On Monday, October 10th Alpha Phi celebrated Founder’s Day. Alpha Phi was founded at Syracuse University in the fall of 1872 (yes, the same year as the founding of Virginia Tech). To celebrate, we performed the Alpha Phi Promise Ceremony at the end of Chapter. After the ceremony, Exec held a reception for all the sisters to enjoy, cake included! It is so interesting to think back and remember just how Alpha Phi started 139 years ago, with 10 young women who were determined to form a circle of sisterhood.
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| The Original 10 Sisters of Alpha Phi |
In other news, Alpha Phi held a sisterhood-filled weekend this weekend! On Saturday, October 15th we headed down to Charlotte, North Carolina for a trip to Carowinds Amusement Park for “SCarowinds”, a Halloween-themed evening. This used to be a sisterhood retreat that our chapter did every year, so we brought it back this year. It was a great time filled with screams, costumes, and other fall festivities.
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| Alpha Phi at Scarowinds |
On Sunday, a large group of Alpha Phis made a trip to Washington D.C. for the Walk to Defeat ALS. Every year we go to this walk to support Jessica Fuller, a Virginia Tech Alpha Phi Alumni, and her father who has been suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease for many years. To Alpha Phi, this is more than just a few-mile trek, it’s an opportunity to bring hope to ALS patients, to raise money for a cure, and to come together with friends and family to fight for something we care about.
