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Philanthropy

One of the most important things we do as a chapter is help the local Athens community as well as various national organizations. Delta Zeta’s National Philanthropy is Speech and Hearing Impaired and the Painted Turtle Camp. Under Speech and Hearing, we support Gallaudet University, the House Ear Institute and The Starkey Hearing Foundation nationally and sponsor the Turtle Grant locally.

The Zeta Pi chapter made and donated 11 build-a-bears to the Starkey Hearing Foundation! These build-a-bears have hearing aids and are given to children with hearing aids so they can have "a furry friend just like them." To learn more, check out the flyer.

The Zeta Pi chapter just had their fourth annual Paintball Tournament! It was the most successful yet with almost twenty teams, including members of our own chapter and other sororities. The total raised for the Painted Turtle Camp through the Paintball Tournament was $8,225. Congrats to the winning team, Drought!

For more pictures, check out the Photo Gallery!

Our 11th annual Wingbash philanthropy event was a HUGE success! We held it at our house, and had all you can eat wings, chips and soda all for $5.00! We had live music courtesy of Shannon McArthur on our front lawn. We raised $10, 416.60 total! We gave $4000 to the Turtle Grant and 6,416.60 to the Painted Turtle Camp and other national philanthropies. We are so thankful for everyone who participated and helped us out!

The Turtle Grant was started by the Zeta Pi chapter here at UGA in 2006 to support local hearing impaired individuals in the Athens area. Our mission is to form a bond with the local deaf community through donated time and monetary gifts.

The Turtle Grant is 100% funded by the Delta Zeta at UGA. In order to raise money for the Turtle Grant, we hold our annual Wing Bash philanthropy event each fall. We also host a designer jean sale, where 100% of the profits made are donated to the Turtle Grant. In 2007, we held our First Annual Paintball Tournament, and held the tournament again in 2008. Fraternities and Sororities competed against each other and raised money for our Turtle Grant. It is our hope that the Turtle Grant will continue to grow in the years to come!

To learn more about this grant, click here!

The Painted Turtle Camp, located in Southern California, is a member of the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps co-founded by Paul Newman. The Painted Turtle Camp is the ONLY multi-disease medical camp of its kind. The camps mission is to provide a year-round, life changing environment for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses.

Other Events

In 2007 we held a prom dress drive to benefit low income high school students in Athens. After collecting previously worn prom dresses from sororities on campus, we allowed students from the local high schools to come and shop for a free dress!