Paying it Forward to Fraternity/Sorority Life By Samantha Rill, Delta Delta
From left to right: Kris Haskin, Emma Bunnell Rice, Fay Stoloff, and Sydney Meyer standing in front of the U.S. Capitol.
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hat do you do when the opportunity to serve calls? For Emma Bunnell Rice, Phi; Fay Stoloff, Epsilon Mu; Kris Haskin, Beta Pi; and Sydney Meyer, Psi – you answer. In November 2014, Alpha Sigma Tau put out a call for collegians to participate in a Congressional advocacy effort on behalf of H.R. 1449, known alternatively as the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2013. The bill would make donations to student organization housing taxdeductible. A mere five months later, in April 2015, three collegians – Emma, Fay, and Sydney – went to
Washington, D.C. Kris, who served as an alumna ambassador, joined them in their endeavor. All four women advocated for the bill’s aim: amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage donations to support collegiate housing and infrastructure. The advocacy effort was organized by the Fraternal Government Relations Coalition (FGRC), which continues to support the needs and objectives of the fraternity/sorority community in the nation’s capital. The FGRC is comprised of three governing bodies of fraternal life in America: the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC), the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), and the Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee (FSPAC).