Sigma Alpha Epsilon hosted Pie-an-SAE during its annual Paddy’s Week, raising money and awareness for the local nonprofit Patsy’s House.
Luke Roy, management information systems junior and SAE philanthropy chair, shared more about Patsy’s House.
“Their speciality is instead of a cop interviewing a kid who’s been sexually assaulted or domestically abused, these people are specifically trained to talk to these kids and help them. And they’ll go to courts and talk to these kids. Pretty much just interview them and help them out. And that’s where all of our funds go to,” Roy said.
Paddy’s Week is a national event where SAE chapters raise money for a local philanthropy through different events. The chapter raised around $4,100.
This year, SAE raised $3,600, $210 coming from Pie-an-SAE.
This year’s event included a McAlister’s fundraiser. Members sold grilled cheese and took street donations. The fraternity also encouraged other Greek Life organizations to get involved through competition.
“There’s like a whole point system and whoever wins gets $200 to their own charities. That’s how we get the sororities involved,” Roy explained. “We make it a whole competition. And then, they make coffins for us because Paddy Murphy died. It’s really cool coffins.”
Paddy Murphy was a member of SAE, and the namesake of the philanthropy week.
“There’s a story of Paddy Murphy who was a mob gangster back during the prohibition days. And he was shot and killed by an FBI agent, who was also a member in SAE, and he did not know until he shot and killed them,” Roy said, adding, “And he stayed there until he died because the whole moral of the story is we are gonna’ be brothers no matter where we end up in life.”
Nationally, SAE also participates in Movember, which happens in November and raises awareness for men’s health issues, including mental health.
“Whenever you look at a man, they shouldn’t show emotions, but that’s what Movember does. It’s like, no you’re allowed to show your emotions and get help,” Roy said, continuing, “You can be a man, but showing emotions is a part of being a man. Not showing emotion is not being a part of a man.”
