Chi Omega hosted their annual Wish Week to raise money for Make-A-Wish on Feb. 26. The foundation uses the money to grant critically ill children life-changing wishes. 

Chi Omega president Claire Hollingsworth, early childhood studies senior, shared more about their cause and how they support Make-A-Wish. 

“We do little events every day to raise money for Make-A-Wish, all leading to a big event. Our big event is called Waffles and Wishes on March 23. And we’re gonna be making waffles and playing BINGO to raise money for Make-A-Wish,” Hollingsworth said. 

This year, the sorority held a Pie-A-Chi-O event. This is the second year of the event, after last year’s success, Chi Omega decided to hold it again.

“We weren’t the first to come up with it, by any means,” Hollingsworth said adding, “We saw other organizations doing it on campus and we thought ‘we can do that’ and it looked fun so we started doing it last year.” 

This year, Chi Omega hosted multiple events such as Pie-A-Chi O and Cookies with Chi-O. However, each year brings different events. 

“We don’t necessarily have any annual events for Make-A-Wish. Wish Week is annual, but we fill it with different events every year—whatever the girls and the philanthropy chair want to do,” Hollingsworth said. 

Chi Omega has been partnered with Make-A-Wish for 20 years. It has raised over $176,000 nationally, and over $3,000 locally. So far, MSU’s Chi Omega chapter has raised a total of $3,500 including presale tickets for their final event at the end of March. 

A part of the program reaches out to the local community, advertising at local businesses and encouraging other sororities to participate. 

“We’d also like to reach the other sororities just as a time to hangout, come together, fundraise for Make-A-Wish. And it’s a time for us to hang out. A bunch of us are here. We like to come and do it,” Hollingsworth said.