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Philanthropy As you can see from looking at our calendar, we are always giving of our time to community service projects.ﾊOne of the largest that we participated in this past year was the University of Oklahoma's first ever Big Event.ﾊGroups of students from the entire campus descended upon Norman and the surrounding community on April 1st 2000.ﾊOU students walked pets, carried groceries, painted homes and mowed lawns for our neighbors in the Norman community.ﾊ We Chi Omegas were dispatched to a Norman Church to dust, mop, shine silver and do we could to tidy up the church.ﾊWe met some wonderful new friends, had a great pizza lunch and learned a lot about stained glass windows.ﾊThe Big Event is a project that OU and Chi Omega will certainly sponsor again. As a chapter, we have began two fun, beneficial projects and hope to add another this year. Saddle Up, Partner Our Spring Philanthropy is called Campus Kidnap. Campus Kidnap was developed by members Lindsey Bean and Leah Moses.ﾊThey put together the first Campus Kidnap in the Spring of 1998.ﾊThe goal of this philanthropy is to bring the entire campus together to benefit the Norman community.ﾊOn the day of the philanthropy, Chi Omega members "kidnap" the leader of each participating campus organization and steal them away to the Chi Omega house for snacks and entertainment.ﾊChi Omega members then meet the members of participating organizations and span out through the Norman community to go door to door and collect cans for Norman's Food and Shelter for Friends.ﾊLast year we collected over 15,000 cans!ﾊThere is a minimum "ransom" in cans that the organizations have to collect in order to retrieve their leaders from the Chi-O house.ﾊThe team to return with the most amount of cans wins Campus Kidnap. We are proud to be able to give back to the Norman community because they give so much to us as students.ﾊWe also enjoy getting to make new friends in all campus organizations.ﾊThe community feeling is very real at the University of Oklahoma and we are happy to help contribute with our Campus Kidnap Philanthropy. Up on the Housetop, Ho, Ho, Ho... Our Christmas Philanthropy December 1999 was called Chi-O Christmas and was a delightful party for our members as well as the children.Our Chi Omega members met children from HeadStart and Promising Tomorrows at the Oklahoma City Blazers Ice Hockey Arena. There, our members were matched with one of the children for ice skating, cookie decorating and a chance to sit on Santa's lap and reveal their Christmas wishes!ﾊWe had a great time entertaining our new friends and spreading Christmas joy.
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