Sigma Chi Lambda Theta Derby Days

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SIGMA CHI LAMBDA THETA'S ANNUAL DERBY DAYS

We, the brothers of Sigma Chi - Lambda Theta chapter, are holding our annual Derby Days Event this month. For those of you who don't know, Derby Days is an annual event held by the brothers of Sigma Chi with the mission to exemplify our values by enhancing our community through engagement in cooperative, goodwill events; service activities; and fundraising for charity. Sigma Chi Derby Days events are held to assist several charitable causes, some allocating a percentage of the proceeds to a local philanthropy.

This week-long event includes various day and night activities that encompass the ideas and organization skills of many bright people who all share the same goal. This event is held with the collaboration of multiple talented sororities to raise money for charities. Kindly find additional detailed information regarding Derby Days below:

CHARITIES INVOLVED & PROCEEDS SPLIT:

Huntsman Cancer Foundation (50%)
Ottawa Sexual Assault Support Centre (25%)
Charity designated by the winning sorority (25%)

SORORITIES INVOLVED:

Tau Sigma Phi
Kappa Theta
Delta Delta Delta
Kappa Beta Gamma
Alpha Phi
Zeta Theta Xi
Xi Delta Theta

HOW TO DONATE:

You can donate by clicking the "Donate Now" button on this page. Make sure your first and last name is included in the donation as well as the sorority to which you were referred from (this could be included in the last name box) :)
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HISTORY:

Sigma Chi's Derby Days tradition started in 1933 at the Alpha Beta chapter of the University of California-Berkeley as a series of humorous skits. In 1935, the Beta Sigma chapter at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville organized an all-day track and field competition between the pledge classes of sororities, which inspired the Sigma Chi Derby that is known today. During the 1960s, the event took on a philanthropic approach, and many chapters began using the derby as a fundraising event for the Cleo Wallace Center, Sigma Chi's Fraternity-wide service project. Later, the Children’s Miracle Network became Sigma Chi's suggested beneficiary of the event, and in 2012, the Huntsman Cancer Foundation became the preferred philanthropic partner of Sigma Chi, founded by Significant Sig and Order of Constantine Sig Jon Huntsman Sr.

ABOUT HCF:

The mission of the Huntsman Cancer Foundation is to find the causes of cancer, develop new and better treatments, and prevent people from ever developing cancer. Through our undergraduate and alumni chapters, Sigma Chi is excited to be supporting HCF as it strives forward toward this ambitious goal.

To date, Sigma Chi has donated $6.3 million to fulfill a promise to become the Generation to End Cancer®. In 2015, Sigma Chi pledged to donate $10 million to the Huntsman Cancer Foundation within seven years. In recognition of that pledge, the Huntsman Cancer Institute named its sixth floor for the Sigma Chi International Fraternity. In 2017, the Fraternity increased its pledge by $1 million to $11M with the creation of the Sigma Chi Friendship Garden in the new Primary Children’s and Families’ Cancer Research Center.