Alpha Tau Omega has an ever-evolving philanthropy program; not only participating in other philanthropies, but also in putting on our own.  This school year we put on two major philanthropies, Homeless-for-Hunger and Ali Kemp Bandstand.  Both were extremely successful not only in raising funds for selected charities but also by standards of participation from other fraterities and sororities.  The tenth annual Homeless-for-Hunger was our major Spring philanthropy.  It was an event where nine teams of five to seven participants camped out on sponsoring sororities front lawns for a period of three days. Over seventy participants spent over 2,000 hours homeless.  They slept in cardboard houses that they built at the beginning of the week.  The participants were not allowed to go home.  They were members of Alpha Tau Omega as well as Chi Omega, Gamma Phi Beta, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Kappa, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Delta Delta, and Kappa Alpha Theta.  The sororities that sponsored the event each donated fifty dollars, as well as meals for the participants throughout the week.  The focus of this philanthropy is to raise awareness of the community to the homeless situation in Manhattan.  We were able to raise well over a thousand dollars by selling T-shirts and finding businesses to sponsor the event, along with collecting canned goods.  The Ali Kemp Bandstand is our major Fall philanthropy, which we put on with Pi Beta Phi to honor Ali Kemp.  Several bands performed at the K-State Student Union and over $12,000 was raised for the Ali Kemp Foundation.

ATO's also love participating in other Greek organization's philanthropies.  This school year we have participated in a number of them.  We entered three teams in Sigma Kappa's Mud Bowl.  We entered a team in both Kappa Kappa Gamma's Earthball, and Gamma Phi Beta's Dodge for a Cause.  We sponsored Kappa Delta's Golf Tournament, as well as Pi Bet Phi's Miracle Mile.  We are participating in Alpha Xi Delta's Greek Games, and Alpha Delta Pi's Softball Classic.  It can be tough to decide which philanthropies to participate in because of budget restraints but we try and participate in every one that we can.  We also participated in "Up 'Til Dawn", which benefits St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis.