It became my family and my roots in a sea of 15,000 people. Those service fraternities provide students with a chance to get involved in the Charlottesville community and devote some time to those individuals more needy than themselves. Phi Sigma Pi fraternity and Alpha Phi Omega fraternity are two of the University's coeducational service fraternities. We're all called brothers even though there are men and women. Phi Sigma Pi fraternity mails invitations for open meet nights to eligible students.
Service fraternities are devoted to helping the community within a social atmosphere.
We focused on reading and counted the number of pages students read. You get exposed to various types of activities. Alpha Phi Omega fraternity has regular Saturday morning projects. Most of it is unskilled, like trail-work projects that involve minor construction and painting. We stripped the paint and repainted, did repairs on the steps, repainted the playground and mulched.