was held on March 1 at Lynah Rink.
The event was open to the public and was advertised through Facebook, Tri-Council fraternity communications and the Dean’s Office. Skate Night participants paid $5 to rent a pair of skates and spent the duration of the event skating with members of the Men’s Hockey Team.
AGCO agreed to sponsor the event. Skate Night was so successful that the chapter had to politely ask more than 400 participants to make their skates available to others as the rink repeatedly ran out of skates. This is the second year AGR has held this event, and it has grown in size substantially, thanks in part to AGCO’s support.
The “AGR-Alpha Phi Skate Night” benefits Bridges to Community, a nonprofit community development organization that aids public health initiatives in the third world. The Zeta chapter holds a unique bond with this organization, as each spring break they send a brother on a service trip to aid in their service of building public health facilities, such as hospitals. This year, Alpha Gamma Rho was able to raise nearly $2,700, which is a significant increase from $300 last year. The chapter hopes in the years to come their event will become a legacy that will continue to benefit the impoverished members of the third world that Bridges to Community works so valiantly to protect.
information courtesy of AGCO
