Thet Delta Chi’s
Founders’ Days of Giving 2024
Theta Delt Forever
Invest In The Future
Founders Day of Giving is the Theta Delta Chi Educational Foundation’s biggest fundraising event of the year and the perfect way to celebrate Founders’ Day. Please join us for a friendly Charge competition as we raise money to help fund scholarships and programming for our members and students at our host institutions. Click join a Charge team to help fundraise, or Donate to make a donation. We track participation across all Charges, and every participant gets a sticker featuring this year’s FDG logo, designed by Jake Bujnowski, Sigma Deuteron ’16!
This year, we reflect on the 177 years since our six Founders came together at Union’s West College Hall to forge a new adventure. Since the beginning of our Fraternity, Theta Delts have made an impact.
Cameron Mann, Xi 1870, is one such person. Lewis Halsey, Xi 1868, inscribed the song A Theta Delt Forever to Mann on November 10, 1886. Cameron was the third bishop of North Dakota and the first bishop of South Florida in the Episcopal Church. The third verse of the song about him reads:
Our faith is pledged forever,
Nor time nor change can sever,
The true and noble hearted,
Still one in soul though parted.
As the title suggests, we are Theta Delts forever. Regardless of our paths, opinions, beliefs, or what Charge we are a part of, we are interconnected. At some point, we took the oaths to continue to participate in the social experiment, but we must remember it’s not for four years–it’s for eternity.
Reflect back on the day you were initiated. Recall the emotions–the joy. Let’s invest in the bonds created that night (or day), for the future Brothers to enter our ranks with similar feelings. Every October, we celebrate Founders’ Day by renewing our Social Joys in Union and asking members to do their part to ensure the experiment continues for years to come.
Fundraising is a key component to Founders’ Day(s) of Giving. Your donations help the Educational Foundation provide vital grants, scholarships, and leadership training to students at our host institutions. We are asking all Charges with living Alumni to participate and we will be tracking donation totals on the Charge level. More about that shortly!
Join us on Social Media throughout the month, especially on October 31, 2024, to see posts about Theta Delts from our Fraternity Archives. Be present for live readings of the Preamble with the Grand Lodge and the Educational Foundation, and stick around to ask us how we are INVESTING IN THE FUTURE of Theta Delta Chi.
For those who want to go beyond simply donating or joining us for a live virtual event, you can help us spread the word to your Charge brothers. You can become a fundraiser for your Charge Team and ensure your Charge is present on the leaderboards! Read on for ideas on how to share with your networks in the spirit of Founders’ Day: intellectually, morally, and socially.
We will have prizes for:
- The highest number of donations and the highest amount of money raised for ACTIVE Charges. Each Charge will receive:
- Up to $600 towards ritual equipment, Chapter Builder or other educational pursuits.
- The highest number of donations and the highest amount of money raised for DORMANT Charges.
- An in-person alumni event or online experience
- Top 3 individual fundraisers
- Theta Delta Chi Branded Swag
Also…The Charge who raises the most gets their name on the NEW FDG Cup.
Every donor will receive our special Founders Day of Giving Sticker
Anyone who makes a single donation of 1,847 or more can also receive a beautiful Founders Day hooded sweatshirt.
Your Donations Help Fund Scholarships
In the 2024 calendar year, the Educational Foundation has awarded over $42,000 in Scholarships and $28,000 in Grants. Our students are grateful for your support.
Nicholas
“This scholarship will provide me with the needed financial breathing room. It will also allow me to focus more on my academic success and professional growth, particularly as I explore unpaid opportunities to shadow professionals in my desired field.“
Spencer
“For me, it enables me to be able to continue my leadership endeavors and not have to take on additional work outside of summer internships. This has led me to run a very successful IFC exec here at UW and be able to provide positive outcomes for both our fraternity and all other chapters here on campus. “
Abdi
“Thanks to your kindness and generosity, I have been able to access valuable resources, educational materials, and opportunities that have enhanced my learning experience. This support has allowed me to focus more on my studies and extracurricular activities, enabling me to make the most of my time at The University of North Carolina Greensboro. As first-generation Latino college student it is a tough journey and path with many roadblocks along the way, I am forever grateful for this opportunity and hope for one day do the same for others.”
Charlie
“This will allow me to focus more on my rigorous academic work instead of picking up extra shifts throughout the semester to pay my dues on time. I just recently declared for a second major and am now a Neurobiology and Psychology double
major. With my degree, I hope to attend medical school following my graduation from UW Madison, in order to become a doctor sometime in the future.”
Jeremy
“The funds from the Davenport Scholarship will allow me to better focus on my educational goals in numerous ways, specifically in how they will allow me to have more time and resources to allocate towards my architectural studio projects.”
Braden
“This scholarship will help to provide great financial relief and allow me to produce quality work to pursue graduate school. My freshmen year I worked 30+ hours a week and during my sophomore ye,ar I worked 20+ hours a week to pay for my schooling. With this scholarship, I will be free to work fewer hours produce high-quality schoolwork, and endeavor to improve Theta Delta Chi, specifically the Upsilon Deuteron Charge.”
Lucas
“This scholarship has given me the ability to continue pushing forward as without it, I was considering not getting my MBA. After finishing up at Iowa State, I plan on pursuing a career in Technical Sales and seeing where life takes me from there. I am too young to say I have it all figured out and that is okay!”
Simon
“Since I have been in college my first 4 semesters were paid for but now my college fund is depleted and I have needed to take out loans. This scholarship will help with a portion of my semester this year.”
Ethan
“By having this scholarship, I won’t need to worry as much during the school year about how classes and the fraternity are going to get paid and can focus on the books and running the fraternity.”
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