All of our chapters on campus have a major national philanthropy, and the university sets requirements on how many philanthropy hours each sister has to have by the end of the year. Then it's up to the chapters to figure out how to meet the minimum. BUT, what worked really well is organizing a Panhellenic and IFC joint philanthropy. Every year we host the Million Penny Project. It benefits a different organization in the nation each time and we involve the chapters, other orgs. on campus, and the community. It raised over $13,000 in less than two months last year. It's great PR, and it helps get people involved because Panhel and IFC take the weight of publicity and organizing and the chapters just have to participate. There's also a reward for the chapter that contributed the most.
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