Fraternity Day of Service

Literacy tool-kits will be included in the spring mailing (goes out to all club presidents). Check your mailbox, they will be arriving prior to 2/21.

Still looking for ideas for the Fraternity Day of Service? Our friends in Region 6 shared their plans for wonderful programming events.

North San Diego, CA will hold a food and book drive at their meeting to benefit a refuge for battered women and their children. All donations will be delivered on their day of service.

The San Jose, CA Club will hold a First Book Speed Read event at Barnes & Noble March 1. After they will gather at a local coffee shop and have our book club gathering. The following day, they'll kick off their Champions are Readers program with two 3rd grade classrooms helping the club decorate bookplates.

The Arizona Area Council (Phoenix, Arrowhead-West and Tucson) along with three collegiate chapters, will unite on Saturday, February 28 at selected Barnes & Noble store locations throughout the state. At each site, Pi Phis will promote literacy awareness by inviting the public to personalize a Pi Beta Phi/First Book bookplate.

Valley of the Moon, CA will have students in their two CAR programs decorate bookplates. They found last year that the children just loved the idea that their artwork on the bookplates would be sent to other children who would be receiving new books.

La Jolla, CA will join with CA Kappa (UCSD) for a day of service at a local YMCA or possibly with family of service men and women.

Member clubs of the Southern CA Area Council and six collegiate chapters will join together at Santa Anita Race Park for a Speed Read, bookplate decorating, BBQ, horse racing, fancy hat contest and much more!

San Francisco and Contra Costa, CA will join with CA Beta (UC Berkeley) collegians for a luncheon, Speed Read, and a Cookie Shine.

During their regular club meeting, Palm Springs/Desert Cities, CA will be decorating/coloring the bookplates.

The Long Beach, CA Club will have a bookplate-decorating event at a local Barnes & Noble and are considering including a bookmark to take home and possibly reading to children.

Along with bookplate decorating, the Marin County, CA Club supports the Marin Literacy Program, which operates throughout the county, especially in the rural areas where libraries are not available. They honor them at a luncheon, give them a financial contribution and help with fundraisers

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton will benefit from a visit by the South Orange County, CA Club. Children of our service men and women will decorate bookplates and receive free books and treats.

What is your club doing to celebrate this special day? Please leave a comment below.