- May 1, 2010
- On May 1st the brothers of Triangle fraternity and the sisters of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority will be pushing a bed from RIT to SUNY Geneseo to raise money and awareness for the fight against diabetes. Our mission is to raise as much money as possible for the American Diabetes Association. For more information please click here!
- Mr. RIT is Delta Phi Epsilon's annual male pageant. All proceeds of this event go to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Come show your support of the contestants and the cause.
April 23,2010
April 19-23, 2010
Think Pink Week
Zeta Tau Alpha hosts the annual Think Pink Week! All of the proceeds from this week go to support breast cancer education and awareness!
MONDAY MADNESS: $12 Hair Extensions, Free Mark Make-up samples, and The First Annual Think Pink Stiletto Run!
TASTY TUESDAY: Yoplait Yogurt Eating Contest
WOMEN WEAR PINK WEDNESDAY: We are encouraged all women on the RIT campus and everywhere to wear pink to support Breast Cancer Education and Awareness! There was also Tye-Dying with Phi Kappa Psi the proceeds go towards the Sustainable House & Breast Cancer Education and Awareness!
THIRSTY THURSDAY: Free Green Tea was passed out to thirsty students and faculty on the Quarter Mile & Fundraiser @ Lovin' Cup! This is where the Best Chest Winner was announced! (congratulations to Pi Kapp for having the best chest on campus and raising over 300 dollars!)
FINALE FRIDAY: Annual Think Pink Barbecue on the Greek Lawn from 12pm-5pm including games and a live band!$5.
ALL WEEK LONG
-Best Chest Competition there were wooden treasure chests given to all of the fraternities on campus and they were encouraged to decorate them however they would like! They were then displayed all throughout think pink week and the chest with the most donations won!
-Pink Carnations were only $1 and ZTA personally delivered a carnation to that special someone!
-Think Pink T-Shirt Sales: T-Shirts were $10 and can be bought all throughout the week!
April 4th 2010
Frozen Four
Good luck to the RIT men's hockey team at the frozen four!!!
February 2th 2010
Make the Rink Pink
Rochester Institute of Technology hockey fans traded orange apparel for pink over the weekend and in the process raised $21,248 to fight cancer. Zeta Tau Alpha teamed up with the RIT men’s and women’s hockey teams in the “Make the Rink Pink” event, where Ritter Arena transformed into a sea of pink. Pink Tiger jerseys (25 men, 21 women) were auctioned off last week through Sunday and proceeds reached $9,248. Jersey proceeds will go to Rochester General Hospital’s Lipson Cancer Center. Zeta Tau Alpha also raised more than $12,000 from T-shirt sales. Those sales benefited the Susan G. Komen Cancer Foundation.
“Being a part of ‘Make The Rink Pink’ was such a fun and exciting experience,” says Amy Perazzo, president of Zeta Tau Alpha. “It is the first event ZTA has hosted with RIT’s hockey teams and hopefully will not be the last. We were so happy with the turnout and pumped to see everybody decked out in pink.”
The fundraiser, drawing more than 3,000 fans for both games, also served as an example of the partnership between RIT and Rochester General Health System. The institutions created a strategic alliance in 2009. “We are so grateful that the RIT Hockey program is supporting the Lipson Cancer Center with this unique and exciting event,” says Eric Shoen, director of gift planning at Rochester General Foundation. “It’s the latest example of how the strategic alliance between Rochester General and RIT is blossoming into something special for our community.”
“I thought this was a great event where the entire RIT community and Rochester General were able to work together for a great cause,” adds RIT men’s hockey coach Wayne Wilson. “It was great to see Zeta Tau Alpha work together with the men’s and women’s team to benefit cancer research. Without the general student body, faculty and staff along with our RIT hockey fans we could have never exceeded the goals we set out to accomplish. Thank you everyone.”
For more information related to the fundraiser, visit www.rit.edu/pink.
To learn more about the RIT-Rochester General Health System Alliance, visit: www.rit.edu/rghs