OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE EFFORTS University of Washington Zeta Tau Alpha, Psi Chapter
Community Service Chairwoman: Kendall Watanabe
Chapter Service Events
Date
Program Title/ Description
# Of Members
That Participated
# Hours for
the Program
Total # of Service
Hours for the Program
EC/PC Officer
Position Involved
1/20/15 Cookie Decorating and Donation: Psi chapter teamed up with the Alpha Xi Delta Chapter at UW for a combined exchange/community service cookie decorating event. Our chapter was able to build upon our greek relations while benefitting a good cause. All the cookies that were made were donated to the University Food Bank.
50 people 2 hours 100 total hours
Service Chair, Social Chair
1/27/15 ZTA Psi Chapter Ice Cream Feed Fundraiser: Our chapter hosted an Ice Cream social philanthropy event with all proceeds benefitting Breast Cancer Education and Awareness. At $5 per person entry fee, our chapter was able to raise a large sum of money benefitting our philanthropy.
100 people 5 hours 500 total hours
Service Chair, Philanthropy Chair, Social Chair
2/3/15 Food Lifeline Volunteering: UW ZTA helped by sorting through 15,360 lbs of oranges to help combat hunger in the local community. By assisting with Food Lifeline, our members were able to redirect local goods to those who desperately need it to provide over 88,000 meals a day to local food assistance programs
9 people 5 hours 45 total hours
Service Chair
2/10/15 Welcoming Phi Mu Sorority to the University of Washington: ZTA Psi chapter attended and helped welcome the founding chapter of Phi Mu at the University of Washington. Our members encouraged positive community relations and encouraged the notion of sisterhood throughout the Greek Community, helping to unify our house with other chapters.
14 people 2 hours 28 total hours
Service Chair, Social Chair
2/14/15 Tie Blanket and Valentine’s Day card 30 people 2 hours 60 total Service Chair,
making for Children’s Hospital: Psi members teamed up with the gentlemen from the Phi Delta Theta, Washington Alpha chapter to assemble an assortment of fleece tie-blankets and Valentine’s Day cards benefitting Children’s Hospital. With over 8 tie blankets and 60 cards made, we were able to make the children at the hospital feel cared for and loved.
hours Social Chair
4/2/15 ZTA Fundraiser Feed to benefit Cancer Research: Psi Chapter held a rootbeer float and Dick’s burger feed benefitting our Miss Greek candidate, Natalie Korssjoen in her efforts to raise money benefiting Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research. At $5 per person entry fee, our house was able to raise a large amount of money, which was donated for cancer research.
100 people 4 hours 400 total hours
Service Chair, Philanthropy Chair, Social Chair
5/24/15 Friendship Bracelet Making for Children’s Hospital: ZTA Psi Chapter organized a community service/sisterhood exchange along with UW Kappa Alpha Theta and UW Delta Zeta. Taking place at Gasworks Park, the three chapters worked together to make friendship bracelets and cards to donate to the Seattle Children’s Hospital.
11 people 2 hours 22 total hours
Service Chair, Social Chair
6/2/15 ZTA Philanthropy Auction: Psi Chapter held our 3rd annual auction on June 2nd at Greenlake Park in Seattle, WA. Members of our house worked long hours and donated their own money assembling baskets of goods that would be auctioned off. We were able to raise several thousand dollars for this event, which went towards benefitting our own Philanthropy.
70 people 10 hours 700 total hours
Service Chair, Philanthropy Chair
10/5/15 Think Pink! Seahawks Football Game:
In conjunction with our Chapter’s
National Philanthropy, the women
from Psi Chapter attended a UW
Seahawks Football game and passed
out pink ribbons to promote Breast
Cancer Education and Awareness as
well as reach out to members of our
46 people 5 hours 230 total hours
Service Chair, Think Pink Chair, Philanthropy Chair
own community regarding our
philanthropy.
10/10/15 “Making Strides Against Breast
Cancer”: Psi Chapter members teamed
up with “Making Strides Against
Breast Cancer” - an event unifying the
community to finish the fight against
breast cancer by walking and raising
funds to enable the American Cancer
Society to continue with their
extensive research. Our chapter
helped out at the event by passing out
ribbons and volunteering at the event
to help promote breast cancer
education and awareness as well as
volunteer at the survivors tent.
32 people 4 hours 128 total hours
Service Chair, Think Pink Chair, Philanthropy Chair
10/16/15 UW Volleyball Pink Out Game: The
women from Psi Chapter attended a
UW Women’s Volleyball game and
passed out pink ribbons to promote
Breast Cancer Education and
Awareness as well as reach out to
members of our own community
regarding our philanthropy. We set up
a table at the event with brochures
and other informational pamphlets to
educate our community.
16 people 3 hours 48 total hours
Service Chair, Think Pink Chair, Philanthropy Chair
10/17/15 Think Pink! UW Football: UW Zeta
Tau Alpha assisted at a UW football
game by running an informational
booth promoting our philanthropy
and providing information, pamphlets
and brochures regarding Breast
Cancer Education and Awareness
6 people 2 hours 12 total hours
Service Chair, Think Pink Chair, Philanthropy Chair
10/21/15 Think Pink! Thunderbirds Hockey
Pink Out Game: Psi Chapter reached
out to the Seattle Thunderbirds
hockey team in an attempt to “pink
the rink.” Members passed out pink
ribbons and promoted breast cancer
education and awareness during the
event.
3 people 4 hours 12 total hours
Service Chair, Think Pink Chair, Philanthropy Chair
10/25/15 Think Pink! UW Women’s Soccer:
Members from Psi Chapter were given
the opportunity to pass out pink
ribbons as well as set-up a booth
promoting breast cancer education
and awareness during the UW
Women’s soccer match. In doing so,
we were able to reach out to the local
community about our philanthropy
and the significance of understanding
our health.
10 people 3 hours 30 total hours
Service Chair, Think Pink Chair, Philanthropy Chair
10/25/15 Think Pink: Sounders: Psi Chapter
attended a Seattle Sounders soccer
match to hand out pink ribbons and
promote breast cancer education and
awareness.
31 people 4 hours 124 total hours
Service Chair, Think Pink Chair, Philanthropy Chair
11/1/15 Saving Teens 5K: 16 members of Psi
Chapter volunteered at the Saving
Teens 5K at Greenlake Park in Seattle.
This proceeds from the race
benefitted families of troubled teens
who suffer from an array of illnesses,
from addiction, personal abuse, etc.
Our members were able to cheer on
runners, pass out water, and serve as
positive role models in our
community by talking to families of
troubled teens and encouraging the
families.
16 people 4 hours 64 total hours
Service Chair
11/22/15 Card making for Children’s hospital:
Psi chapter made Thanksgiving cards
to the wonderful children at
Children’s Hospital in Seattle to
spread joy and happiness during the
holiday season.
23 people 1 hour 23 total hours
Service Chair, Sisterhood Chair
Weekly Bryant Elementary School: Psi
Members volunteered at a local
elementary school as either a
classroom aid, helping the teacher
with whatever activity they’re
working on in class, or in the
homework center helping children
who are struggling on certain
subjects.
20 people 40 hours 800 total hours
Service Chair
10/31/15 Order of Omega Clothing Drive: Each
member of Psi Chapter was tasked
with donating one gently used article
of clothing to be donated to a local
homeless shelter.
115 people 1 hour 115 total hours
Service Chair
5/16/15 Seattle Mariner’s Pink Out Game –
Members passed out pink ribbons,
interacted with Mariners fans, and
spread awareness of breast cancer
throughout the day and during the
game. Psi is fortunate to have a
continuing relationship with the
Mariners baseball team so that this
event is an annual favorite.
20 people 4 hours 80 total hours
Service Chair
5/12/15 Seattle Food Bank – Twelve Zetas
volunteered at the University District
Food Bank where they weekly helped
pass out food, visited with guests, and
contributed to the survival
12 people 8 hours 96 total hours
Service Chair
Event Photos
10/16/15: UW Volleyball Pink Out Game 10/5/15: Seattle Seahawks Breast Cancer
Education and Awareness
1/20/15: Cookie Decorating and Donation with UW
Alpha Xi Delta 2/10/15: Welcoming Phi Mu Sorority to the UW Campus
1/27/15: UW ZTA Ice Cream Fundraiser Feed 2/3/15: Food Lifeline Volunteering Sorting
Oranges
2/14/15: Tie Blanket and Card Making for Children’s
Hospital 6/2/15: ZTA 3rd Annual Auction benefitting our
Philanthropy
11/1/15: Saving Teens 5K Volunteering 10/10/15: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
Individual Hours
Name Winter 2015
Spring 2015
Autumn 2015
Service Description
Member 1 3
Member 2
Member 3 4 Barista for Cornwall Church in Bellingham Member 4 26 Pike Place Market Food Access Program Member 5 X X 6 Young Executives of Color (YEOC) through UW
Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital Member 6 8 Finance chair for non-profit Freedom Project Member 7 8 6 4 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event Member 8 20 Planned Parenthood Votes for the Pacific Northwest
Member 9 12 15 Translator at Seattle Children’s Hospital in Endocrine dept. Research assistant for a diabetes clinic Eastside Church babysitting Handing food and blankets to the homeless Woodinville retirement center assistant
Member 10 X X 10 UW Medical Center escort volunteer
Member 11 4 Bellevue elementary school academic tutor and mentor Member 12 4 Houston Humane Society Member 13 8 4 Volunteer at a Las Vegas high school Member 14 X X 1 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
Member 15 X X 5 UW Graduate school event assistant for the elderly Member 16
Member 17 6 Art curation volunteer at UW’s Meany Hall Member 18 X X 5 YWCA Willow volunteer for struggling women and children
Member 19 X X 5 Coins for Kids raising money for physical education in Seattle Member 20
Member 21 4
Member 22 5 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
Member 23 72 Global Health Brigades through the UW Member 24 4 Wenatchee food bank setting up tables and passing out food
Member 25 4 5 Fashion Solctice Fashion Show fundraiser for kids in undeveloped countries
Member 26 5 Lacrosse clinic volunteer Member 27 10 4 Circle of Friends Mental Health art teacher for low-income
individuals Member 28 6 US EPA outreach ocean acidification Member 29 4 Issaquah Food Bank Member 30 X X 4 Bethany Presbyterian Church serving food for the low-income
community Member 31 X X 4 Entiat Elementary school volunteer setting up classrooms Member 32 5 Children/babies volunteer at Bellevue YMCA
Member 33 X X 4 St. Stephen the Martyr Church volunteer doing yard work Member 34 X X 4 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event Member 35 10 12 100 King County Sexual Assault Resource Center court watch
program Member 36 5 4 4 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
Member 37 170 Overnight supervisor at ROOTS homeless shelter Member 38 X X 4 Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH food bank Member 39 X X 4 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
Spokane Humane Society – Dog Walker St. Luke’s Rehabilitation center
Member 40 X X 4 Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church youth group Packing boxes for homeless at WCPC
Member 41 4 4 Planting trees with UW Pre-Pharmacy Club Member 42 5 4 4 Deaconness Hospital in Spokane Member 43 X X 6 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
Setting up for NARAL Auction Member 44 4
Member 45 5 4 4 Roots Homeless Center Member 46 5 Making Jared Boxes for the Jared Box Project
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s annual fundraiser Member 47 X X 4 Thurston County Food Bank Member 48
Member 49
Member 50 X X
Member 51 X X 4 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital Dance Studio “Giving from the Heart” event
Member 52 5 5 4 Filling purses for a church drive for homeless women Member 53 X X 4 Helping kids at an after school program at Seattle Chinese
Alliance Church Member 54 X X 4 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
Board of Education committee for Museum of Flight – Marketing and higher education guidance
Member 55 10 10 4 Sammamish Children’s Therapy helping with accounting Member 56 4 Mercer Island 5K Volunteer Member 57 9 10 4 Tutoring at Eckstein Middle school for English and Science
Member 58 15 Sustainability Teacher at Seattle Elementary schools with EPA/Department of State
Member 59 4 Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center
Member 60 X X 4 Serving food for Men’s homeless shelter at Catholic Community Services in Federal Way, WA
Member 61 4 24 Meridian Park Elementary School volunteer Member 62 X X 5 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
Middle school volleyball coach Member 63 5 4 8 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event Blanket making for newborn babies at Anacortes Hospital
Member 64 X X 4 Raising money for sports education programs at Seattle Public Schools – Coins for Kids!
Member 65 X X 4 Walking dogs and cleaning cattery at a local animal shelter Member 66 X X 4 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
Member 67 4 Engineering Ambassadors events Member 68 X X 4 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
Forest trails clean-up Member 69 10 10 10 Seattle Children’s Hospital helping research nurses
Member 70 X X 4 Soup kitchen volunteer during Thanksgiving Break Member 71 X X 6 Card making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
UW Dream Project’s Admission Workshop Weekend – serving as a writing tutor for high school seniors’ college applications
Member 72 4 Thanksgiving shopping for underprivileged families through UWiB
Buying Christmans gifts through adopting families Member 73 X X 4 Heart and Stroke Awareness 5&10K run volunteer
Member 74 36 Dog training instructor teaching classes Member 75 X X 4 Bellevue College Disabilities Resource Center Tutoring Member 76 4 4 21 Seattle Children’s Hospital volunteer Member 77 X X 4 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
BNSA volunteer booth for blood and bone marrow drives Member 78 25 Serving the homeless meals at Blessed Sacrament Member 79 4 Green Seattle Partnership helping to reconstruct the Burke-
Gilman Trail Member 80 4 Planned Parenthood Votes for the PNW Member 81 X 10 Noah’s Ark Children’s Daycare volunteer Member 82 6 Esperanza International Fundraising Banquet Volunteer Member 83 X X 5 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
Burien C.A.R.E.S volunteer – animal shelter Member 84 X X 4 St. George Parish School volunteer Member 85 20 Developmental intern for Fred Hutch Child Care Center
Member 86 4 7 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event Business Career Fair Volunteer
Member 87 6 Habitat for Humanity volunteer building a house
Member 88 X X 5 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital Sorting food at Issaquah food bank ELL volunteer assistant at Laurelhurt Elementary
Member 89 4 Sorting food at Seattle food bank Handing out food for homeless
Member 90 4 5 Building bikes with PwC for kids in Texas that can’t afford bikes
Blanket making for Seattle Children’s Hospital Financial literacy campaign for children with PwC
Member 91 X X 4 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K event Member 92 10 6 Union Gospel Mission – packaging dental kits Member 93 X X 4 Beverly Elementary School volunteer arranging classrooms
Member 94 10 10 4 Woodmor Elementary School Special Ed classroom volunteer Member 95 20 Developmental Intern at Fred Hutch Child Care Center Member 96 X X 4 Issaquah Food Bank Member 97 20 Seattle Children’s diabetes research volunteer
Member 98 4 San Gabriel Mission Food Bank Volunteer Member 99 4 10 5 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event Member 100
Member 101 20 Volunteer preschool teacher at Yesler Terrace Head Start Program in Epstein Community Center
Member 102 4 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event Member 103 10 10 4 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event Member 104 4 4 Sorting Canned Food at St. Anthony Center in Redwood City,
CA
Serving food at St. Anthony Member 105 X X 4 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event Member 106 5 4 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event Member 107 10 8 9 Northwest Pediatric Eye Care exams to kids
Member 108
Member 109 4 5 4 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event Member 110 X X 5 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission Volunteer Member 111 4 Table facilitator for a diversity forum at UW Member 112 X X 4 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event Member 113
Member 114 12 4 5 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event Private ELL Tutor for 3rd grade student Harborview Medical Center Eye Institute
Member 115 4 4 Issaquah food bank volunteer Strong4Sam Foundation volunteer
Member 116 X X 5 Baked Christmas cookies for Brooklake Church Gift wrapping at fire department to donate to families in need
Member 117 X X 4 Volunteered serving dinner to homeless in Everett Member 118 X X 10 Fundraising and organizing for UW’s Miss Greek event Member 119 4 Burke Gilman Trail Restoration Project
Member 120 4 Gathering supplies for card making for injured individuals in the community
*X = Joined ZTA Fall 2015, Members are exempt from service hours winter/spring
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