Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Keepin' Klassy Keepin' Busy


Every year in the fall, Kappa holds their annual Kappa Klassic golf tournament. This tournament is broken into two parts, the fraternity (and other organizations) Klassic as well as the Klassic for our dads on dads weekend. Throughout the two weeks, donations are gathered for our beneficiaries (Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center, Reading Is Fundamental, and Kappa Foundation). This past week was our fraternity Klassic with all of the events geared towards Greek life and the fraternities participating.

The week before of the Fraternity Kappa Klassic benefitting Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center, the ladies of Kappa were all aflutter with activity.  The week started off with King Candidate interviews on Tuesday, September 17th. Every house or organization sent an impeccably well-dressed representative to charm the Kappas with their witty words. Congratulations to Bryan of Theta Chi, our 2013 King Candidate winner.

                Wednesday, September 18th started off two nights of serenades. The fraternity men journeyed to Kappa’s front lawn to serenade the women of Kappa and to compete against one another for points. Kappa ladies were wooed with cute songs, humorous dances and masterful skits. The boys obviously went all out to put on a show and be as entertaining as they could. It was great fun for all.

                Thursday, September 19th was a night full of canning, Kappas and the houses participating in the Klassic teamed up to walk around downtown and collect donations for Cedar Creek (our local beneficiary). The Kappas and the boys were outgoing and friendly causing them to have great success. This activity continued into the next night.

                The actual golf tournament for the fraternities and organizations was Saturday the 21st  and Sunday the 22nd. The tournament was a full 18 holes with teams of four. The participating golfers had the lovely Kappa ladies as caddies.  The top ranking team finished 17 under par.

                Overall, it was a successful week for Kappa and our fraternity portion of our philanthropy. Thank you to everyone who donated and thanks also to anyone who participated! The Kappas couldn’t wait to have the second half of the Klassic with their dads the following weekend.

Dads weekend was just as successful as the weekend before it. The girls and their families took buses to Midway the night of Friday, September 27th   to have an awesome bonfire. Many Kappas had their whole families there. The whole night there was a dj playing an excellent soundtrack to the evening, about halfway through the night he created a father daughter dance which was fun for all the girls and their fathers.  The weekend concluded with football and golf. Kappa had its own tailgate while many girls still choose to tailgate with their families. Overall, it was a great weekend for the Kappas to reconnect with their families.

With these two weekends the Kappas ended up raising $44,500 for their philanthropies. This almost $10,000 than last year’s $35,000 and the most Kappa has ever raised. The Kappas hope to continue to increase the amount every year.






 
 

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