CASA and Kappa Alpha Theta
In 1989, Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity adopted National CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates, as its national philanthropy. CASA volunteers are trained community volunteers who speak on behalf of abused and neglected children in court.
Since 1989, the Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation has provided grant support to National CASA. To date, the Foundation is proud to have contributed more than $876,000 to fund National CASA’s public awareness efforts, which include educational materials, publications, and the Kappa Alpha Theta Program Director of the Year award. Gifts from individual donors, college chapters, and alumnae chapters make the Foundation’s support of the National CASA grant possible.
For more information, check out the official CASA website.
CASA and Zeta Sigma
The Mr. ONU competition is one of our chapter's two annual fund raisers for CASA. The male contestants compete in several rounds, including their introduction, a talent round, a swimsuit round, a spare change collection, and an evening wear round. This year's competition took place on December 4, 2007, and our chapter was able to raise a significant amount of money to help the local CASA organization repair flood damage that their building suffered during the summer flooding.
Theta Twister is the other major CASA fund raiser. Teams of four sign up to compete in the ultimate Twister tournament, but only one team will be named the champions! This year's turnout was fantastic, the competition was intense, the game was fun, and on top of that, we raised lots of money for CASA!
Additional Service Activities
Aside from our national philanthropy, our chapter participates in many other service events throughout the year, including raking leaves in the park, Christmas caroling, visiting the elderly at the Villa retirement home, and putting on an Easter egg hunt for the children of Ada.