Chapter Philanthropy

"To lend to those less fortunate a helping hand"

One of the most rewarding parts of being a Phi Mu is being involved with a group of sisters dedicated to something more than themselves. In fact, the first line of the Phi Mu creed states, "To lend to those less fortunate a helping hand," and we strive to make our philanthropic involvement more than something to put on a website or a slideshow. Not only does our Phi Mu chapter work together for our national philanthropy, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, but we also work in a variety of service projects that appeal to us beyond our Phi Mu calling.

Each year, Alpha Upsilon holds a main philanthropy event to raise money for the local chapter of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals through CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital. In November of 2019, we hosted a plate-lunch sale sponsored by Cajun Cafe. For this event, chapter members sold tickets to the local community for lunches containing chicken Alfredo and sides. Here we sold around 1,000 dinners and raised over $5,000 for CMNH.

This year, we will host another plate-lunch sale on April 17th, 2021 in hopes to blow our previous numbers out of the water!

In the past we have also done Man of the Year. For this event, any male that is registered as a full time student at McNeese is eligible to enter and competes in modeling, talent, and on stage question categories. In 2018, there were 12 participants ranging from freshmen to seniors and the chapter raised over $3,000 for CMNH.

We are proud to present our
2018 Man of the Year
Mr. Julian Gonzales!

Julian is a Biology/Pre-Med major from Sulphur, LA.
He plays baseball for McNeese and he received the "Teammate of the Year" award his freshman year. He is also a member of the Pre-Med Society.

Fun fact: He can play the saxophone.

"I'm proud to be Phi Mu's Man of the Year because I have the honor to represent and be apart of such a great group of women that make Phi Mu so special."

Alpha Upsilon works hard to be apart of any community philanthropy event we can. It's so important to our chapter to be able to serve our community whenever we have the opportunity to do so. Here are just a few of the many events we volunteered at in 2018!