University of Florida Sigma Chi Derby Days

We are very excited to announce that thanks to all of the amazing support from our families, friends, alumni and fellow members of the Greek Community that we were able to raise over $31,000 for the Children's Miracle Network at Shands. This weekend we had the hat hunt on Friday afternoon and our Family Dinner at the Paramount Plaza Friday Evening. Saturday was our annual Derby Days line dance competition. We announced the winner- Kappa Delta at midnight at the Swamp Restaurant. Zeta Tau Alpha came in second place overall and Delta Delta Delta placed third. We were really blown away by all of the support we had and we look forward to Derby Days next year! Also check out the Independent Florida Alligators coverage of the event here.

Gamma Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi Chapter update

Alumni,

We recently got the house repainted with the contributions from Alumni Weekend. Again we thank everyone who came and we look forward to doing it again next fall. A large group of us made it to the Sugar Bowl to watch Tebow's final game. It was a great semester for our chapter; we initiated 27 brothers this past fall. Also our brothers continued to be active on campus with Brother Benjamin Helsby becoming the Interfraternity Council's Treasurer and our fall 2009 pledge class becoming involved in Gator Growl and the Young Leaders Conference.

This spring we will be putting on our annual philanthropy Derby Days on February 19th-20th. Our goal is to raise $35,000, which would be the highest grossing fraternity philanthropy ever at the University of Florida. All proceeds benefit the Children's Miracle Network. In doing so we need your help! To donate please visit the following site.

In hoc signo vinces,

Brett Owens

Gamma Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi Alumni Chairman

85th Anniversary Celebration

Brothers, I hope all of the alumni had as much fun as the active chapter did this past Weekend. I can honestly say that it was great planning the event and meeting all of you. We are planning on doing an alumni weekend every fall and look forward to all of you coming back again. We have some left over money from registrations and will be using that to re-paint parts of the house that really need it. I will be posting pictures of what we fix up soon. Thanks again to everyone who came, we enjoyed learning more about our chapter and sharing common experiences. A number of you wanted to help out Jeff Danzy who worked so hard for our house for over 43 years if you would like to help him out please contact our House Dad Dennis Hamm at 352-316-2111. I know some of you said you would like to help out with certain things at the house like the carpet, if so please email me at sigmachigator@gmail.com. We look forward to furthering our alumni relations. Go Gators!

In hoc,

Brett Owens

Registrations

Get your Registrations in! I hope all of you are as excited as we are to celebrate our chapters history!

In hoc,

Brett

85th Anniversary

We are pleased to announce that on November 6th and 7th, we will be celebrating our chapters 85th Anniversary at UF. Our football team will face off against Vanderbilt that weekend. We will be having a reception on Friday, November 6th at the Sweetwater Inn from 6:30-10:30 PM and a hog roast on Saturday, November 7th at the Sigma Chi house. To register for the event you must go to http://gammatheta.sigmachi.net/, registration is $35 and will go towards the reception at the Sweetwater Inn, and food for you and your family.We have reserved about 40 hotel rooms for the 85th Anniversary. You can get a discounted rate by calling the Red Roof Inn at (35... and registering under the group "UF 2009 Alumni". The discounted rate is $139.99. You must register by September 17th or the rooms will no longer be available. If you have anymore questions please email me at sigmachigator@gmail.com. Also be sure to invite anyone from our chapter that you are still in contact with. If you would like to register with a check make your check payable to SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY, GAINESVILLE ALUMNI CHAPTER

Mail to:

Attention Mike Harding

4180 NW 50th Terrace, #6107

Gainesville, FL 32606-0009

In hoc,

Brett Owens

UF Sigma Chi Alumni Chairman

Hotels reserved for the 85th Anniversary

We have reserved about 40 hotel rooms for the 85th Anniversary on Nov. 6th-7th. You can get a discounted rate by calling the Red Roof Inn at (352) 336-3311 and registering under the group "UF 2009 Alumni". The discounted rate is $139.99. You must register by September 17th or the rooms will no longer be available.

GatorSig Golf Tournament

The 6th Annual GatorSig golf tournament was held at the Orange County National in Orlando. The event was a great success and we hope that more Gamma Theta's will be in attendance next year. If you are interested in learning more about how to sign up, send an email to sigmachigator@gmail.com.
Also, don't forget! Alumni weekend will be the weekend of the UF Vandy game on November 7th. We will be having a hogroast in honor of the occasion, so plan on a big celebration of our chapters great history at the University of Florida.