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Iowa Greek Express, 1971

The Iowa Greek Express, Vol. 5 Page 4

SERVICE

Greeks Help
Cancer Drive

The Cancer Drive, held during the month of April, met great difficulties in recruiting volunteers. The areas to be covered included University Heights, Iowa City, and Coralville.
"Out of desperation, I contacted some of the sororities and fraternities to volunteer," said Mrs. Altman, involved in the campaign. "I am from Vermillion, South Dakota, home of the University of South Dakota where the sororities and fraternities annually held a contest to see who could collect the most money for the Cancer Drive. The townspeople there did not hold a very favorable impression of the Greeks, and by participating in this cause it helped their image greatly. 
The Iowa City chapters which participated in the drive were: Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Zeta, Alpha Phi Epsilon, and Tau Kappa Epsilon. Some of the houses converted the job into house service projects or pledge projects.
Mrs. Braverman, an Iowa alumni, member of Sigma Delta Tau, and chairman of the drive contacted familiar houses. "This is contrary to what we were told to do. We were supposed to have people collect money in their own neighborhood based on the assumption that we would have more of a response. However, I felt that I did not do a job as chairman because there were areas left uncovered but I just could not get anyone to do it. The heart drive, preceding the Cancer drive, was unsuccessful because of this fact. The heart drive was still collecting money a month after its deadline and ran into the Cancer drive month. People get sick and tired of one drive on top of the other and it is the same people who volunteer to work. The Greeks in Iowa City helped us tremendously and next year I will try to set up the drive for all the houses to participate in."
The money collected int he drive will be sent to the American Cancer Society and be used for research, public education, professional education, patient and community services and funds for this management. Much of this money, in turn, will be sent to the Iowa City University hospital.


PHI PSI'S AND GAMMA PHI'S TREAT CHILDREN

For the past three years the Gamma Phi's and the Phi Psi's have held a spring party at the Gamma Phi house for children from the Hospital School.
This year, the party was held on Sunday afternoon, April 18. The house was decorated with stuffed animals and building blocks. Candy was hidden all over the house. The children spent the afternoon hunting for the candy and playing with the Phi Psi's. The Gamma Phi's were dressed in spring costumes. Later on in the afternoon the girls put on a skit.
The children were all physically handicapped and were between the ages of six and nine. They are staying at the Hospital School for physical therapy and mental development.


SCHOLARSHIP FUND MOST POPULAR

Will Iowa City Project Green, or the University Scholarship Fund be the most appealing to Iowa city residents and students? This was the question to be answered by the annual penny days collection held in Iowa City this past weekend. The contributors were soon to find out that the University Scholarship Fund was more popular than Project Green.
Again this year, on April 28, 29, and 30, Phi Gamma Delta sponsored the annual Fiji Penny Days, co-sponsored with Delta Gamma. As always, it was a relatively uncomplicated project, simply sitting on street corners collecting money in jars.
Four booths were located around the Iowa City downtown area and the campus--in front of Bremers, Iowa Book and Supply, Burge Hall and at the Union. At each of the booths were two jars, one labeled "Iowa City Project Green" and the other labeled "University of Iowa Scholarship Fund." Everyone who passed the booths was asked to donate his pennies (although any other change was also welcome) to either of the jars. The booths were manned from 9:30 until 2:30 on all three days of the contest.
On Friday, the final day, the separate funds were tabulated and the winner was announced. $118.60 was collected in the Project Green jars and $130.00 was counted for the Scholarship Fund. it looks like students won again in another residents vs. students dual.
The winner was to receive all the funds from both sets of jars. Since Scholarship won the contest, the funds will be given to the Iowa Foundation Scholarship Fund. If Project Green had won, the money would have been used to buy trees, shrubs and bushes for the Iowa City area. The money will be turned over to the Iowa Foundation to be, as Dean Phillip Hubbard puts it, "probably channeled into the Martin Luther King Scholarship Fund." This fund includes not only blacks, but also whites, Mexican-Americans, Chicanos, Indians, and Orientals, and is awarded strictly on a financial need basis.
Dean Hubbard stated that in past years the money has been given to a scholarship fund for two black colleges, one in Memphis, Tennessee, and one in Hollings, Mississippi. This year, however, these two funds have money left over, so the money obtained will be put into our own fund at the University of Iowa. Dean Hubbard and Iowa City Mayor Hickerson will decide who receives the awards.
The Fiji's state their only goal and incentive for the project is to either help Iowa City become more attractive, or to help needy college students.

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SERVICE Greeks Help Cancer Drive The Cancer Drive, held during the month of April, met great difficulties in recruiting volunteers. The areas to be covered included University Heights, Iowa City, and Coralville. "Out of desperation, I contacted some of the sororities and fraternities to volunteer," said Mrs. Altman, involved in the campaign. "I am from Vermillion, South Dakota, home of the University of South Dakota where the sororities and fraternities annually held a contest to see who could collect the most money for the Cancer Drive. The townspeople there did not hold a very favorable impression of the Greeks, and by participating in this cause it helped their image greatly. The Iowa City chapters which participated in the drive were: Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Zeta, Alpha Phi Epsilon, and Tau Kappa Epsilon. Some of the houses converted the job into house service projects or pledge projects. Mrs. Braverman, an Iowa alumni, member of Sigma Delta Tau, and chairman of the drive contacted familiar houses. "This is contrary to what we were told to do. We were supposed to have people collect money in their own neighborhood based on the assumption that we would have more of a response. However, I felt that I did not do a job as chairman because there were areas left uncovered but I just could not get anyone to do it. The heart drive, preceding the Cancer drive, was unsuccessful because of this fact. The heart drive was still collecting money a month after its deadline and ran into the Cancer drive month. People get sick and tired of one drive on top of the other and it is the same people who volunteer to work. The Greeks in Iowa City helped us tremendously and next year I will try to set up the drive for all the houses to participate in." The money collected int he drive will be sent to the American Cancer Society and be used for research, public education, professional education, patient and community services and funds for this management. Much of this money, in turn, will be sent to the Iowa City University hospital. PHI PSI'S AND GAMMA PHI'S TREAT CHILDREN For the past three years the Gamma Phi's and the Phi Psi's have held a spring party at the Gamma Phi house for children from the Hospital School. This year, the party was held on Sunday afternoon, April 18. The house was decorated with stuffed animals and building blocks. Candy was hidden all over the house. The children spent the afternoon hunting for the candy and playing with the Phi Psi's. The Gamma Phi's were dressed in spring costumes. Later on in the afternoon the girls put on a skit. The children were all physically handicapped and were between the ages of six and nine. They are staying at the Hospital School for physical therapy and mental development. SCHOLARSHIP FUND MOST POPULAR Will Iowa City Project Green, or the University Scholarship Fund be the most appealing to Iowa city residents and students? This was the question to be answered by the annual penny days collection held in Iowa City this past weekend. The contributors were soon to find out that the University Scholarship Fund was more popular than Project Green. Again this year, on April 28, 29, and 30, Phi Gamma Delta sponsored the annual Fiji Penny Days, co-sponsored with Delta Gamma. As always, it was a relatively uncomplicated project, simply sitting on street corners collecting money in jars. Four booths were located around the Iowa City downtown area and the campus--in front of Bremers, Iowa Book and Supply, Burge Hall and at the Union. At each of the booths were two jars, one labeled "Iowa City Project Green" and the other labeled "University of Iowa Scholarship Fund." Everyone who passed the booths was asked to donate his pennies (although any other change was also welcome) to either of the jars. The booths were manned from 9:30 until 2:30 on all three days of the contest. On Friday, the final day, the separate funds were tabulated and the winner was announced. $118.60 was collected in the Project Green jars and $130.00 was counted for the Scholarship Fund. it looks like students won again in another residents vs. students dual. The winner was to receive all the funds from both sets of jars. Since Scholarship won the contest, the funds will be given to the Iowa Foundation Scholarship Fund. If Project Green had won, the money would have been used to buy trees, shrubs and bushes for the Iowa City area. The money will be turned over to the Iowa Foundation to be, as Dean Phillip Hubbard puts it, "probably channeled into the Martin Luther King Scholarship Fund." This fund includes not only blacks, but also whites, Mexican-Americans, Chicanos, Indians, and Orientals, and is awarded strictly on a financial need basis. Dean Hubbard stated that in past years the money has been given to a scholarship fund for two black colleges, one in Memphis, Tennessee, and one in Hollings, Mississippi. This year, however, these two funds have money left over, so the money obtained will be put into our own fund at the University of Iowa. Dean Hubbard and Iowa City Mayor Hickerson will decide who receives the awards. The Fiji's state their only goal and incentive for the project is to either help Iowa City become more attractive, or to help needy college students.