Greek organizations maintain contacts within charitable institutions for any future help it may provide. Institutions seeking Greek help for the first time may inform the Coordinator of Greek Affairs, Jeremiah Shinn, who will attempt to find an organization on campus that may be interested in helping. After an organization raises money or volunteers community service hours for a cause, they get a response from other local organizations hoping to receive help as well. There is a wide range of institutions or organizations seeking the help of the Greek community. During holidays, Greek organizations may go to local hospitals to paint Halloween pumpkins for hospitalized children, or they may go to local nursing homes and spend time with the elderly, singing songs or reading to the nursing home residents.
Many chapters organize one or two community service projects each month.
Some of the more successful fund-raisers have been a satisfying achievement for the volunteers involved. During his years as an undergraduate student, Shinn and his organization were able to raise 7,000 pounds of food for a local food bank. If it helps somebody, it s a success, Shinn said. Greek organizations enjoy helping one another in philanthropy, it s one of the things that brings them together, he said.