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 Special Olympics of KansasDuring the beginning of the fall semester, 9 brothers helped out on various occasions with the local Special Olympics soccer practices. Brothers helped by encouraging, and designing drills as well as providing tougher competition to prepare the athletes for their tournament in october. On Nov. 9th and 10th, 24 brothers helped out the Special Olympics Winter Games in Manhattan at Memory Lanes. Each volunteer helped a team of bowlers by keeping them in order, encouraging, and cheering for the athletes. Leukemia Society On Sept. 20th, 24 brothers helped out with the Light the Night benefit walk in Manhattan. Brothers helped out in various areas such as filling balloons and placing lights inside of them, helping participants sign a Leukemia banner, and help with registration. Several brothers also joined the walk after helping out with registration and setting up for the walk. United Way On Oct. 6, 9 brothers helped set-up the stage for a United Way benefit concert which took place on the following day. It took five long hours and would not have been possible without all of the hard work of all the ATO volunteers. The following day, 5 brothers helped take tickets at the concert event. Big Brothers and Big Sisters This semester 5 brothers have been involved with the program. There are also several brothers hoping to get involved with the program next semester. Big Brothers provide a positive role model and a steady, male companion for kids who for some reason or another need a friend to hang out with and spend time with. Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan On Oct. 29, 52 brothers paired up with members of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority to help paint pumpking with the kids of Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan and Big Brothers/Big Sisters. By raising money from each house, over 50 pumpkins were purchased and each child was able to paint their own pumpkin which they took home after the event. The children and members also participated in various games and activities. Riley County Grade School Mentoring Program During the fall semester of 1999 the Delta Theta Chapter at Kansas State University introduced a new mentoring program. Approximately 25 members volunteered. A semester earlier George Schlothauer, a graduate and ATO from Nebraska, approached the men of Delta Theta about starting this mentoring program. The men would be paired up with kids from Riley County Grade School. The children ranged from 7th to 8th graders. Then they would get together for an hour every week. The purpose of mentoring is to try and help the children that might be struggling either academically or socially. Things could not have gone any better. The administrators, the school board, and all the children responded with great enthusiasm. One example is of a child who suffers from bouts of depression. The mother of the child told how the child would rate his days on a scale of one to ten. Usually the child would come home and give his days a two or three. On days when his mentor would visit the child rated his days in the 7 to 8 range. That's where the men of Delta Theta have had their greatest impact. The men of Delta Theta believe that we have received much more than we have given. The satisfaction that comes from making the students' days is indescribable. The program has gone so well that within the next semester we plan on adding ten more students. The program is going to also start helping with the younger students as well. We plan to do many more activities, such as attending basketball games together with the children. We also hope to start a basketball tournament in which the proceeds will go to a scholarship fund for the children of Riley County. We are also hoping to team up with another sorority who would mentor the young girls of Riley County. The potential of this program is limitless. We, as ATO's are proud to do our part our less fortunate brothers in the community. Kansas Adopt-a-Highway On Sept. 24th and 25th, the Delta Theta Chapter held it's semi-annual highway clean-up. 70 brothers helped pich up trash along a 0.8 mile stretch of Highway 24 in Manhattan. |
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