Every year Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute hosts a Relay for Life walk in the Armory. Lambda Chi Alpha has been a part of this relay for many years and hosts various events throughout the semester to raise money for the American Cancer Society. This year the brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha have planned on bringing back many of those past events. Our weekly event to help raise money is called "Lambda Cocoa" where free hot chocolate is given out to students in return for donations to our relay for life total. In addition to this, the brothers plan to bring back the very successful "Fat Sandwiches" philanthropy event from the Spring 2016 semester. This event raised over $1000 for cancer research in a short 2 hours. Two separate dates are being planned for this event with an increased supply of food and more volunteers to help raise money. In addition to these events, brothers will be canning outside stores, raising money on their own, and a host of other things in order to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Help us reach our Goal of $6000 this year by donating below!
Lambda Cocoa Mondays 10am-2pm
The Brothers of Lambda Chi at RPI began a philanthropy event in the Spring of 2016 called "Lambda Cocoa" to help raise money for Relay for Life. The event was a success and is being brought back for the Spring 2017 semester. Brothers give out free hot chocolate to members of campus in hopes to raise money for Relay for Life. If you'd like some free hot chocolate, stop by our table on campus between the hours of 10am & 2pm on Mondays. If you would like make a donation to our Relay for Life fund, click the link below.
Officer of the Week
Meet our officer of the week @suk_the_nuke. Suk, our VP and Philanthropy Chair won officer of the week for being asked to serve on the board for the Hope 7 community center. He volunteers weekly at the Hope 7 pantry, tutors at the Hope 7 community center in addition to helping run a robotics program at night.
Here's a link to Hope 7 to see how you can get involved with the many things they have to offer: https://www.hopeseven.com/
Spring Food Drive 2016
Last spring the brothers of the Epsilon Eta chapter partnered with the Hope 7 Food pantry in Troy to raise food for families who are in need. We had 50 brothers participate and we were able to raise 1,600 lbs of food for the food bank.
Fall Food Drive 2015
In the Fall semester of 2015, the Epsilon Eta chapter partnered with the Unity House of Troy to hold a food Drive to raise food for local families to have around Thanksgiving time. We had 45 brothers involved and raised 980 lbs of food.
Watermelon Bash 2015
In 2015 we hosted our 11th annual Watermelon Bash. All of the money raised went towards our contribution to the Unity House for our Fall 2015 Food Drive. Over 16 teams signed up for the event and over $400 was raised towards Feeding America.
Watermelon Bash 2014
Our 10th annual Watermelon Bash was a huge success. The event saw Greek organizations, unaffiliated student organizations, and individual teams participate in our largest community service event of the year. We raised over $1000 for the Unity House of Troy and had over 150 people in attendance.