Giving Back and Dancing the Night Away
This past week, I was blessed with
the opportunity to participate in Central Michigan University’s Greek Week. During Greek Week, fraternities
and sororities are paired up to form teams. These teams then compete in
different events throughout the week. The goal is to raise money for a selected
organization. This year the Greek community was supporting the Isabella County
Child Advocacy Center and the Kristy Malter Foundation. Kristy Malter was a
sister of Alpha Gamma Delta who passed away from bacterial meningitis this
summer, so this Greek Week was personal for many of those participating.
The week concluded with each team
performing a mock rock, a dance performed to a medley of songs that tells a
story. Each team competes in front of each other, spectators, representatives
from each organization, and a panel of judges. At the conclusion of the event,
one team is crowned the champions of mock rock, and then there is a team titled
as Greek Week champions. Although there is plenty of friendly competition, the
whole goal of Greek Week is to raise money, and this year the CMU Greek
community surpassed the amount raised in 2016 by $16,000. The total amount
raised was $83,500.
This past week I spent late nights
learning new dances, and I spent my afternoons playing athletic games and
volunteering to give back to the children of the ICCAC. Even though this week
was exhausting, seeing how everyone’s
work impacted the community made everything worth it.
I really liked your post about Greek Week! Last year Greek Week was one of the most stressful, yet fun and rewarding times that I had spent in college. I am sad that I did not participate this year, as it looked really fun! Thank you for posting about some of the great things that Greek Life at CMU does!
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