FIREMANS CHALLENGE FALL 2010
This past fall Epsilon Chapter held its tenth annual philanthropy, Pike Fireman’s Challenge, to help raise money for the local Blacksburg Fire Department and Virginia Tech Rescue Squad. The philanthropy will help fund emergency response teams, fire safety education, the fire safety trailer, and specialty equipment. The philanthropy week consists of events that are designed to engage each of the participating sororities in the competition.
The week begins with a Coach's Fundraiser, where all of the participating sororities choose a fundraiser with their coach to kick of donations for the week.
The second night Pikes accepted donations from a firetruck on the Drillfield and had a DP Dough fundraiser.
Wednesday Night Consisted of a Roller "Rescue" Derby at a local skate rink. Each sorority dressed in a related theme and had to perform "rescue" tasks, as well as making a banner to display their theme.
The last night we hosted an auction at the local Abella's. Each sorority dressed to theme and auctioned off one of their head coaches for a variety of points. The night was filled with hilarious performances put on by our brothers who were auctioned on stage. This was the was the last day to earn points for the competition.
When all was said and done, over $15,000 was fundraised throughout the entire week. Zeta Tau Alpha was the competition winner for the third year in a row, winning by quite a close margin. Alpha Phi took home a close second place and Delta Delta Delta brought home third place. Thank you to all of the sororities that participated and we look forward to your participation next year as we continue to help our local fire fighters and the VT Rescue Squad!
To learn more about this week and how it will worked, please contact Tyler Prichard at tylerp3@vt.edu or Kyle Leygraaf at kylevl7@vt.edu.