Chapter Philanthropy and Service

At Tri Delta, our philanthropy events consist of fun, sisterhood, and of course, food! We are truly proud of all our contributions to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital thus far, and cannot wait to continue to raise money and awareness for this amazing organization.

Our first event of the year, Lord of the Wings, is held in the fall at our house (and this year in our beautiful newly-renovated kitchen!). Teams compete to see who can eat the most wings in under two minutes, in the hopes of winning the grand prize and the title of “Lord of the Wings.” This year, we were lucky enough to receive a donation of Bulls tickets for the first place winners, who ate almost 50 wings to claim their prize! It was a rousing success and a great time was had by all!

In the winter, we host “DDDeep Fry," where our motto is "You bring it, we fry it!" Deltas, with the help of our chef Steve, prepare deep-fried mozzarella sticks, Oreos and bananas (topped with Nutella when applicable) for hungry ticket-buyers. All proceeds from DDDeep Fry go towards our Northwestern University Dance Marathon Team. Tri Delta Upsilon is proud to be the ONLY all-female Greek team that participates in the biggest fundraising event on campus.

Last year, our team raised over $30,000 for Cradles to Crayons and the Evanston Community Foundation.  We were so proud of one of our members, Kelly--a true dancing queen--who served as emcee for the event (yes, she danced on stage for 30 hours straight). This year, we are excited to support NUDM's primary beneficiary, Communities In Schools of Chicago, a non-profit organization that prides itself on being the “dropout prevention program that works” by addressing systemic issues with our national public education system. Keep an eye out for our fundraising campaign and page soon! 

Our spring pancake party, TriHop, is the last philanthropy event of the year. Deltas whip up eggs, sausage, hash browns, and of course pancakes (chocolate chip and regular) for hungry costumers! As entertainment, Acapella groups from all across the Northwestern community come and serenade throughout the night. All of our philanthropy events are a lot of fun, and every Delta looks forward to participating as well as giving back to St. Jude!