Gamma Theta Initiation and Orange and Blue BBQ

Brothers,

Hope everyone has been well these past few weeks. I just wanted to remind everyone that upcoming beginning on April 4, 2010, the Spring 2010 Pledge Class will begin their I-Week. On Friday, April 9 the pledges will be taken out to the Pits to begin the ceremonies of Initiation. As many of you know this is one of the most meaningful nights of I-week, and it only makes it more meaningful when the pledges see several different alumni coming out to help and observe this night, allowing them to realize the importance of this week. We will be leaving the house around 9 pm, and should be off of the property around 11 pm. The next morning Initiation will begin around 7 am, and finish around 9-930 am. You are all welcome and encouraged to attend either or both of these events, and following Initiation there will be a breakfast and BBQ for both the new pledge class and the Orange and Blue Spring Gator Game on April 10. This should be a very fun weekend both celebrating the Initiation of our new Spring 2010 pledge class along with the first Gator game of the 2010 season. E-mail me back with any questions or concerns regarding these events, and I hope to see all of you there.

In Hoc,
Christian Thomas
Gamma Theta Alumni Chair

Save the Date Gamma Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi Alumni BBQ and Initiation

Brothers,

Just a final update on the Gamma Theta Sigma Chi Derby Days for 2010. Our final number was around $31,000 making us the top philanthropy on campus among fraternities. Also, we have a few events coming up in the month of April including Initiation on April 9-10 and the Orange and Blue annual Gator Football Game on that Saturday. Everyone is welcome to come out to the pits on Friday night, April 9, to see the start of the Ritual among the Spring 2010 pledge class, as all of you know how important this night is. The following morning will conclude the ceremonies of Initiation, and we will be holding a BBQ at the house prepared by our chef. Several alumni, including Jeff Danzy will be in attendance, and it would be a pleasure to see all of you here. Thank you and you can e-mail me with any questions at sigmachigator@gmail.com.

In Hoc,
Christian Thomas
Gamma Theta Alumni Chair

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