Fraternity raises $1,500 for local fire department

April 20, 2011

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity held its first annual Pike’s Fireman Challenge Saturday to benefit the Gainesville Fire Rescue Department.

The philanthropy was able to raise $1,500 for the department, and featured participation from all 16 Panhellenic Council at UF sororities.

Kappa Delta won first place in the obstacle course and the philanthropy, while the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority came in second, and Sigma Kappa came in third.

The competition was the chief component of the philanthropy, but Pi Kappa Alpha also provided other opportunities for sororities to gain points. There was penny voting, T-shirt sales, attendance at a “Feed the Fireman” night out at a local restaurant, attendance, and a banner competition that could also earn the competing sororities points.