Lambda Chi Alpha -- Pi Lambda Zeta

Appologies for the lack of updates, this has been a busy month for the chapter as well as he who writes the updates. Some highlights are:

Our High Iota John Paule hosted a rousing Risk Management seminar complete with videos from HQ and delicious Jimmy John’s Sandwiches

Appologies to brothers on the far left of the room (myself included).

Our High Theta Jon Day organized our spring food drive. The neighborhoods hit were The Hill and the area around the Wise House. He also organized a clothing drive with LKS. 435 pieces of clothing were collected and donated to Goodwill (and may or may not be repurchased by next year’s AM class for their variety show performance).

Brother Davin Patel and others organized a widely attended leadership workshop  with Phi Lambda Sigma.
Also the White Rose Formal was attended by many, and Brothers Sam An and Cody Steele attended an Inner Circle retreat at headquarters.
At tonight’s meeting the 2009-2010 Dedicated Brothers were announced. Their names are

Logan Schmitz

Ben Rieke

Tyler Dinkelaker

Logan Fiscus

Brian Chronister

Jon Day

Greg Jennings

Evan Schnur

Brian Ogweno

Adam Bohn

Cody Steele

And this year’s Dedicated Brother of the Year is:

Sam An!

Congratulations to all! Give them a pat on the back for showing up to things.

 Events to look forward to!
Watermelon Bash is this Tuesday,  Graduation ceremony will be heldthis Friday, and the Brotherhood Retreat will be held at the Koentz farm on May 13th and 14th.

Actually it’s last week in Pi Lambda. But anyways — last week in Pi Lambda the Gold Volleyball team won the intramural volleyball championship against The Bombers aka the STLCOP Girl’s Volleyball Team. The members of LXA Gold are:
Adam Sharpe
Joe Jennings
Blake Sorensen
Jessy Marin
Ryan Cook
Congratulations to them! Give them a high five if you see them.

Also, three of our members have been inducted into Phi Lambda Sigma the pharmacy leadership society.
Evan Schnur
Kyle Amelung
Brian Ogweno
Congratulations to them as well.

Pi Lambda Zeta’s proud to add another championship to our trophy room as Green Team won the championship intramural soccer game 11-9!
LXA Green team members are:
Matt Baker
Mitch Gardner
Chris Schloss
Lee Zbichorski
Tyler Edwards

Go them!

We also had a recruitment event at Tropicana Lanes where your High Tech bowled an 80.

And once again our lovely mugs graced the cover of www.stlcop.edu

UPDATE 3/2/10
The final count is in and we now know Lambda Chi Alpha raised approximately $200 for Haiti. Thanks to all those that donated!

Today the brothers of Pi Lambda Zeta raised money for the victims of the Haitian earthquake by giving away root beer floats for a suggested donation of $1.

Lambda Chi Alpha has started the semester out strong with a 1st place victory in the Homecoming Olympiad. Here is a video of us overcoming our foes Phi Delta Chi in the tug of war.

Congratulations to the Eta class for taking home 1st place in the Variety Show for the second year in a row!  Also congratulations to Ben and Paule for taking first place in the group bracket.

Pi-Lambda Zeta is happy to announce that 18 men have taken their first steps towards becoming a part of our brotherhood.

Aaron Null (4^th)
Adam Ivie (3^rd)
Anthony Sindel (3^rd)
Brandon Luong (2^nd)
Chris Burke (2^nd)
Daniel Hagen (2^nd)
Davin Patel (5^th)
Jonathan Day (2^nd)
Joseph Jennings (3^rd)
Justin Berge (3^rd)
Kyle Brennan (2^nd)
Logan Schmitz (3^rd)
Matt Baker (2^nd)
Mitch Gardner (2^nd)
Sean Craig (3^rd)
Shane Peck (2^nd)
Skyler Mitchell (2^nd)
Zac Walter (2^nd)

On Friday, September 11th, 2009, Pi-Lambda Zeta participated in the annual Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk in Forest Park. Walking among us was our advisor, brother, and leukemia survivor, Dr. Ken Schafermeyer. We raised over $1300 putting our grand total over $3400 for the amount of money we’ve raised since beginning our participation in 2006. The money will go towards finding and funding cures for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, as well as improving the lives of patients and their families.

The Society’s nationwide Light the Night walk was created to build awareness of blood cancers, and celebrate survivors, and honor those whose lives have been touched by cancer and ranges from two to three miles.
To make a donation to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society please click here.

In other news, I’m proud as your administrator to introduce to you our very own forums! Please use this venue to mingle with current brothers as well as alumni. The link is http://stlcoplxa.freeforums.org/index.php .

It is time once again for the Light the Night Leukemia Walk. The Brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha will be walking for this awesome cause. The walk is the night of September 11th and starts at 7:00 pm in Forest Park. The money raised for this charity help patients and their families that are suffering from leukemia and lymphoma. If you are interested in participating or making a donation please email Michael Duley at mduley@stlcop.edu.

For more information or to make a donation online please visit the following link:

http://pages.lightthenight.org/gat/StLouis09/LambdaChiAlpha

Congratulations to Brother Greg Jennings on being initiated this past Saturday.