SigEp, IFC host clothing drive for Somebody’s Attic

Five Utah State University fraternities collected clothes in a clothing drive last week for Somebody’s Attic, a nonprofit thrift store whose revenue supports CAPSA and The Family Place.

Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Gamma Delta, Alpha Sigma Phi, Delta Sigma Phi and Pi Kappa Alpha all participated in the Interfraternity Council clothing drive. From 12-4 p.m. on Nov. 9, the fraternities collected clothes in boxes located around campus.

The drive was one event planned for SigEp’s Golden Heart Week, which is the fraternity’s philanthropy week held every semester. 

Bradley Sullivan, the vice president of service for SigEp who organized the clothing drive, said they collected close to 80 pounds of clothes. The clothing drive was also a competition to see which fraternity could collect the most clothing, and SigEp came out on top.

He wanted to do an event that included other fraternities because “more hands make lighter work.”

“In the Greek community, we’re trying to be a little bit more, I guess, closely knit,” Sullivan said. “Because we’re recognizing that the best way to make a difference is by working together.”

Along with getting other fraternities involved, Sullivan said another goal during Golden Heart Week is to have every brother participate and “think outside of themselves.”

Other events held during this semester’s Golden Heart Week from Nov. 6 to Nov. 12 were a swing dance night, a quick art auction, a joint event with Pi Kappa Alpha and “mystery bingo,” where participants could either win a new pair of Jordans or a bag of sand. Money raised at each event was donated to Primary Children’s Hospital.

Sullivan said philanthropy is important to SigEp because of its fraternity values, which are virtue, diligence and brotherly love. 

“Brotherly love, of course, we try to have that inside of our fraternity, but we also try to have that for our community, for our classmates, for our family,” he said. “I think the best way to show love is by helping other people out, and a great way to help people out is philanthropy.”

— darcy.ritchie@usu.edu

Featured photo by Bailey Rigby