NSU Pikes To Run Game Ball To Louisiana Tech To Raise Money For St. Jude
According to Google Maps, Natchitoches, La., is about three hours northwest of Baton Rouge. It is home to Northwestern State University, along with the men of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Northwestern State is set to battle its in-state rival, Louisiana Tech, on Saturday. To raise awareness and funds for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital–and to drum up a bit of excitement for the game–NSU’s Pike chapter is holding its first ever Game Ball Run.
The brothers will take turns running the game ball from NSU’s campus to Louisiana Tech’s campus, and they will complete the 80-mile journey in about 24 hours.
From Beauregard Daily News:
The brothers of PIKE will physically run the game ball the 80 miles from NSU’s Natchitoches campus to Louisiana Tech in Ruston to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
“PIKE sees this as a great way to raise money for our philanthropy while reigniting the historic rivalry between the Demons and the Bulldogs,” said fraternity spokesman Zachary Ebarb in the release.
The fraternity will hold a send-off on Friday, Sept. 19 for the runners, who will run in four-mile shifts and will be escorted by deputies from the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office, the release states.
The fraternity will raise money through sponsors, who have the option of sponsoring an individual runner or making a flat donation to the overall run.
Good on you, boys. Keep your philanthropy commitment strong.
[via Beauregard Daily News]
Oh look, the third time pike has been on TFM for outstanding philanthropy.
10 years ago at 5:33 pmThose dad bodies will be put to the test…
10 years ago at 5:35 pmphi phi boys
10 years ago at 5:52 pmWe’ve done that here at SE Oklahoma for ten year now. Always a great time and to any chapter wanting to make their image look good in the eyes of the public, I would definitely recommend it. Another way to do it is to have businesses (or individuals) pledge a certain amount of money per mile, such as 50 cents a mile. Either way, it works.
10 years ago at 6:30 pmTake it easy Bogey, they’re a colony.
10 years ago at 7:21 pmPhi phi brothers. Keep up the good work. Setting a good standard for fraternity men
10 years ago at 7:35 pmK-STATE and KU Fiji’s have ran the game ball from one campus to the other for over 40 years to support leukemia research, not a new concept.
10 years ago at 8:59 pmNonetheless a cool and helpful one that deserves recognition
10 years ago at 9:50 pmEven if they had eighty members and each one of them only had to run a mile, they wouldn’t make it without a couple of them having heart-attacks.
10 years ago at 11:34 am