The Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority hosted a ‘Lip Sync’ fundraiser on April 9. It raised funds for Albany County SAFE Project, an organization in Laramie that helps survivors of domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault.
The event featured a variety of performances from seven different Greek Life houses. These included Sigma Chi’s rendition of “Single Ladies”, Sigma Nu’s performance of “Gimme More”, Chi Omega’s take on “Dancing Queen”, Delta Delta Delta’s recreation of SNL’s popular “Domingo” skit, Pi Kappa Alpha’s act “Good Graces”, Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s throwback to “Bye Bye Bye”, and Sigma Phi Epsilon’s performance of “Again”. As the groups pretended to sing, the audience could ‘vote’ for who they wanted to win by donating to the SAFE project under that group’s name.
Sophia Duarte, a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, said “We chose the SAFE project because our philanthropy is mental health, and we love the work that SAFE does to support our community. We are very lucky to get the opportunity to work with them every year. I think this is our fourth or fifth year doing it.”
Many fraternities and sororities, listed above, came to support Kappa Kappa Gamma’s event and support the SAFE project as well.
Jaden Tidwell, one of the performers for Sigma Chi, said, “It was a fun time. I have stage fright, so I wore glasses to help. It was hard but it’s easy to overcome that when it’s such a good cause. Going on stage was just fun because there’s so many movies and shows where there are events like that, so getting to live that out in my own college life was exciting. Although we didn’t win, it was an amazing time creating memories with my fraternity brothers, and watching everyone’s performances.”
Not only do these philanthropy events bring in money to help support different organizations in the community but it’s also a chance to bring together the Greek Life Community and create an opportunity to support each other.
Fraternities and Sororities hold annual philanthropy events to raise money towards a cause that’s important to them.
“To me, these events mean giving back to our community which is so important. Being a part of something and knowing you are making a difference is what makes me proud to be a member of Kappa,” Duarte said.
“A major thing in the Greek community is philanthropy. Every fraternity and sorority supports a different charity or program, such as the SAFE program that Kappa supports. This is our way of giving back to the community. When other houses hold an event, we support each other by taking part. It was very important to us, Sigma Chi, that we support. Not only have they supported Sigma Chi’s philanthropy events, but it’s also just a great cause,” Tidwell said.
All Greek Life tries to support each other and whatever organization they are sponsoring in order to give back to their community.
“Events like these bring the Greek life community closer together by encouraging healthy, fun competition and allowing a space for members to mingle. I love how supportive the chapters on this campus are of each other’s philanthropy event. We felt very lucky to have so many Greek chapters performing in our event. Our winners were Sigma Nu, and I think they did fantastic,” said Duarte.
Sigma Nu won, by the judge’s vote. There was another award for who raised the most money under their group name, which was given to Pi Kappa Alpha. Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Lip-Sync Battle Fundraiser for the SAFE project was a resounding success.
