The Ability Experience events during the 2013-14 school year included: the third annual 72-hour David R. Feltner Bike-aThon, seventh annual War of the Roses and 15th annual Pi Kapp 100 – all raising funds and awareness. Furthermore, the chapter sends members each school day to the Lafayette Jefferson High School special needs classes and hosts the Arctoberfest, a Halloween costume party for clients of the Arc of Tippecanoe.
Journey of Hope in its history. By 2015, the Purdue chapter will have had 38 JOH riders – including six in 2013, four in 2014 and another four in 2015.
Chapter alumni Kevin Ohaver and Andy Parker, founders of the spring Pi Kapp 100 in 1999, reminisced about how the event got started.
Parker and Ohaver lauded the chapter for making the Pi Kapp 100 grow over the years and were amazed by chapter Ability Experience programming today as well as the involvement of parents at Moms' Day.
“When we started this, the chapter needed an event to get members involved in supporting The Ability Experience,” said Parker, a two-time Journey of Hope rider. “No solid, consistent program existed at the time and I worked alongside archon Kevin Ohaver and other chapter members to get something started. “The Ability Experience has a lasting lifelong impact on fraternal life through its programs,” he said. “It’s really sharing selfless acts and understanding empathy with your new family members.” “We already had a fall event, so we needed some spring programming,” Ohaver said. “Biking was a key aspect of Pi Kappa Phi already.” Ohaver said in 1997-98, the chapter had raised $21 for The Ability Experience the whole school year and had a total of four chapter brothers participated in the
“I was overwhelmed by not only the magnitude of the event but more so by the caliber of men that make up Omega Chapter today,” he said after the event. “I was truly humbled to be standing there and continue to be humbled as I reflected on the entire experience.”
TOP CHAPTERS BY ALUMNI DONATIONS TO THE FOUNDATION
The evening auction raised $9,775. Of that, donors targeted The Ability Experience with $3,140 of the total amount raised. Another of $3,325 was raised through the Pi Kapp 100 part.
Beta Omicron Northwestern State
$1,002,266
Iota Georgia Tech
$532,604
Alpha Omicron Iowa State $335,113
President Kaleb Stephens surprised everyone by presenting a Pi Alpha trophy. The hardware recognized the 38 Purdue chapter members who had/will have ridden in the annual Journey of Hope. Additionally, the chapter held its War of the Roses earlier in the week, which pitted 15 campus sororities competing in various activities including an empathy dinner, a disability race and a talent show. That programming grossed $5,112. Thus, the week of April 9 grossed an excess of $11,000 for The Ability Experience.
Delta Omega Texas A&M
$253,580
Alpha Mu Penn State
$163,899
Chi Stetson
$118,310
Xi Roanoke
$79,204
Alpha Psi Indiana
$76,248
Beta Eta Florida State
$57,752
Alpha Epsilon Florida
$43,641
chapter needed an event to get members involved and supporting solid, consistent program existed . . . I worked alongside Archon Kevin Ohaver to get something started.”
ALL MEN'S AVG
Alpha Alpha Chapter IFC RANK
2.98 3.14 2.88 3/41
SIZE 2013 2014
ALUMNI VOLUNTEERS
7
PRE-INITIATED INITIATED SPR FALL TOTAL SPR FALL TOTAL
RETENTION RATE
165 140 11 27 38 22 9 31 82% F O U TA E
FUNDRAISING
PER MAN
$14,913 $107
NPC
ALUMNI
DONORS
VOLUNTEER HOURS
1141
GIFTS
1 1,301 40 49
PER MAN
GIFTS TOTAL
9
$7,585
SPR
ALL MEN'S AVG
Alpha Gamma Chapter IFC RANK
3.17 2.8 2.93 3/8
SIZE 2013 2014
FALL
ALUMNI VOLUNTEERS
3
PRE-INITIATED INITIATED SPR FALL TOTAL SPR FALL TOTAL
RETENTION RATE
41 51 2 18 20 2 15 17 85%
FUNDRAISING
PER MAN
$250 $5
NPC
ALUMNI
DONORS
VOLUNTEER HOURS
153
GIFTS
4 580 10 11
GPA
FALL
PER MAN
GIFTS TOTAL
$1,320
3
SPR
FALL
ALL MEN'S AVG
3.04 3.05 N/A
SIZE 2013 2014
FUNDRAISING
PER MAN
$1,090 $9
NPC
IFC RANK
5/19
ALUMNI VOLUNTEERS
1
PRE-INITIATED INITIATED SPR FALL TOTAL SPR FALL TOTAL
104 135 4 55 59 F O U TA E
SPR
F O U TA E
GPA
GPA
Omega Chapter
ALUMNI
DONORS
2 52 54 VOLUNTEER HOURS
54
GIFTS
RETENTION RATE
92%
PER MAN
1
GIFTS TOTAL
4 770 11 15 $4,130 SCORECARDS CONTINUE NEXT PAGE
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