2008 Woodie Awards
Phi Omega Tau hosts AIDS walk to raise awareness
Kaitlin O'Reilly
Issue date: 4/24/08 Section: News
Every six seconds, a person is infected with AIDS.
This was just one of the multiple facts stressed at last Friday's AIDS awareness walk on Campus Field at Sacred Heart University.
The walk, which took place from 6 to 8 p.m. on April 18, was sponsored by the Phi Omega Tau sorority. The group sponsored a campus wide AIDS awareness week. In addition to the walk, events during the week included a concert by Jeff Leblanc in Holy Grounds and a game of bingo where students could purchase an extra bingo card in order to raise money for the cause.
The girls raised over $1000 to benefit The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The foundation states that it is a leading organization dedicated to identifying, funding, and conducting basic pediatric HIV/AIDS research.
"I think the cause is very important. As a sister of Phi Omega Tau, I especially feel strongly about raising money for this cause because one of our founding sisters lost her brother to the horrible disease. I think people these days overlook the epidemic and it's something that needs attention," said junior Parvin Ghazian.
Around 90 participants gathered to walk in the benefit. Demonstrating their support for Phi Omega Tau's cause, there was a large number of students from all of the sororities and fraternities on campus.
"The event was run by the Greek life organization, but the sisters of Phi Omega Tau worked very hard to get student union, student government, sports teams, community service teams, along with other sororities and fraternities involved," said Ghazian.
The sorority put forth a huge amount of effort in order to get people to participate in the walk. For two weeks they had a table outside of Flik to collect donations and advertise the event in addition to putting up flyers and sending out e-mails.
"As you could see we are very dedicated. I myself worked day and night to put this walk together all semester. Everyone else helped out so much. We sat at table time for two weeks straight, which is a huge time consuming thing, and we spent hours deciding on events and fundraisers to help us create an AIDS week/ walk that people would not forget," said Ghazian.
This was just one of the multiple facts stressed at last Friday's AIDS awareness walk on Campus Field at Sacred Heart University.
The walk, which took place from 6 to 8 p.m. on April 18, was sponsored by the Phi Omega Tau sorority. The group sponsored a campus wide AIDS awareness week. In addition to the walk, events during the week included a concert by Jeff Leblanc in Holy Grounds and a game of bingo where students could purchase an extra bingo card in order to raise money for the cause.
The girls raised over $1000 to benefit The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The foundation states that it is a leading organization dedicated to identifying, funding, and conducting basic pediatric HIV/AIDS research.
"I think the cause is very important. As a sister of Phi Omega Tau, I especially feel strongly about raising money for this cause because one of our founding sisters lost her brother to the horrible disease. I think people these days overlook the epidemic and it's something that needs attention," said junior Parvin Ghazian.
Around 90 participants gathered to walk in the benefit. Demonstrating their support for Phi Omega Tau's cause, there was a large number of students from all of the sororities and fraternities on campus.
"The event was run by the Greek life organization, but the sisters of Phi Omega Tau worked very hard to get student union, student government, sports teams, community service teams, along with other sororities and fraternities involved," said Ghazian.
The sorority put forth a huge amount of effort in order to get people to participate in the walk. For two weeks they had a table outside of Flik to collect donations and advertise the event in addition to putting up flyers and sending out e-mails.
"As you could see we are very dedicated. I myself worked day and night to put this walk together all semester. Everyone else helped out so much. We sat at table time for two weeks straight, which is a huge time consuming thing, and we spent hours deciding on events and fundraisers to help us create an AIDS week/ walk that people would not forget," said Ghazian.
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