The BIG Event

     This past weekend many of our sisters participated in the Big Event, the largest service event that Florida State takes part in. The Big Event is a day dedicated to volunteer service, consisting of different organizations being paired with various community service projects around Tallahassee in need of volunteer work, with volunteers coming from FSU, FAMU, and TCC. All volunteers for the Big Event gathered together in the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center, experiencing an opening ceremony with speakers and performers before setting off for their respective service projects.

     Our Beta Eta sisters were paired with Sowing Seeds Sewing Comfort Ministry, a non-profit organization dedicated to the growth and empowerment of the Tallahassee community by providing life skills. Skills taught by the ministry include sewing, culinary skills, gardening, marketing and budgeting, along with collecting and distributing food to members of the community. With the ministry currently in need of gardening supplies, yard work, and house work, our sisters set out to assist them in doing just that. Alpha Chi's spent the day helping those that run the ministry by organizing their home and ministry supplies to make the amenities of the facility more accessible and easier for the ministry to use. They did this by doing yard work and organizing supplies around the house, along with making connections with those that make Sowing Seeds Sewing Comfort possible.

     One of our volunteers, and our Community Service Chair, Anna Marie Parisi, said that the service they took part in at the Big Event was "A great experience because we not only were able to volunteer, but also had the chance to connect with those that run the ministry about the work they do for it." We are so thankful to have sisters dedicated to helping others, and are so proud of their participation in the Big Event 2019!!

Line Dance 2019!!

Hello & happy Sunday!

This past Thursday, March 28th, was Florida State's annual Line Dance: Showcase of the Arts event, in which all 17 sororities competed. Leading up to the actual event, Line Dance related events were hosted all over town, consisting of Share-It-Nights at different restaurants, fraternity cook-outs, and even a Carnival on College Ave!

Alpha Chi's Line Dance team began practicing about two to three times per week shortly after returning from winter break. Our team worked tirelessly to choreograph their dance routine and worked even harder to perfect it the week of the actual event, taking part in practice twice a day at 7 AM and 9 PM. These early mornings and late nights for our sisters showed their dedication to this cause, the chapter, and each other, being led by co-captains, Morgan Dake and Jess Stephens.

Morgan was not only one of Alpha Chi's Line Dance captains, but was a captain for her high school dance team as well, making this year on the Line Dance team an even more nostalgic experience for her. According to Morgan, being a captain was "...at times overwhelming and stressful, but thankfully I had Jess who was the real rock of the team!!" Thank you Jess and Morgan for all your hard work in bringing our sisters together by doing something you all love.

Along with captains Morgan and Jess, sister and team member, Emily Gordon, helped to choreograph the team's routine as well. When explaining her experience on the 2019 team, Emily said "We practiced a lot of long and early hours, but it was such a good bonding experience to go through with my sisters!" Emily went on to talk about how even more rewarding this experience was, considering it was for philanthropy, causing the funds raised from different events for Line Dance to go towards helping others. When discussing what the actual performance at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center was like, Emily stated that the entire team was extremely positive and uplifting before going on stage to perform, "giving us energy to go out and do our best."

We are so grateful to have participated in Line Dance 2019 and for all the hard work and long hours our dedicated team members have put in over the past few months. To our team and everyone helped us along the way, THANK YOU!!! Until next year ↠

Jess Stephens, Emily Gordon, & Morgan Dake

Alpha Chi's Line Dance team '19!!

Emily Gordon & Tati Djordjevic

Pizza Pie with Alpha Chi '19 !!

Hello & welcome back!!

     This week has been quite the eventful one for Alpha Chi, and it's not over just yet! With this week being Healthy Relationships Week, our sisters have been working to bring awareness to domestic violence even more than usual. This past Sunday some of our sisters made valentine's for Meals on Wheels recipients, including veterans and individuals with disabilities or suffering from illness, while on Monday our sisters delivered cookies to other members of Greek life here at Florida State, all in honor of Healthy Relationships Week. However, the main event took place on Tuesday, February 12th, when the Beta Eta chapter of Alpha Chi Omega held their annual Pizza Pie with Alpha Chi event.
     Pizza Pie with Alpha Chi is an event our sisters look forward to every year, making it even more special considering that it falls on Healthy Relationships Week. These hands don't hurt, but instead, they serve pizza!! The proceeds from Pizza Pie go towards both the Tallahassee Refuge House and the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation, with both organizations helping to bring awareness to domestic violence and help those in need. This year our sisters raised a whopping total of $4,904 to help benefit these organizations. Not only did our sisters advertise Pizza Pie on different social media platforms during the weeks leading up to the event, but they sold over 500 tickets during the pre-sale before the actual event alone. Along with this, different organizations within Greek life at Florida State purchased over 300 tickets as a whole, helping to show their support for other members of the Greek community. Along with the money that our sisters worked to raise, we sold many tickets at the event itself, along with receiving multiple, generous donations, which we are so grateful for.
     The planning and hard work that went into this event just goes to show how powerful dedication to a worthy cause can be! The success that came from Pizza Pie went beyond our expectations, personally bringing me so much joy to see the difference we are able to make, right in front of my eyes. A big shout-out goes out to our new VP of Philanthropy, Jessi Bonadurer, her philanthropy committee, the 70+ sisters that volunteered at Pizza Pie, our VP of PR & Marketing, Julianna Vargas, and our T-shirt Chair, Sabrina Loiacono, for collaborating to design such amazing shirts and advertisements for the event, and everyone else who helped to make Pizza Pie possible. Thank you all so much for helping us to bring awareness to domestic violence while celebrating Healthy Relationships Week.

All the love from the 518 !!!

 *SMH*

Alpha Chi Omega Exceeds Goal at Dance Marathon 2018

Each year many of our sisters participate in Dance Marathon at FSU, an event where dancers stand for 20 hours to raise money for Children's Miracle Network hospitals as well as the FSU College of Medicine.  There are fundraising events year round and this year FSU aimed to raise $2 million for the kids, something we had never done before.  Not only did the FSU community meet this goal, we exceeded it by raising a total of $2,152,382.19!



In addition to FSU exceeding it's largest ever fundraising goal, we also exceeded our fundraising goal as a chapter!  Our goal was to raise $50,000 and we ended up raising $50,484.54!

This year, FSU decided that it was "#Up2Us to create more miracles for the kids" and they did just that by exceeding their fundraising goal!  Special shoutout to our Dance Marathon delegate, Ale Gonzales and assistant delegate Kailie Rush for all you have done for our chapter!

A big thank you to all sisters who participated and all donors!  None of this would have been possible without you!

AXO takes FTKolor!

Last week many of our sisters participated in FTKolor, an exciting fundraising event in preparation for the 40-hour long Dance Marathon in March.  For a donation, participants were given white t-shirts that they were able to decorate with over 1,000 pounds of glow in the dark paint!  If you've ever heard of the color run, it is sort of like that but without the run!         


It was a great night full of fun, friends, food and great music!  We love seeing so much passion and enthusiasm for such a great cause and can't wait for 20 hours of nonstop dancing at the marathon!  Way to go girls, FTK!

   



    

Philanthropy #TBT - #LighttheNight and more for #WhyAlphaChiWednesday

Thank you Taylor Dake for organizing the chapter's 2016 Light the Night Team

Taylor, Panhellenic sister Jaime (KKG), Morgan and Sarah

2015 Light the Night with Janelle, Amanda and Danielle

2015 Light the Night with Courtney, Sari, Lindsey and Tati

#TBT Spring 2015:  Alpha Phi Omega - "Wear Teal" for Sexual Assault Awareness Month - #AltruisticAXO Alex D, Lauren F, Kelsey H

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Dance Marathon at FSU 2017- Captains!

Congratulations to everyone who received a Captains position this past weekend for Dance Marathon 2017!

Ale Gonzalez- Marathon Events

Alexa Rodriguez- Morale

Brittney Rangel- Morale

Caroline Imiolek- Fundraising

Colleen Chatfield- Morale

Katie McCarthy- Operations

Kayla Copley- External Events

Maddie Thomas- Hospitality

Madison Cappeller- Marketing 

Molly Cappeller- Marathon Events

Monica Shevock- Morale

Dance Marathon at FSU

AXO's with Chi Phi and Phi Gam!

This past weekend, the ladies of Alpha Chi participated in FSU’s 21^st Dance Marathon! We were paired with Chi Phi and Phi Gam. Sixty-eight girls participated as dancers, 9 were captains, 2 were core members. Brittney Rangel, our chapter delegate, did an amazing job and helped our team raise $43,503!

“I have never worked harder or longer than I did as delegate for the past 7 months. But there is no greater reward than seeing these kids tell their stories every hour on the hour, knowing I helped our team raise money to keep them alive. As the late nights, the meetings, the deadlines came to an end, I couldn't help but smile. We made miracles, we made 43,503 miracles--a legacy each and everyone one of us left this year, and next year we're going to do it all over again.”

FSU raised over $1.4 million for Children's Miracle Network!

Technology captain Stephanie Bernal with our miracle child Jessica!

Second Harvest Philanthropy with ATO

Our sisters had a great time volunteering today at the Second Harvest Food Bank, with the men of Alpha Tau Omega! Thank you for including us in a cause that is so important to your chapter!