Several Greek organizations will host the first annual Valentine’s Day Greek Treats, a fundraiser to sell and deliver goodies during the week of Feb. 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Don Taft University Center.
The participating sororities and fraternities will each sell a different goodie. Sigma Delta Tau will sell valentines for $1. Phi Sigma Sigma will be selling bags of Hershey’s Kisses for $1.50. FIJI will sell flowers for $2. Delta Phi Epsilon will sell Skittle hearts for $2. Theta Phi Alpha will sell candy hearts for $2, and Beta Theta Pi will sell telegrams for $4. Proceeds benefit each chapter, which will keep the profits from their own items.
The treats will be delivered to residence halls or offices on Feb. 13 beginning at 4 p.m. There will also be accommodations made for the commuter students to have their Valentines picked up in the UC.
Sigma Delta Tau Fundraising Chair Katlyn Magnotta, freshman biology major, created the event, along with Sigma Delta Tau Public Relations Chair Li Cohen, sophomore communication studies major and news editor for The Current.
“I came up with this idea one day while brainstorming and trying to come up with unique fundraising ideas,” Magnotta said. “It’s really cool to see a simple idea come to life like this, and, hopefully, it turns into an annual event to bring us all together every year.”
Magnotta said she decided to ask other sororities and fraternities to join in the fundraiser because she wanted everyone to come together.
“Sometimes there is a lot of rivalry between chapters, especially during recruitment, and it’s nice to see everyone working together and supporting one another,” she said. “In the end, we’re all trying to raise funds for our respective chapters, and if one of us falls, we all fall – it’s a way of learning that we can trust and rely on one another.”
Beta Theta Pi Fundraising Chair Richard Halpern, freshman biology major, said this fundraiser is a great idea and allows Greeks to accomplish a common goal, which is why his fraternity decided to participate.
FIJI member Kyle Dansereau, sophomore biology major, said the fundraiser is a perfect opportunity to show the unity in Greek life.
“We may all be different fraternities and sororities, but it is nice to collaborate and start a new tradition,” he said. “Our conceptual ideas all came together to provide a variety of different valentine items students could purchase on a budget. I mean, we do pay tuition at NSU.”
Dansereau said he hopes students see this as a fun opportunity to surprise one another on Valentine’s Day.
“You can surprise a friend, a significant other or, who knows, a secret crush – I just want to see students get excited and say, ‘Hey what’s that?’ Or ‘I hope I get one,’” he said.
For more information, contact Magnotta at km1881@nova.edu.
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