“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. ”
Earth Day Cleanup w/ sigrho, betas and phiotas
April 22nd, 2021
It was Earth Day and what a better way to spend it than by cleaning up our community! A few of our sister teamed up with the brothers of Sigma Lambda Beta, Sigma Beta Rho, and Phi Iota Alpha to keep the Killearn Lakes clean! It was so much fun being able to give back to our community while also building relationships.
ROad Clean up
March 28th, 2021
Our sisters were out working hard to keep Tallahassee litter-free and beautiful! They participated in a road clean-up and looked great doing so! Great job girls!
Relay for life
March 27th, 2021
Our sisters were up bright and early in order to participate in Relay for Life. It was a sunny day for a shining cause! We sold masks and stickers and what better way to honor our philanthropy of Breast Cancer awareness than to raise money and support for cancer patients and research. Thank you to everyone who came out to show their support!
road clean up
October 24th, 2020
Our sisters took part in a road cleanup to keep our town of Tallahassee beautiful! Although we may be busy with other projects, we are never too busy to give back to our community in any way we can. Making sure to follow safety guidelines, our sisters cleaned as much trash as possible from a local road through Keep Tallahassee Beautiful (KTB)!
Boobiful Bookmarks w/ lta
October 20th, 2020
Look at all those beautiful faces!
Our sisters joined together with the lovely ladies of the Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Incorporated for a virtual service event! This night was full of laughter and creating the most ‘boobiful’ bookmarks together to donate to the cancer patients at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare. It was a great way to do a service to our community all while having fun doing it!
Fight with pink: bca game night w/ heal
October 13th, 2020
For our 2nd event of BCA month, our sisters co-hosted an informative game night with one of the student organizations on our campus, Health Educated Asian Leaders (HEAL). This event featured a lovely guest speaker Janet Nguyen, MS, R.T., who gave us a presentation on breast cancer and ways to look out for it.
Afterwards, we tested everyone on their BCA knowledge with a super fun Kahoot! Thank you to our guest speaker and to everyone who came out to this event!
pink yoga
October 6th, 2020
Get your PINK on! To start off Breast Cancer Awareness month this year, our amazing VPS #127 Trinity Nguyen and our BCA committee planned out weekly events to help raise awareness towards breast cancer!
After giving an informative presentation on breast cancer given by our VPS and sister #122 Zoe Damann, everyone joined together to do some relaxing yoga moves.
shoreline clean up
September 19th, 2020
To kickstart the Fall semester, our sisters gathered together at a local park to pick up trash with Keep Tallahassee Beautiful (KTB)! Donning our masks, we gave back to our wonderful Tallahassee community by clearing out the majority of the trash. Our goal is to keep the planet green and staying safe while doing so! #MasksOn!
North florida veg fest
February 29th, 2020
On this bright and sunny Saturday afternoon, a few of our sisters, #110 Sean Tordecillas, #115 Sage Kim and #119 Sally Zhu, volunteered at the annual North Florida Veg Fest. As volunteers, they helped local businesses and vendors by monitoring their tables, handing out samples, and teaching attendees the proper ways to recycle their trash. They even walked away with swag bags full of plant-based snacks and a book of recipes!
Founder’s week: Service event
February 5th, 2020
In celebration of our Founder’s Week this February, our chapter hosted a clothing drive in honor of our pillar of service. We asked for donations of gently used clothing items, and we are happy to report that the participation and support from the FSU community were phenomenal- thank you to everyone! The clothes collected were donated to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Big Bend Tallahassee Foundation. The local chapter of an organization whose purpose is to help children realize their potential and build their futures.
akdphi Road Cleanup
December 8th, 2019
That’s a wrap for our semester! As a part of our service pillar, we work hard to maintain the road we adopted here in Tallahassee. At least once per semester, we gather our garbage bags and gloves and host a morning road clean-up. It’s our duty to keep the planet clean & green!
Giving tuesday donation drive: Refuge house
December 3rd, 2019
In honor of Giving Tuesday, FSU aKDPhi held a donation drive on campus, from which we collected cleaning supplies, cosmetics, and household goods to donate. Sister #116 Annie Le delivered the items to Refuge House in Tallahassee, a domestic violence service providing help to victims of domestic violence and their families. Thank you to everybody for your kind donations to this cause!
greeks go pink showcase
October 27th, 2019
As our final and largest event of the month in support of our philanthropy of Breast Cancer Awareness, the sisters of aKDPhi at FSU hosted a stroll, dance, and talent competition with BCA as our theme with all proceeds from the event being donated towards breast cancer research. (read more about our BCA philanthropy here.) This event had an amazing turnout of Greek organizations performing, as well as talented groups and individuals from various student organizations. To tie a fun-filled and meaningful philanthropic event together, we had a celebratory cake and some pizzas to aid in our fundraising efforts. Thank you to everybody who supported us this BCA month!
Fall Fest
October 24th, 2019
It’s Halloween season, so let’s get our spooky on! 👻
JK! No tricks were played when our sisters spent the evening volunteering at the annual Fall Festival hosted by FSU’s Child Development Center. These ladies had a blast, complete with cute kiddos, fun games and yummy cotton candy! 😋🍭🎃
Breast cancer awareness fundraisers 2019
October 2019
This month is all about our philanthropy. In an effort to donate as much money as possible towards breast cancer research, we organized several fundraisers throughout October, including a BCA stickers fundraiser, a paracord bracelet fundraiser, and a pink ribbon fundraiser. These fundraisers, along with our events, paved the way for us to not only go above and beyond our fundraising goal but to spread awareness of breast cancer and ways people penitentiary help.
Relay for life 2019
April 5th, 2019
Relay for Life is a community-based fundraising event created by the American Cancer Society in which organizations referred to as '“teams” set up tents offering food and activities in exchange for donations. The event is complete with live music and a lighting of Luminaria to remember those lost, celebrate those who survived, and show those affected by cancer that we are the light in the darkness.
Our sisters take part by selling hot and yummy homemade mac-n-cheese (with optional bacon)! 🧀