Tri Delta breaks fundraising record
Since July 2012, the Delta Delta Delta chapter at the University of Arkansas has raised more than $146,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
No other Tri Delta chapter has ever raised this much money, to date, for St. Jude in one year. And the chapter is still going. The chapter’s goal is to be able to provide 75 patients one day of outpatient care, the equivalent to $187,500. In 2010, the Tri Delta pledged to raise $15 million in five years to name the Specialty Clinic at St.
Jude. The local chapter’s fundraising efforts go directly to reaching that goal, with $9.7 million of the $15 million raised.
The support from the members of Tri Delta is critical to the hospital’s ability to continue to treat children fighting cancer and other deadly diseases with pioneering research and exceptional care. The daily operating cost for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is $1.8 million. The chapter sends small gifts and cards to patients throughout the year.
Tri Delta officially adopted St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as its national philanthropy in November 1999. Tri Delta members across the country have raised awareness for the hospital in a variety of ways.
In the fall semester the local chapter hosted a golf tournament, a softball tournament, a proceeds nightat a Legacy Blues and their annual Sincerely Yours letter writing event to raise money for St. Jude.
The chapter members are also dedicated to donating their time to St. Jude. On Nov. 17, some 20 members volunteered for the Northwest Arkansas St. Jude Give Thanks Walk and raised more than $47,000.
Concert benefits
Samaritan’s Feet
Beale, Lee and Associates, a financial and retirement planning services firm in Bella Vista, held its annual Client Appreciation Concert Feb. 1 to benefit Samaritan’s Feet. The entertainment was provided by SIX, a Branson, Mo., headliner since 2006. Almost 900 clients and guests attended the event held at the Arend Arts Center, allowing Samaritan’s Feet to raise over $6,000 for local charitable shoe distributions to children in Northwest Arkansas.
This event will fund 600 pairs of new tennis shoesthat will be distributed to local children as part of the Back To School platform this summer.
Information: facebook.
com/SamaritansFeetAR.
Foster Grandparents
creating blankets
At their December workshop, the Foster Grandparents from the Western Arkansas FGP Program worked on their winter service project by creating lap blankets for cancer patients. About 75grandparents at four different workshop sites worked on the blankets for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Cancer patients that are receiving treatments are usually cold so the grandparents finished 50 blankets to be delivered to Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hot Springs, St. Edward’s Hospital and Sparks Hospital in Fort Smith and the Cancer Treatment Center in Mena.
The Foster Grandparent Program is a nonprofit organization working out of theDe Queen-Mena Educational Cooperative and Western Arkansas Educational Cooperative. Seniors age 55 and older can work in schools and preschools tutoring atrisk students.
Information: Terri Williams at (870) 386-2251.
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