Ball State University's greek community has been working hard to give back to the Muncie community with several philanthropic events.
On Sunday, Chi Omega held their second annual Yippie-Chi-O at LaFollette Field. The Western-themed event raised money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation to grant a wish of a little girl with Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Teams of four competed in games of tug-of-war, potato sack races, hoppy horses and took turns on a mechanical bull to raise money to grant this year's "Wish Kid's" dream of going to New York City to record music with Sony. The recipient even made a guest appearance at the fundraiser and sang two songs for the crowd.
The sorority raised money by charging teams $40 to compete in the events and by selling raffle tickets to win prizes like dinner for two at Texas Roadhouse or Carlos O'Kelly's.
"I feel like we had more people come out this year. We definitely had more teams sign up this year," Chi Omega's public relations chair Meg Tompkins said. "I just think that we had a really good turnout and we made a lot of effort for a good event."
Other groups recently sought to help the community as well.
Sigma Nu held their annual all-you-can-eat spaghetti buffet on Sept. 19, an event the fraternity has hosted for about 25 years.
They raised about $420 in ticket sales that will be donated to Muncie Mission Ministries. Most of the tickets were bought by fellow members of the greek community, Sigma Nu recorder Nick Bennett said.
"We had people from greek life buy tickets," Bennett said. "That's our main source of our participants, but it's open to everyone."
Sigma Nu had about the same amount of attendees this year as last year, but ended up with extra spaghetti and garlic bread, which was also donated to Muncie Mission to use.
"[Muncie Mission is] just a good cause for Muncie," Sigma Nu member Micah Wilcher said. "[People should] come out next year."
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