Philanthropy

On November 6, 1993, Lambda Chi Alpha began an international philanthropy project that has raised more than 21.3 million pounds of food for the needy across North America. Called the North American Food Drive, this annual event has arguably become the largest single-day philanthropic project sponsored by a collegiate organization. Its success is so impressive that Lambda Chi Alpha became the first fraternity to receive the Summit Award from the American Society of Association Executives in 1995—an award presented annually to associations and companies nationwide as part of its Associations Advance America Awards Program.

Last year, on November 6, 2004, 142 chapters participated in the North American Food Drive collecting our largest year total to date—2.938 million pounds of food.

This event, also known as “Brothers Feeding Others” has had a great impact on our community locally and internationally. We work with various other organizations and companies to help us collect food. Each year we hope to improve and beat our last years’ total. All our collected food is donated to the Yolo County Food Bank