OUR PHILANTHROPY!
LEADING WITH HEART
The Alpha Phi Foundation advances women’s lives through the power of philanthropy, funding empowering Fraternity leadership programming, life-changing scholarships and assistance grants, cutting-edge women’s heart health research, and critical heritage preservation. At the chapter level, we support the Foundation through events hosted for the UA and Tuscaloosa communities. This year, our chapter raised $21,000 for the Alpha Phi Foundation. If you would like to support the Alpha Phi Foundation, donate below! Please feel free to scroll and learn about events we host to fundraise!
HEART THROB WEEK
Each fall, we host our annual Heart Throb Competition It is a week-long series of fun philanthropy events. This year, we held volleyball, basketball, flag football AND spike ball tournaments ! We invite other greek organizations to participate in the games, while our members coach and cheer them on! All proceeds benefit Alpha Phi’s philanthropy, the Alpha Phi Foundation.
LIFE SOUTH BLOOD DRIVE
Each year, we partner with Life South to host at least one blood drive for UA students, faculty and staff. This spring, we partnered with Sigma Nu Fraternity and together collected 150 pints saving 450 lives. We are proud to say this is the LARGEST blood drive in the state of Alabama annually!
THE HEART WALK
Hosted by the local American Heart Association chapter, the annual Tuscaloosa 5K Heart Walk has one of our largest turnouts! Each year, our chapter builds a team and raises money for the American Heart Association whose mission aligns with our mission, heart health awareness and research. For the last five years, our chapter has been awarded the honor of largest group (most participants) AND top fundraising group! Our chapter has raised over $10,000 for the past years. Each March, we pair our spring Parents’ Weekend with this event, so we can share our cause with family and friends. We hope to see you join us next year!
NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY
The first Friday in February is known as National Wear Red Day! Our members, friends and families sport red shirts, ties and more to bring attention to the importance of cardiovascular disease education. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women affecting one in three women. Join us on the first Friday of February in red for donuts and coffee!
SWEET TEA WITH THE PHI’S
Last spring, we introduced a new event for us, Sweet Tea with the Phi’s. We partnered with Sigma Chi Fraternity to sell glasses of ice cold sweet tea to students traveling to and from class. Nothing makes a spring day sweeter than some southern style iced tea!
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Who says philanthropy can’t be fun! We can’t wait to see what our Philanthropy team comes up with for this coming year.