Chapter Philanthropy and Service
Zeta Tau Alpha's national philanthropy is Breast Cancer Education and Awareness. As a chapter, we take pride in supporting this philanthropy and aim to have one major philanthropy event each semester!
In the Fall we celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness month, during October, by hosting a "Think Pink Week" and our annual 5K Color Run. During our Think Pink Week, we host a smaller philanthropy event each day of the week and it ends on Saturday with our color run! In the Spring semester, we host another Think Pink Week that leads up to our Spring philanthropy event! We also support our philanthropy throughout the rest of the semester by hosting informational Think Pink tables in the University Center (UC) or Interdisciplinary Resource Center (IRC) on campus where we educate students, accept donations, and pass out pink ribbons.
Our annual 5K Color Run is held at Northend Park each October and is open to any student, family member, or community member who buys a ticket. The ticket price pays for a 5K T-shirt, color packets, and the donation toward our philanthropy! Participants are encouraged to take the trail at their own pace!
Think Pink Week is different each semester but has consisted of some of the following events in the past: penny wars between the Greek organizations or academic colleges, sucker pulls, "Pie a Zeta", "Coffee for a Cure", restaurant fundraisers, "Cookies for a Cure", and many others. Our sisters have even cohosted a "Pink Out" Ferris hockey game where we held a Think Pink Table and invited a breast cancer survivor to speak at the puck drop!
Every semester we do a Big Philanthropy Event to raise money and be involved in our philanthropy. In the Spring semester, we do different events to raise money such as Spring 2024's "Dodge for a Cure"
Outside our supporting our National Philanthropy, our sisters also participate in service events and donate to causes on and off campus. ZTA always participates in The Big Event to help clean up the Big Rapids community and regularly participates in can drives for Project Starburst, donates to Wise, Kid's Food Basket, and Toys for Tots, and supports other organizational fundraisers on campus!