The University of Washington Zeta Tau Alpha sorority chapter engaged in numerous community service events from January to November 2015. Events included cookie decorating and donation, fundraisers benefiting breast cancer research, volunteering at food banks and children's hospitals, welcoming a new sorority, and participating in various breast cancer awareness activities. Members contributed over 3,000 hours of community service through activities like tutoring, volunteering at homeless shelters, retirement homes, and youth organizations. The chapter's efforts benefited causes like breast cancer education, hunger relief, and support for at-risk youth.

1. OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE EFFORTS
University of Washington Zeta Tau Alpha, Psi Chapter
Community Service Chairwoman: Kendall Watanabe
Chapter Service Events
Date Program Title/ Description
# Of Members
That
Participated
# Hours for
the
Program
Total # of
Service
Hours for
the Program
EC/PC Officer
Position
Involved
1/20/15 Cookie Decorating and Donation: Psi
chapter teamed up with the Alpha Xi
Delta Chapter at UWfora combined
exchange/community service cookie
decorating event. Our chapter was
able to build upon our greek relations
while benefitting a good cause. All the
cookies that were made were donated
to the University Food Bank.
50 people 2 hours 100 total
hours
Service Chair,
Social Chair
1/27/15 ZTA Psi Chapter Ice Cream Feed
Fundraiser: Our chapter hosted an Ice
Cream social philanthropy event with
all proceeds benefitting Breast Cancer
Education and Awareness. At $5 per
person entry fee, our chapter was able
to raise a large sum of money
benefitting our philanthropy.
100 people 5 hours 500 total
hours
Service Chair,
Philanthropy
Chair,
Social Chair
2/3/15 Food Lifeline Volunteering: UWZTA
helped by sorting through 15,360 lbs
of oranges to help combat hunger in
the local community. By assisting with
Food Lifeline, our members were able
to redirect local goods to those who
desperately need it to provide over
88,000 meals a day to local food
assistance programs
9 people 5 hours 45 total
hours
Service Chair
2/10/15 Welcoming Phi Mu Sorority to the
University of Washington: ZTA Psi
chapter attended and helped welcome
the founding chapter of PhiMu at the
University of Washington. Our
members encouraged positive
community relations and encouraged
the notion of sisterhood throughout
the Greek Community, helping to
unify our house with other chapters.
14 people 2 hours 28 total
hours
Service Chair,
Social Chair
2/14/15 Tie Blanket and Valentine’s Day card 30 people 2 hours 60 total Service Chair,

2. making forChildren’s Hospital: Psi
members teamed up with the
gentlemen from the PhiDelta Theta,
Washington Alpha chapter to
assemble an assortment of fleece tie-
blankets and Valentine’s Day cards
benefitting Children’s Hospital. With
over 8 tie blankets and 60 cards made,
we were able to make the children at
the hospital feel cared for and loved.
hours Social Chair
4/2/15 ZTA Fundraiser Feed to benefit
Cancer Research: Psi Chapter held a
rootbeer float and Dick’sburger feed
benefitting our Miss Greek candidate,
Natalie Korssjoen in her effortsto
raise money benefiting Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research. At $5
per person entry fee, our house was
able to raise a large amount of money,
whichwas donated for cancer
research.
100 people 4 hours 400 total
hours
Service Chair,
Philanthropy
Chair,
Social Chair
5/24/15 Friendship Bracelet Making for
Children’s Hospital: ZTA Psi Chapter
organized a community
service/sisterhood exchange along
with UWKappa Alpha Theta and UW
Delta Zeta. Taking place at Gasworks
Park, the three chapters worked
together to make friendship bracelets
and cards to donate to the Seattle
Children’s Hospital.
11 people 2 hours 22 total
hours
Service Chair,
Social Chair
6/2/15 ZTA Philanthropy Auction: Psi
Chapter held our 3rd annual auction
on June 2nd at Greenlake Park in
Seattle, WA. Members of our house
workedlong hours and donated their
own money assembling baskets of
goods that would be auctioned off.We
were able to raise several thousand
dollars forthis event, whichwent
towards benefitting our own
Philanthropy.
70 people 10 hours 700 total
hours
Service Chair,
Philanthropy
Chair
10/5/15 Think Pink! Seahawks Football Game:
In conjunction withour Chapter’s
National Philanthropy,the women
from Psi Chapter attended a UW
Seahawks Football game and passed
out pink ribbons to promote Breast
Cancer Educationand Awareness as
well as reach out to members of our
46 people 5 hours 230 total
hours
Service Chair,
Think Pink
Chair,
Philanthropy
Chair

3. own community regarding our
philanthropy.
10/10/15 “Making Strides Against Breast
Cancer”: Psi Chapter members teamed
up with “Making Strides Against
Breast Cancer” - an event unifying the
community to finish the fight against
breast cancer by walking and raising
funds to enable the American Cancer
Society to continue withtheir
extensive research. Our chapter
helped out at the event by passing out
ribbons and volunteering at the event
to help promote breast cancer
education and awareness as well as
volunteer at the survivors tent.
32 people 4 hours 128 total
hours
Service Chair,
Think Pink
Chair,
Philanthropy
Chair
10/16/15 UWVolleyball PinkOut Game: The
women from Psi Chapter attended a
UWWomen’s Volleyballgame and
passed out pink ribbons to promote
Breast Cancer Education and
Awareness as well as reach out to
members of our own community
regarding our philanthropy. We set up
a table at the event with brochures
and other informational pamphlets to
educate our community.
16 people 3 hours 48 total
hours
Service Chair,
Think Pink
Chair,
Philanthropy
Chair
10/17/15 Think Pink! UWFootball: UWZeta
Tau Alpha assisted at a UW football
game by running an informational
booth promoting our philanthropy
and providing information, pamphlets
and brochures regarding Breast
Cancer Educationand Awareness
6 people 2 hours 12 total
hours
Service Chair,
Think Pink
Chair,
Philanthropy
Chair
10/21/15 Think Pink! Thunderbirds Hockey
Pink OutGame: Psi Chapter reached
out to the Seattle Thunderbirds
hockey team in an attempt to “pink
the rink.” Members passed out pink
ribbons and promoted breast cancer
education and awareness during the
event.
3 people 4 hours 12 total
hours
Service Chair,
Think Pink
Chair,
Philanthropy
Chair

4. 10/25/15 Think Pink! UWWomen’s Soccer:
Members from Psi Chapter were given
the opportunity to pass out pink
ribbons as well as set-up a booth
promoting breast cancereducation
and awareness during the UW
Women’s soccermatch. In doing so,
we were able to reach out to the local
community about our philanthropy
and the significance of understanding
our health.
10 people 3 hours 30 total
hours
Service Chair,
Think Pink
Chair,
Philanthropy
Chair
10/25/15 Think Pink:Sounders: PsiChapter
attended a Seattle Sounders soccer
match to hand out pink ribbons and
promote breast cancer education and
awareness.
31 people 4 hours 124 total
hours
Service Chair,
Think Pink
Chair,
Philanthropy
Chair
11/1/15 Saving Teens 5K: 16 members of Psi
Chapter volunteered at the Saving
Teens 5K at Greenlake Park in Seattle.
This proceeds from the race
benefitted families of troubled teens
whosuffer from an array of illnesses,
from addiction, personal abuse, etc.
Our members were able to cheer on
runners, pass out water, and serve as
positive role models in our
community by talking to families of
troubled teens and encouraging the
families.
16 people 4 hours 64 total
hours
Service Chair
11/22/15 Card making forChildren’s hospital:
Psi chapter made Thanksgiving cards
to the wonderful children at
Children’s Hospital in Seattle to
spread joy and happiness during the
holiday season.
23 people 1 hour 23 total
hours
Service Chair,
Sisterhood Chair
Weekly Bryant Elementary School:Psi
Members volunteered at a local
elementary schoolas either a
classroom aid, helping the teacher
with whateveractivity they’re
working on in class, or in the
homeworkcenter helping children
whoare struggling on certain
subjects.
20 people 40 hours 800 total
hours
Service Chair

5. 10/31/15 Order of Omega Clothing Drive: Each
member of PsiChapter was tasked
with donating one gently used article
of clothing tobe donated to a local
homeless shelter.
115 people 1 hour 115 total
hours
Service Chair
5/16/15 Seattle Mariner’s Pink Out Game –
Members passed out pink ribbons,
interacted withMariners fans, and
spread awareness of breast cancer
throughout the day and during the
game. Psi is fortunate to have a
continuing relationship with the
Mariners baseball team so that this
event is an annual favorite.
20 people 4 hours 80 total
hours
Service Chair
5/12/15 Seattle Food Bank – TwelveZetas
volunteered at the University District
Food Bank where they weekly helped
pass out food, visited with guests, and
contributed to the survival
12 people 8 hours 96 total
hours
Service Chair

6. Event Photos
10/16/15: UW Volleyball Pink Out Game 10/5/15: Seattle Seahawks Breast Cancer
Education and Awareness
1/20/15: Cookie Decorating and Donation with UW
Alpha Xi Delta
2/10/15: Welcoming Phi Mu Sorority to the UW Campus

7. 1/27/15: UW ZTA Ice Cream Fundraiser Feed 2/3/15: Food Lifeline Volunteering Sorting
Oranges
2/14/15: Tie Blanket and Card Making for Children’s
Hospital
6/2/15: ZTA 3rd Annual Auction benefitting our
Philanthropy

8. 11/1/15: Saving Teens 5K Volunteering 10/10/15: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

9. Individual Hours
Name Winter
2015
Spring
2015
Autumn
2015
Service Description
Member 1 3
Member 2
Member 3 4  Barista forCornwall Church in Bellingham
Member 4 26  PikePlace Market Food Access Program
Member 5 X X 6  Young Executivesof Color (YEOC) through UW
 Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
Member 6 8  Finance chair for non-profit Freedom Project
Member 7 8 6 4  Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
Member 8 20  Planned Parenthood Votes forthe Pacific Northwest
Member 9 12 15  Translator at Seattle Children’s Hospital in Endocrine dept.
 Research assistant for a diabetes clinic
 Eastside Church babysitting
 Handing food and blankets to the homeless
 Woodinvilleretirement center assistant
Member 10 X X 10  UWMedical Center escort volunteer
Member 11 4  Bellevue elementary schoolacademic tutor and mentor
Member 12 4  Houston Humane Society
Member 13 8 4  Volunteer at a Las Vegas high school
Member 14 X X 1  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
Member 15 X X 5  UWGraduate school event assistant forthe elderly
Member 16
Member 17 6  Art curation volunteer at UW’s Meany Hall
Member 18 X X 5  YWCA Willow volunteer forstruggling women and children
Member 19 X X 5  Coins forKids raising money forphysical education in Seattle
Member 20
Member 21 4
Member 22 5  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
Member 23 72  Global Health Brigades through the UW
Member 24 4  Wenatchee food bank setting up tables and passing out food
Member 25 4 5  Fashion SolcticeFashion Show fundraiser forkids in
undeveloped countries
Member 26 5  Lacrosse clinic volunteer
Member 27 10 4  Circle of Friends Mental Health art teacher forlow-income
individuals
Member 28 6  US EPAoutreach ocean acidification
Member 29 4  Issaquah Food Bank
Member 30 X X 4  Bethany Presbyterian Church serving food forthe low-income
community
Member 31 X X 4  Entiat Elementary school volunteer setting up classrooms
Member 32 5  Children/babies volunteer at Bellevue YMCA
Member 33 X X 4  St. Stephen the Martyr Church volunteer doing yard work
Member 34 X X 4  Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
Member 35 10 12 100  King County Sexual Assault Resource Center courtwatch
program
Member 36 5 4 4  Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event

10. Member 37 170  Overnight supervisor at ROOTS homeless shelter
Member 38 X X 4  Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH foodbank
Member 39 X X 4  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Spokane Humane Society – Dog Walker
 St. Luke’s Rehabilitation center
Member 40 X X 4  Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church youth group
 Packingboxes for homeless at WCPC
Member 41 4 4  Planting trees with UWPre-Pharmacy Club
Member 42 5 4 4  Deaconness Hospital in Spokane
Member 43 X X 6  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Setting up forNARAL Auction
Member 44 4
Member 45 5 4 4  Roots Homeless Center
Member 46 5  Making Jared Boxes for the Jared Box Project
 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s annual fundraiser
Member 47 X X 4  Thurston County Food Bank
Member 48
Member 49
Member 50 X X
Member 51 X X 4  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Dance Studio “Givingfrom the Heart” event
Member 52 5 5 4  Filling purses for a churchdrive forhomeless women
Member 53 X X 4  Helping kids at an after schoolprogram at Seattle Chinese
Alliance Church
Member 54 X X 4  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Board of Educationcommittee forMuseum of Flight –
Marketing and higher education guidance
Member 55 10 10 4  Sammamish Children’s Therapy helping with accounting
Member 56 4  Mercer Island 5K Volunteer
Member 57 9 10 4  Tutoring at EcksteinMiddle school forEnglish and Science
Member 58 15  Sustainability Teacher at Seattle Elementary schools with
EPA/Department of State
Member 59 4  Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center
Member 60 X X 4  Serving foodfor Men’s homeless shelter at Catholic
Community Services in Federal Way,WA
Member 61 4 24  Meridian Park Elementary Schoolvolunteer
Member 62 X X 5  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Middle schoolvolleyballcoach
Member 63 5 4 8  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
 Blanket making for newborn babies at Anacortes Hospital
Member 64 X X 4  Raising money for sports education programs at Seattle
Public Schools – Coins forKids!
Member 65 X X 4  Walking dogs and cleaning cattery at a local animal shelter
Member 66 X X 4  Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
Member 67 4  Engineering Ambassadors events
Member 68 X X 4  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Forest trails clean-up
Member 69 10 10 10  Seattle Children’s Hospital helping research nurses
Member 70 X X 4  Soup kitchenvolunteer during Thanksgiving Break
Member 71 X X 6  Card making forSeattle Children’s Hospital

11.  UWDream Project’sAdmission WorkshopWeekend – serving
as a writing tutor for high schoolseniors’ college applications
Member 72 4  Thanksgiving shopping forunderprivileged families through
UWiB
 Buying Christmans gifts through adopting families
Member 73 X X 4  Heart and Stroke Awareness 5&10K run volunteer
Member 74 36  Dog training instructor teaching classes
Member 75 X X 4  Bellevue College Disabilities Resource Center Tutoring
Member 76 4 4 21  Seattle Children’s Hospital volunteer
Member 77 X X 4  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 BNSA volunteer booth forblood and bone marrow drives
Member 78 25  Serving the homeless meals at Blessed Sacrament
Member 79 4  Green Seattle Partnership helping to reconstructthe Burke-
Gilman Trail
Member 80 4  Planned Parenthood Votes forthe PNW
Member 81 X 10  Noah’s Ark Children’s Daycarevolunteer
Member 82 6  Esperanza International Fundraising Banquet Volunteer
Member 83 X X 5  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Burien C.A.R.E.S volunteer – animal shelter
Member 84 X X 4  St. George Parish School volunteer
Member 85 20  Developmental intern for Fred Hutch Child Care Center
Member 86 4 7  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
 Business Career Fair Volunteer
Member 87 6  Habitat forHumanity volunteer building a house
Member 88 X X 5  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Sorting foodat Issaquah foodbank
 ELLvolunteer assistant at Laurelhurt Elementary
Member 89 4  Sorting foodat Seattle foodbank
 Handing out food forhomeless
Member 90 4 5  Building bikes withPwCfor kids in Texas that can’t afford
bikes
 Blanket making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Financial literacy campaign forchildren with PwC
Member 91 X X 4  Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K event
Member 92 10 6  Union Gospel Mission – packaging dental kits
Member 93 X X 4  Beverly Elementary School volunteer arranging classrooms
Member 94 10 10 4  Woodmor Elementary School Special Edclassroom volunteer
Member 95 20  Developmental Intern at Fred Hutch Child Care Center
Member 96 X X 4  Issaquah Food Bank
Member 97 20  Seattle Children’s diabetes research volunteer
Member 98 4  San Gabriel Mission Food Bank Volunteer
Member 99 4 10 5  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
Member 100
Member 101 20  Volunteer preschool teacher at Yesler Terrace Head Start
Program in Epstein Community Center
Member 102 4  Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
Member 103 10 10 4  Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
Member 104 4 4  Sorting Canned Food at St. Anthony Center in Redwood City,
CA

12.  Serving foodat St. Anthony
Member 105 X X 4  Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
Member 106 5 4  Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
Member 107 10 8 9  Northwest Pediatric EyeCare exams to kids
Member 108
Member 109 4 5 4  Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
Member 110 X X 5  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission Volunteer
Member 111 4  Table facilitator fora diversity forum at UW
Member 112 X X 4  Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
Member 113
Member 114 12 4 5  Card Making for Seattle Children’s Hospital
 Assistant at Seattle’s Saving Teens 5K Event
 PrivateELL Tutor for3rd grade student
 Harborview Medical Center EyeInstitute
Member 115 4 4  Issaquah food bank volunteer
 Strong4Sam Foundation volunteer
Member 116 X X 5  Baked Christmas cookies forBrooklake Church
 Gift wrapping at fire department to donate to families in need
Member 117 X X 4  Volunteered serving dinner to homeless in Everett
Member 118 X X 10  Fundraising and organizing for UW’s Miss Greek event
Member 119 4  Burke Gilman Trail Restoration Project
Member 120 4  Gathering supplies forcard making for injured individuals in
the community
*X = Joined ZTA Fall 2015, Members are exempt from service hours winter/spring