Canadian Tekes Go Homeless for Quebec's Physically Disabled
 

MONTREAL) – Members of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Kappa-Chi chapter at
Concordia University lived in boxes and begged on the streets of
Montreal, benefiting the Action Centre, a drop-in day care facility
for the physically disabled.

Raising over $4000 for the Action Centre, Kappa-Chi Tekes are in
their 12th year of the annual "TEKE IN A BOX" philanthropy. Over
the history of the event, several area charities have benefited from
the giving of TKE members and the Montreal community.

"[The Action Centre] is a place where these individuals are taught
various skills and develop a sense of self-esteem and usefulness in
society. They receive absolutely no government funding," said Brent
Thomas Gerchicoff, Kappa-Chi Chaplain.

Each year, the members sleep outside for 36 hours in a shelter built
of wood, cardboard and other debris that can be found on the street.
The Kappa-Chi members panhandle during this period of time around
the streets and near the campus at Concordia University.

"TEKE IN A BOX" was originally created by the chapter to help
homeless youth of Montreal find a new path so that one day they may
return to a more stable environment. On any given night, many of
the homeless youth who benefited from Kappa-Chi's efforts could be
found panhandling or living on the streets, often choosing the
streets over an abusive home environment.

"We at Kappa-Chi believe that our charity drive is the best way to
dispel the stereotypes and misconceptions of fraternities on campus
and in the Montreal community," said Gerchicoff, "I am constantly
proud of my brothers in their dedication. It makes a Frater proud to
wear the TKE letters when I see my fellow Brothers running around
for spare change for this event."

With the assistance of local media, other fraternities on campus and
the Montreal community, the charity drive is always met with great
support and generosity from both the students and the general
public. "Other organizations, such as Delta Phi Epsilon always drop
by with hot chocolate to keep us warm," Gerchicoff said.

Good for them.

Good PR is as good as adding some more new members to the group the way you look in the community especally the greek community can never hurt

Brandon i can't believe that you edited my post. i didn't say anything bad. for those who want to know what i really said was

Good for them

To bad they are from Canada.

Its a joke just bustin some balls. I thought we were all brothers in the bond here. its not offensive. if i would have said something bad i wouldn't care that you edited it. but that you suck.

I know you may have been joking but not everyone may take the joke as a joke or find it funny.Some Canadian brothers that check this site might not like it. Seriously. I mean they get offened if we call our headquaters nationals instead of internationals. What if everyone on here said Alabama sucks? No you suck for not pming me if you had a problem with my edit. ;)

disclaimer: no frater sucks and if others think so they should keep it to themselves.

Brandon you know i don't have a problem with it. and yeah alabama does suck. i think no matter where you live it sucks.
I will try not to offend the notherners to much.;) ....... yeah right. its on!:mad: