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updated December 23, 2009
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Pi Kappa Alpha Gets Alternative Spring Break Grant to
Help Mercy Response
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Members of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity
chapter will be trading their swimsuits for hammers and shovels to assist
hurricane recovery efforts near Galveston, Texas, and New Orleans in
February, March and April through an alternative spring break program
supported by Liberty Mutual insurance company.
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Helping Those In Need: Members of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity have spent the past two spring breaks helping the Mercy Response organization assist with hurricane recovery efforts near Galveston, Texas, and New Orleans. Two more trips are planned to help the region in 2010. |
Pi Kappa Alpha is among 10 collegiate student programs supported through
Liberty Mutual's Responsible Scholars - Alternative Spring Break Grant. Each
$2,500 grant will help cover costs for approximately 35 students to travel
to help Mercy Response, an American natural disaster relief organization,
two times this spring. Students will lend assistance to recovery efforts
involving home demolition, and replacing drywall and flooring in homes
damaged by Hurricane Ike, which hit the Galveston area, or Hurricane
Katrina, which devastated areas near New Orleans.
Sean Cody, a senior chemical engineering major from Sheridan, Ind., will
lead Pi Kappa Alpha volunteer work crews in visiting the areas between the
winter and spring academic quarters, a period lasting from February 26 to
March 7, and Rose-Hulman's spring break period, from April 3-11.
Pi Kappa Alpha members have assisted Mercy Response officials in Galveston
and New Orleans during spring breaks the past two years.
Liberty Mutual's Responsible Scholars-Alternative Spring Break Grants
support student organizations to help rebuild and strengthen communities
across the globe. Five organizations involving 15 or more students were
awarded $2,500 grants (like Pi Kappa Alpha), while five smaller groups
received $1,000 grants.
Rose-Hulman's Pi Kappa Alpha chapter has received the Robert Adger Smythe
Award, presented to the top five percent of chapters nationwide, for overall
excellence. The chapter also received national 2009 awards for chapter
finance, academic performance, recruitment, risk assessment, hosting a
spring work day and organizational rituals. Pi Kappa Alpha’s vision is to
“set the standard of integrity, intellect, and achievement for our members,
host institutions, and the communities in which we live.” Find out more
about the chapter at
http://www.pi-kappa-alpha.net.
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