PA Omega Gamma, Penn State Chapter raises $42,000 for Four Diamonds Fund

Penn State Pi Lams cheer from the stands of the Bryce Jordan Center

Every year for the past 37 years the PA Omega Gamma Chapter does its best to raise awareness and money for the Four Diamonds Fund and Hershey Medical Center, which researches a cure for pediatric cancer. The Four Diamonds Fund also helps families takes care of the large cost involved in pediatric cancer treatment and provides food stipends and accommodations while their children are in the hospital. The PA Omega Gamma Chapter also sponsors a child and his or her family in which they establish support and a long lasting relationship. Well despite the recession, this year is no different and these members were still able to raise money. The Penn State members alongside their Sorority partner Omega Phi Alpha raised an impressive total of 42,000 dollars for this cause. 

They did this by calling alumni, canning in the streets and going door to door in surrounding cities as far as Washington D.C. They gave up many weekends in the cold and their own time raising these funds. In February everything is culminated with a 46 hour dance marathon, in which 3 members represented Pi Lambda Phi this year. This dance marathon, also known as “THON”, is a great chance for children with pediatric cancer to have fun and maybe forget

PA Omega Gammas dance for 46 hours (l to r): Chris Carbutt, Colin Brown and Ryan Gerhinger