Philanthropy

 

Altruistic work during the first World War convinced Delta Gammas that service was an important part of their Fraternity life. Service for Sight was born out of a suggestion in an alumnae workshop at Convention in 1936.

The enthusiasm of one particular member, Ruth Billow, H-Akron, who was blind herself and spoke from notes typed in braille, was the spark which brought acceptance of Service for Sight as our national project.

Since 1952, we have given $2,256,808 to 50 organizations in the United States and Canada. The total hours of service reported for fiscal year 2006-07 was 97,598.

The Top Ten Service for Sight groups are recognized each year. (These are groups that reported on e-Ops - by the May 15 deadline - the highest number of hours of service by per capita members to awareness and service entities related to persons who are blind or visually impaired.)

The winners for 2006-2007 are the following:

Collegiate Chapters
Alumnae Groups
1) Eta Mu-Lake Forest College
(Region 5)
1) Ft. Myers Area
(Region 3)
2) Gamma Upsilon-Wichita State University (Region 5)
2) Arlington (TX)
(Region 6)
3) Eta Kappa-North Carolina State University (Region 2)
3) Rochester (NY)
(Region 1)
4) Beta Gamma-University of Utah (Region 7)
4) Houston
(Region 6)
5) Beta-University of Washington (Region 7)
5) St. Louis Area
(Region 5)
6) Eta Theta-St. Louis University (Region 5)
6) Salt Lake City
(Region 7)
7) Gamma Phi-Arizona State University (Region 6)
7) Denver
(Region 7)
8) Beta Omega-Washington State University (Region 7)
8) Miami
(Region 3)
9) Beta Theta-Duke University (Region 2)
9) Charlotte Area
(Region 2)
10) Omicron-Adelphi University
(Region 1)
10) Palo Alto
(Region 8)
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