Missouri State University Fraternity and Sorority Life

Missouri State University Fraternity and Sorority Life

Philanthropy/ Community Service Policy

Philanthropy is dispensing or receiving aid funds set aside for humanitarian purposes. This is an event in which one spends time to raise money or gives a monetary donation.

1)Money raised for a cause should be recorded as philanthropy dollars.

a)Money donated should be recorded on the Fraternity and Sorority Life Philanthropy Form available in the Office of Student Engagement. This form should be returned to the office within 7 business days of the date of the event. The form should include a signature from the benefiting organization or a form of verification of the money donated.

i)Examples:

(1)Delta Zeta’s BMOC

(2)Up til Dawn Letter Writing Campaign

2)Items donated for a cause it should be recorded as philanthropy items.

a)Items donated should be recorded on the Fraternity and Sorority Life Philanthropy Form available in the Office of Student Engagement. This form should be returned to the office within 7 business days of the date of the event. The form should include a signature from the benefiting organization or a form of verification of the items donated.

i)Examples:

(1)Canstruction/ Cans Across America

(2)Adopting a family at Christmas, “Christmas Angels”

Community Service is a hands-on activity in which a chapter has direct interaction with people they are helping.

3)Time donated to serve the community

a)Hours should be recorded on the Fraternity and Sorority Life Community Service Formavailable in the Office of Student Engagement. This should be returned to the office within 7 days business days of completion. The form should be signed by the organization being benefited by the community service.

i)Examples:

(1)Big Brothers Big Sisters

(2)Habitat for Humanity

(3)Humane Society

(4)Adopt-A-Street

4)Run/ Walk

a)If your chapter hosts a run/walk to raise money for a charity it would be a philanthropic event. Any time spent preparing the event would not count as community service. Any chapter members who run/walk in an event could not count this as community service.

b)If an individual participates in a run/walk it does not count as community service. If an individual paid money to participate or raised money for a run/walk this would be counted as philanthropy donations.

c)If a national organization hosts a run/walk and a chapter member helps with set up that can count as a community service hour.

i)Examples:

(1)Helping with an the set-up of an ALS walk