Crescent House Campaign: Join us in building a new home for Delta-Delta.
On April 18, the brothers and their dates headed to the great Lani Kai Resort in Ft. Myers Beach, Florida, for a two day get-away. The weekend started with live music the first night. The brothers spent the next day on the beach with a formal dinner and awards banquet following that night. Thanks to graduating brothers David Khosrowradeh and Troy Hollis Newberg for making this event a success.
Delta Delta succesfully hosted its first Parents Weekend in the new house during the second week in April. A 250 person banquet dinner was held Friday evening and on Saturday everyone attended the annual Orange and Blue game. Special thanks to chair David Jones for putting the weekend together.
The 2nd Annual Crescent Cup was this year’s philanthropic event put on by the brothers of Delta Delta. It was a small sided soccer tournament with all 16 UF sororities competing to be crowned champion. They were asked not only to play in the tournament, but create banners, participate in penny voting, and purchase t-shirts to support the event. For the second year in a row, the overall cup was won by the ladies of Alpha Delta Pi. This year the chapter met the goal of over 2000 dollars raised to benefit the March of Dimes. Director Benjamin Boyd would like to thank Walt Traxler, Einstein’s Notes, Meadowbrook Golf, and American Campus Communities for their sponsorship this year.
The brothers of Delta Delta were crowned the Dance Marathon “Miracle Cup” winners for the 6th time in the last 7 years. On April 5th and 6th, 17 brothers “danced” with 25 ladies of Kappa Delta, their paired sorority, for 26.2 hours, the length of an actual marathon. We raised over $20,000 ourselves and with Kappa Delta we raised over $59,000, the most of any pair ever. This year’s Dance Marathon raised over $427,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network. Many brothers were involved in this event, including the Overall Chair, Jordan Bell. Kappa Sigma remains heavily active in Dance Marathon.
The “Welcome Home” alumni banquet was a huge success. On March 29th, Delta Delta alumni gathered from across the country to celebrate our new home. Alumni dating back to the forties shared house experiences from their days at UF and even offered some advice on how to make our new house a home. Executive Director of Kappa Sigma Mic Wilson and District Grand Master Paul Gamble attended the banquet and offered their congratulations and thanks to the brothers of Delta Delta for exemplifying the characteristics of the Star and Crescent. Delta Delta brothers Ralph Stevens and Marshall Stevens were recognized for their vision and commitment to providing Delta Delta with a place to call home. The brothers and alumni recited the Star and Crescent together for the first time in the new house…it was a moment to remember. The brothers of Delta Delta cannot wait to see the alumni in the fall for football BBQ’s.
Congratulate the following 19 Brothers of the Xi Pledge Class on their initiation into the Delta-Delta Chapter of Kappa Sigma: Blake Oliver, Brandon Lewis, David Gardner, Eric Bracy, John Oakvik, Josh Warpenburg, Matt Wells, Mike Cocchiola, Mike Mazzarella, Patrick Spook, Peter Boulos, Price Hartenstine, Ross Beardsley, Sam Stark, Stephen Henry, Taylor Byrd, Travus White, Wes Crockett, and Zach Stone. Here is a picture of all involved in the Spring 2008 initiation ceremony.
First join me in congratulating Brothers Ryan Merkel and Seth Mollitt on receiving the Outstanding Leadership Award. This is a very high honor; only nine UF senior were given the award this year, and we were the only Greek organization to have two of their members selected. Here’s the link to the article in the Alligator.
http://www.alligator.org
Our 3rd edition of “Delta-Delta Dateline” was just mailed to all parents and alumni. A PDF of the newsletter is linked below for your reading pleasure. If you’re an alumnus and don’t receive a copy of the newsletter within the next week, please update your contact information.
The Brothers of the Delta-Delta Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity are proud to announce Parents Weekend 2008. Parents are cordially invited to spend the weekend of April 11-12 with your son(s) in our brand new home in Gainesville.
Events will commence Friday evening at 7 PM with a chance for parents to meet one another and tour the house before sitting down for dinner and a presentation about the fraternity. Continuing Saturday morning, we will host a pre-game barbeque before heading to the Swamp to watch our very own Florida Football team in the annual Spring Orange and Blue game. After the game, come back to the house, relax and enjoy the rest of your day in Gainesville.
REGISTER HERE for the event.
For more information or questions, please contact Brother David Jones at djones87@ufl.edu.
Great job guys! We got:
Props to Geoff Landau for being our Greek Week delegate, Jon Apolinario and Esten Hartman for doing the Case Study, everyone who participated in Greek Service day, and our pledges for their first place finish - by a landslide - in the Field Day event.
