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Fraternity's events raise more than $1,800
Part of Sigma Chi's Derby Days proceeds benefit Riley hospital
YaVonda Smalls | Chief Reporter
March 21, 2005
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Sigma Chi fraternity raised more than $1,800 during last week's Derby Days, the fraternity's national annual philanthropic event.
Seventy percent of the Derby Days proceeds will benefit Riley's Children's Hospital in Indianapolis, an affiliate hospital of the Children's Miracle Network. The network is the primary beneficiary of the event. The remaining 30 percent of the Derby Days proceeds will benefit the charities of the seven sororities that also participated in last week's activities.
To prepare for Derby Days, women from the seven participating sororities were organized into 43 five-member teams. The Derby Days entry fee for each team was $50, and the fraternity received additional donations from local businesses, Sapurstein said. The Sigma Chi brothers served as coaches for the 43 sorority teams, which competed for points in several events. Events included a chili cook-off, scavenger hunt, March Madness-themed event at The Bird in the Village and several games and contests at the Sigma Chi house.
Derby Days began in Spring 1933 when the Sigma Chi chapter at the University of California Berkeley put on an event called the Channingway Derby, which included a series of skits, according to the Derby Days Web site.
Derby Days reached its final form in the 1960s when Sigma Chi initiated the fraternity's first philanthropic project, which inspired most chapters to contribute to the cause.
Last year, Sigma Chi as a national fraternity raised more than $550,000.
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