Definitely, due to the fact that friendships provide service to the community through philanthropies and community service. Philanthropies are activities in which fraternities and sororities help raise funds for nonprofit organizations. A community service project is the donation of time to help better the community. Here at Illinois Wesleyan, Greeks donate time and effort organizing and engaging in many different projects that benefit society. A few of the many organizations are the Arthritis Foundation, Prevent Child Abuse America, Alzheimer's, Red Cross Children's Miracle Network, and American Cancer Society.
Recruitment is a time when potential members meet current members of Greek organizations.
Fraternity recruitment is less formal than sorority recruitment. Fraternities may advertise their rush events which range from paint ball outings and flag football games to pool tournaments and lasagna dinners. Any male student may attend any fraternity recrutiment event until the last couple of evenings when dinners are by invitation only. Sorority recruitment is a more formalized process that entails women to fill out a registration form and in groups attend different rush events, narrowing their choices with each round. It is a mutual selection process in which both women and chapters chose each other.