Healthy Relationships Week - #TBT

#TBT to 2015 Celebration of Healthy Relationships!

Our donations to Refuge House #AXODVA #AltruisticAXO #VioletAgainstViolence

We appreciate the relationship we have with Refuge House. We help them monetarily through fundraising events like #PizzaPiewithAlphaChi and #DonutsforDVA. Sisters lend helping hands physically as well, by volunteering when needs arise such as painting or helping with Halloween carnivals. Refuge House holds trainings for our sisters, allowing AXOs to understand more about domestic violence awareness, and how we can help and advocate for the cause.

Healthy Relationships Week

February 9^th-13^th was Healthy Relationships Week! The women of the Beta Eta chapter of Alpha Chi held and participated in events, put together by Philanthropy Chair Lauren Flannery, throughout the week to celebrate healthy and loving relationships.  The week kicked off with an ice cream pajama party.  Sisters came to the house dawned in onesies and other wacky pajamas to bond and laugh over ice cream, fruit platters, and veggie platters.

 To spread the word about domestic violence awareness and to get other students on campus thinking about the relationships in their lives, on Tuesday sisters wore the Alpha Chi Omega Domestic Violence Awareness philanthropy t-shirt with a healthy relationship sticker around campus.

On Wednesday, Alpha Chi set up a station at Market Wednesday! In the middle of the union and surrounded by all kinds of other organizations, sisters worked a free photo booth open to the public.

Finishing Healthy Relationships Week with a bang was the philanthropy event Pizza Pie with Alpha Chi. For five dollars a head, guests were ushered into the dinning room and served pizza and refreshments while Alpha chi sister Rebecca Epstein played the piano and sang.  This is the first year the Beta Eta chapter hosted Pizza Pie with Alpha Chi and the turn out was incredible. The event beginning at 6:30pm produced a line that was out the door and down the block at 6:15pm. Ultimately, 549 people attended the event, which raised just under $2000.  “I was definitely not prepared for how much support I got from everyone” says Philanthropy Chair Lauren Flannery, who is thrilled to have raised to much so donate to the Refuge House of Tallahassee.

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

                                                                                    

On Sunday, November 18, the ladies of Alpha Chi Omega hosted the first event of the school year to bring awareness to domestic violence!

"Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" is a fun filled event, in which male participants complete various obstacles courses, wearing heels the entire time.

Men from all over FSU came out in teams of 5 to Heritage Grove apartments to support our first fall philanthropy. The lawn was decorated with purple balloons and a stand of purple cupcakes, representing the color of domestic violence awareness. In the end, a trophy would be given to the winners of the tournament. Of course we provided the heels, but they brought their skills to run in heels with them!

"Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" is an amazing opportunity for men to raise awareness in our community about the causes and effects of domestic violence. A huge thanks goes out to everyone who participated in this years event! 

Congratulations to the brothers of Pi Kappa Alpha for winning the tournament!

Domestic Violence Awareness Week 2012

Benefiting the Refuge House

Last week was Beta Eta's DVA Week 2012. We hosted many events to support the fight against Domestic Violence. All proceeds benefited the women's local Refuge House:

 http://www.refugehouse.com/

This Sunday is the annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event in Heritage Grove. All of the money raised by the men participating in the relay race (in heels) will also go directly to the women's Refuge House!

Alpha Chi's Annual Philanthropy Week

This week marks Alpha Chi Omega's annual philanthropy week!

Each day of this week, the ladies of Alpha Chi come together and provide several events for their community which exhibit the leadership and support each has for their philanthropy.

Listed below are the events in which each sister must participate in.

Tuesday (Yesterday) - Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: If you happened to be on campus at 5 pm, you probably saw plenty of men walking around in high heal shoes. Yes, we managed to find sizes twelve through fourteen for these willing gentleman to run around Florida State's campus in high heal shoes to support the efforts of awareness. It was a comic relief at it's best!

Thursday - The sisters gather around their front lawn, circling hand-in-hand to form the DVA vigil. Many other Panhellenic women and local Tallahassee patrons who support the cause also come together to join this inspirational vigil.

Friday - All of the Par Tee guests are invited for Mom Marie's famous Friday Lunch! This will provide the golfers a chance to meet the sisters that host the golf tournament, and understand the importance of Domestic Violence Awareness. It is also a fantastic way to feed all of the hungry fraternity boys who's passion for volunteering and playing for a good cause is greatly appreciated.

Saturday - The annual golf tournament, Par Tee kicks off! It truly is a wonderful event that allows the golfers to have fun and play for a fantastic cause. Each sister is willing to help during this event, and takes the time to make sure every opportunity is spent supporting the efforts of awareness. There is a closest to the hole competition, where golfers try to make their shot closest to the hole. Of course, all of the proceeds from the competition and the silent auction, which this year includes a signed Jimbo Fisher and Christian Ponder football, go to the overall fund.

Last year Alpha Chi's philanthropy was voted Number 1 most outstanding philanthropy on Florida State's campus. This year, we shall hope for the same outcome as we all stand together as sisters and brothers in the fight against Domestic Violence.

Alpha Chi Omega - Supporting the efforts of Domestic Violence Awareness. Always and Forever.

Remember,

Together Let Us Seek the Heights!

-JKC.