Phi Mu to host charity denim event

By Cara Barrett

Staff Writer

On Monday, April 13, Phi Mu will be hosting a Charity Denim event. Charity Denim is a non-profit organization that sells women’s and men’s designer jeans at a discounted price to benefit charity events. In this instance, money is being donated towards Phi Mu’s National Philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network.

Charity Denim cannot specify the exact brands that will be at a particular event, but those who attend can expect higher-end name brand jeans that would be found at a department store. Although there will be a majority of women’s jeans, there will also be a small selection of men’s jeans. Phi Mu’s Philanthropy Chair, Amanda Newman, hopes Charity Denim will "become an annual event."

Children’s Miracle Network is a non-profit organization that raises funds for children’s hospitals so they can purchase needed equipment and items or provide other services to patients therefore striving to keep hospital costs to patients low.

Other organizations that support Children’s Miracle Network are Wal-Mart, WaWa and IHOP. The specific hospital that Phi Mu’s efforts benefit is Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. Newman, who had the opportunity to tour Hopkins and see where their efforts went, said "it was an enlightening experience and I realized how much hospitals can benefit from having additional funding."

Other philanthropic events in which Phi Mu participates include Hoop-a-Paluza. Hoop-a-Paluza is the main way that money for Children’s Miracle Network is raised. Hoop-a-Paluza is a basketball free throw contest where participants obtain pledges from donors. Phi Mu wants to sponsor one major philanthropic event each semester. This semester Phi Mu is involved in the Big Event and is partnering with Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE), and is participating in Relay for Life, and other smaller events within the Salisbury community.

The Charity Denim event runs from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Nanticoke Room, which is above Gull’s Nest, and they will be accepting cash and credit cards.

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