Fire Up the Grill for a Philanthropy BBQ

For one last end of summer celebration, we invited the whole USC community over for a good old fashioned BBQ to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities! We asked everyone to donate $5 for all you can eat hamburgers and sides! We also set up games on the lawn like volleyball, badminton, bocce ball, and cornhole beanbag toss. It was great hanging out with friends while supporting an amazing cause! Up next… we’re going to the local Los Angeles Ronald McDonald for a Happy Meal, where we prepare dinner for the families! 

You're the One that ADPi Wants... BID NIGHT 2011

After a crazy, fun week of formal recruitment, we welcomed home all of our new Alphas to a 1950s, Grease-themed BID NIGHT! Our New Member Coordinator, Niki, planned a fun-filled night of dancing and hanging out with cotton candy, popcorn, root beer floats, ice cream sundaes, a photobooth, and a Ferris Wheel to show our new members “you’re the one that ADPi wants!” We paired all of our new Alphas with girls in the house as ‘Violet Buds’ to help introduce them to ADPi before they meet their Diamond Sister, or big sis. I’m still singin’ “we go together like rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong…”

Lions and Diamonds and Violets, Oh My!

Every ADPi girl knows her symbols... the woodland violet is our official flower, the diamond is our badge shape, and Alphie the Lion is our mascot. We ADPis have been known to seek out our most beloved Alphie all across the globe. This past spring, 25 members of the Alpha Psi chapter traveled around the world for study abroad programs. They went to countries like France, England, Germany, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Finland, Australia, Singapore, and even Thailand! 

Molly found Alphie in Little India, Singapore

Alphie turned up in a Paris fountain where Miranda was studying

Johnni and Taylor caught Alphie on the London stage production of The Lion King

ADPis continued traveling to destinations all over the map this summer!

Laura found Alphie is Israel

Guess who showed up while Emily was in Africa?

Alphie even made his way to Capitol Hill where Peggy found him

And, Niki spotted Alphie hidden in the mountains of Vail 

No matter where those ADPis go, finding Alphie always makes them feel closer to home! Thankfully, it'll be move-in time at the Pi Palace in just a few days!