The Florida Chapter's spring pledge class held a fundraiser at Red Mango from 8-11 PM where we receive a certain percentage of the profits from the night. Members and pledges came out after the pledge meeting to meet up with each other and get to know each other more so that the pledges can make a good transition into the chapter. The fundraiser gave the pledge class an opportunity to offset some of the fees associated with pledging. Of course, what better way to do this than while eating frozen yogurt! Members and pledges chowed down on frozen yogurt of all kinds with fruit toppings and chocolate while enjoying the company of each other.

Florida Chapter pledges and members sat face to face in a spree of 23 rounds of speed dating! The speed dating gives the members and pledges a brief and fun way to get to know a little about each other. The "big" and "little" give the pledge master, Saajan Panikar, their list of their top 3 choices. After the "little" are paired up with a "big" - an active member who would act as their "go-to" to help them with anything they need even if it is just an ear to listen...

The Florida Chapter had its last intramural sand volleyball game on Sunday. The members who showed up to play that night and were met by a tough team. Both teams warmed up and our team continued to show great improvements every time they have played together! Even though we experienced a tough loss we definitely had a fun last game of the season. As for the game itself it we played Sketchville USA and our member Samantha was sending them hot serves getting aces left and right making their team make some good plays...

The Florida Chapter headed to a second round at the University of Florida's Lake Wauburg Ropes Course. It started with activities aimed to get to know each other and warm up. We followed it with a game of Alaskan football where we passed the Frisbee above and below each person then the last person threw a Frisbee and to score points run around our team. We then broke up into 2 separate groups completing a low alpine course where everyone had to work as a team to get everyone across a two foot high log-course with various obstacles and team problem solving activities as well as multiple other team building activities working on communication and trust...

The Florida Chapter's spring pledge class put together a clothing drive for the St. Francis House in Gainesville. The St. Francis House homeless shelter and soup kitchen in Gainesville, Florida provides emergency food, temporary shelter, and related support services in a safe, secure environment for people in Alachua County who, for whatever reason, find themselves homeless and hungry. St. Francis House provides these services in a supportive environment where people can begin to manage their problems effectively and re-establish themselves as productive members of the community...

Members of Alpha Zeta Eta at California State University, Chico started off the Fall 2011 semester with a "Welcome Back" BBQ.  Members and advisors enjoyed hot dogs and cheeseburgers fresh off the grill, and the pups enjoyed getting to run around at Bidwell Park (one of the largest municipal parks in the country, and a gem of Northern California).  Activities including volleyball and frisbee were among some of the evening's highlight.  Overall it was a fun start to the year in the Eta chapter.

Each year, about 20 members of the Townshend Chapter of AZ (AZP) spend six weeks studying abroad in Brazil at the Universidad de Sao Paulo-ESALQ. This program takes a great deal of commitment from our in country hosts, Ana Victoria, Andre, and Shirota, as well as our advisor, Jill Pfister. Months of planning and problem solving goes into making these short six weeks of travel possible...

The week preceding Christmas, Cook Chapter learned of a local Homeless Shelter run by churches in the area. Each week, the shelter moves to a different church and volunteers sign the men in and stay up each night from 7pm to 7am in case of emergencies. Alpha Zeta was contacted by a local church for help and responded in force...

On February 24th, 15 members of the Cook Chapter ventured to Laser Park to play some games of Laser Tag. The event, organized by the chapter's Brotherhood Committee, was a great way for members to relax and have fun. The Alpha Zeta team played 3 games of laser tag. The event was so much fun that members are looking to have another laser tag night before the semester ends.

Barrett Keene is a former agriscience teacher from Florida who is embarking on a crazy adventure. He is taking the last few months of his PHD at Cornell University to walk literally across the United States of America. Why is he taking on such a crazy adventure? Well at the Florida Chapters meeting he shared those exact thoughts. Barrett is supporting a cause that not many of us think about on a daily basis or much at all unless you see commercials or know of someone who came from the situation. I am talking about orphaned and abandoned kids. He is promoting the Global Orphan Project as he walks talking to student and people just like our members to help be proactive ad sustainable about getting the children in the project schooling and care...