Cautiously dipping a toe in here...

[ASUADPi]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

www.apo.org

www.gammasigmasigma.org

www.omegaphialpha.org

If your main reason for wanting to AI is philanthropy - you might check out the above orgs, as that is their focus. I'll be honest - many NPC Alum Associations don't do much philanthropy. There are some exceptions, but on the whole, this is not the purpose or the focus of Alum Assoc.

Not to go on a mini hijack to long, but wouldn't it strictly depend on the alum association? I know that I'm trying my hardest to do philanthropies for my AA but getting alums involved has been harder than heck. What I would give for a sister like the PNAI above. Most of the time I honestly have to relay on the collegians.

But I do generally think you are right. I'm sure more than not spend their times not doing philanthropy events.

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

Not to go on a mini hijack to long, but wouldn't it strictly depend on the alum association? I know that I'm trying my hardest to do philanthropies for my AA but getting alums involved has been harder than heck. What I would give for a sister like the PNAI above. Most of the time I honestly have to relay on the collegians.

But I do generally think you are right. I'm sure more than not spend their times not doing philanthropy events.

In the case of my AC, our Grape Escape Fundraiser/Silent Auction is pretty much the only big fundraising event we have annually.

A lot of our alums are pretty stretched out and committed to various other community philanthropies (Junior League, Salvation Army Womens' Auxiliary, etc.) but are still called on when the collegians need help staffing various events.

[twocutetx]

I know that many alum groups are not so into their philanthropy -- I also know that some are -- it does vary by group, region, etc. etc.

Ironically -- I'm already apo *laugh* from my first time around in school. I didn't "rejoin" this time because they told me they'd have to transfer my membership from my previous school and it just got complicated from there. I did opt instead to join a "local" spirit and service organization.

That all being said, the philanthropy is only a part -- it's the whole package I'm interested in. Supporting the collegians, having the sisters, being a part of the larger whole . . . I think the one thing I didn't say, is that yes, every group, at every school, and every alumni association is different.

*smiles*

And no, I'm not Greek ignorant *laugh* Hubby is a PiKA from a gazillion years ago. We both know the benefits -- the friendships and bonds -- that come with. I regret not having been able to rush and join a house my first time around in school -- and this time around being a married woman with two kids there wasn't much point in rushing.

~B.