Pi Beta Phi House Burned (U. of Idaho)

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Originally Posted by LovePiBetaPhi

I am a member of the UofI Pi Beta Phi chapter. We have an amazing House Cor. who are working to find us a new residence and I have heard that they already have. We are going to be okay. Thank you to everyone who posted about this!

LovePiBetaPhi, thanks for letting us know that the U of Idaho chapter is going to be allright. All Pi Phi chapters have amazing House Corporations! I am not surprized tht everything has already been handled swiftly and efficiently - Pi Phi National would have made sure that this happened. It is a strong sisterhood, and the bonds are tight in the wine & silver blue. You and your sisters in this chapter are about to learn what it really means to be Pi Phi's. Your older sisters will guide the chapter through this upcoming rush, through the house repairs, and through whatever else happens. When you are my age, and you have been a member for 30+ years, you'll look back, and remember all the love that Pi Beta Phi has shown you. I know that I have, on many occasions!

[exlurker]

Pi Phi HQ has a press release (in PDF) on its site:

http://www.pibetaphi.org/Idaho%20Alp...%20Release.pdf

Some excerpts of interest (housing, recruitment, Panhellenic friendship and assistance, some items saved):

. . . University officials worked with Pi Beta Phi to quickly provide alternative housing . . . . Two floors in a campus dormitory have been designated for Pi Beta Phi members. . . . The university has set aside two rooms in the student union for Pi Beta Phi’s recruitment activities.

The eight other sororities on campus have rallied together to provide lunch and dinner for the almost 60 members of Pi Beta Phi while they are on campus next week for recruitment preparations. “We are overwhelmed with gratitude for everyone who has come out to support us,” said Mechelle Rourke, Chairman for the Idaho Alpha chapter’s Alumnae Advisory Committee. . . . . Rourke added, “Our local firefighters were amazing and were able to save some of our brand new furniture, our chapter’s charter and many pictures.”