SIGMA PI TO PROMOTE ALCOHOL AWARENESS AT NIU

8.20.2008 The Beta Sigma Alumni Group on our Actives on Campus, have teamed up with Northern Illinois University and Dr. Larry Bolles (Judicial Affairs) to promote an Alcohol Awareness Program on campus as part of our Philanthropy. Active Sigma Pi's will start handing out SAM Spady Cards at all social events. The SAM Spady Foundation has been adopted by Sigma Pi National as an International Philanthropy and here are the details that appear on the Sigma Pi web site..... Sigma Pi Adopts SAM Spady Foundation as International Philanthropy On Friday, August 4, 2006 the Grand Chapter of Sigma Pi Fraternity voted to adopt the SAM Spady Foundation as the International Philanthropy of Sigma Pi Fraternity during the 48th Biennial Convocation of the Fraternity. The mission of the SAM Spady Foundation is to educate all parents and students on the dangers of alcohol, specifically high-risk consumption, and the signs and symptoms of alcohol poisoning. The Foundation honors the memory of Samantha Spady, a 19-year old student at Colorado State University, who died of alcohol poisoning on September 5, 2004. Samantha affected people's lives in a unique way. Her friends remember Sam as a fun-loving, sensitive and “amazing” girl, who was a champion for the underdog and a good friend. Samantha’s death was an unintentional tragedy. It is the hope of the SAM Spady Foundation, with everyone’s support, that they can prevent a similar tragedy from happening. On college and university campuses all across the country misuse and abuse of alcohol is a recurring problem. Recently, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) reported that high-risk student drinking causes 1,400 deaths, 70,000 sexual assaults, and 500,000 student injuries every year on college campuses across the country. Samantha was a dear and devoted friend to Sigma Pi. We cherish her friendship and choose to honor her memory by partnering with the SAM Spady Foundation. Together we will educate the masses, inform the individual, and protect our most valuable asset with whom we have been trusted…our undergraduate members, both present and future. Sigma Pi Fraternity was founded in 1897 at the Vincennes University, in Vincennes, Indiana and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. The Fraternity is one of the fastest expanding men's college organizations in North America, with 118 active chapters and 14 colonies in the United States and Canada, and over 85,000 alumni. The Fraternity teaches its core standards and values of scholarship, leadership, and service through educational programming, and is the only Greek organization with an international philanthropic program, The ACE Project, specifically designed to give back to our host institutions The Beta Sigma Alumni Group will provide the funding for the SAM Spady Cards and will provide additional support and assistance for this very important cause.   For additonal information, please contact...davejeskey@aol.com