Delta Phi Chapter Service Events

• Southside Community Center Donations: The Delta Phi chapter gathered clothes, cans, and hygienic products to give to the Southside Community Center. While the chapter gathered a good amount of things to donate,not enough members actually participated for it to be considered successful.

• Animal Shelter- Rabies Clinic: The San Marcos Animal Shelter holds a day where discounted rabies shots are given, along with a chance to have your animal certified. The Delta Phi Chapter got together and helped the shelter set up, sign-up, and take down the event in the end.

• Habitat for Humanity: The Delta Phi Chapter got together and helped out with Habitat for Humanity. The Chapter picked up trash around the site, cut poles to create a fence, and helped fence off trees. They also finished caulking the siding on the house.

• Adopt-A-Spot: In the fall the Delta Phi Chapter adpoted the spot along the highway by the San Marcos Activity Center and Library. The brothers go there and pick up trash and recycle-ables to keep San Marcos Green.

• Sights and Sounds: San Marcos' annual Christmas festival is called Sights and Sounds. The members of the Delta Phi Chapter helped out with the concession stand and helped serve hot chocolate, apple cider, and other beverages. They also passed out information pamphlets to entering guest, and bracelets for children in case they became lost.

• City of San Marcos Christmas Party: The members of the Delta Phi Chapter volunteered to help with a dance in San Marcos which led to the City of San Marcos asking them to come back and help with a party for the employees and their families. Brothers ran a crafts station, a letters to Santa station, and they helped with a puppet show. When it was all over Brother's helped clean up.

• Relay for Life

First time: Spring 2005 The Brothers of the Delta Phi Chapter got together and raised money for Relay for Life. The members then stayed up all night and took turns walking the tracks.

• Bobcat Build: This year at Bobcat Build the Delta Phi Brothers were so numerous the group was separated into two groups. Half the members went off and helped paint a house, while the other half went off and helped weed and clean a field for a church.

• Slice of Pie, for School Supplies: To help help our National Philanthropy Teach for America the Delta Phi Chapter hosted a school supply drive. Members brought either cash or school supplies in exchange for pizza slices.

• Tailgate Trick-or-Treat: At a Texas State Football Game the Brothers of the Delta Phi Chapter went dressed up in Halloween costumes and Trick-or-Treating for cans to donate to Cans for a Cure.

• Thanksgiving Day Food Drive: Delta Phi Brothers gathered food to donate for the San Marcos Southside Community Center.

• Blue Santa Shopping Trip: The Delta Phi members helped with the San Marcos Police Department's Blue Santa project. The Brothers bought toys and donated them to underprivileged families at Christmas Time.

• Info Week: Brothers of the Delta Phi Chapter got together and informed people of the national Philanthropy Teach for America.

• Backpack Drive: The Delta Phi Chapter got together and donated backpacks for Teach for America.

• Operation Christmas Child: People donated to the Operatoin Christmas Child program, where gifts are donated to children in need. The Brothers got together and donated gifts for families.

• Farmer Fred's Fall Carnival

First Time: Fall 2005 A San Marcos Community Festival where Delta Phi Members helped in the carnival geared to keep children off the streets and safe during Halloween. The Brother's helped man three booths and three different Carnival games.

• Bone Marrow Drive: Brother's of the Delta Phi Chapter were encouraged to donate bone marrow on campus.

• Hays/Caldwell Country Women's Shelter Food Drive:

• Children of Roxanne's House:

• UNICEF Trick or Treat:

• Book Drive for Soldiers:

• Garage Sale

• Food Drive for San Marcos Food Bank

• General Mills Food Tops Collection

• Yoplait Lids Collection