• Philanthropy

    Gamma Phi Beta envisions a community in which every girl and woman has the resiliency necessary to advance her own life and the lives of others. Gamma Phi Beta's philanthropic mission is to build social, emotional, and spiritual resiliency in young women. Gamma Phi Beta at the University of Kansas contributes to two different organizations. Our local organization is Kaw Valley Center, and our National organization is Camp Fire USA.

    Kaw Valley Center 

    Kaw Valley Center is a not-for-profit organization that provides a continum of medical and behavioral healthcare, education and social services to children and their families. Foster families are recruited to help find permanent homes for children. To read more information about this organization, click here!

    Camp Fire USA

    Camp Fire USA is one of the nation's leading youth development organizations. It provides day and overnight camps, trips and travel programs, and adventure challenge and environmental education sessions.  These provide opportunities for youth to be a part of a community that utilizes outdoor activities to stimulate their curiosity and desire to learn. To read more information about Camp Fire USA, click here!

 

 

  • Sigma's Annual Philanthropy Events

      Each and every fall, Gamma Phi Beta hosts the Eileen Teahan Golf Tournament in honor of Eileen Teahan, a KU Gamma Phi who was killed in a car accident. The proceeds from the golf tournament benefit the Kaw Valley Center. Each year the golf tournament gets bigger with everyone from KU basketball stars to our own GPhi dad's participating in it!

    In the spring, Gamma Phi hosts the Crescent Classic Pancake Breakfast, which helps bring money to Campfire USA. The girls sell tickets on and off campus, and on the day of, everyone meets on the Gamma Phi front lawn for some delicious breakfast. in 2009, Sigma raised around $2,000 from the Crescent Classic. Pictures from the 2010 event are shown above.

    In addition to those two events, the newest pledge class also organizes a charity event to benefit an organization of their choice. Previous events have included a movie shown on the GPhi front lawn and sleeping in boxes on the front porch to raise money for the homeless.