Wilson, NC – Active brothers hosted another Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day at the steps of Howard Chapel on center campus. They set up their shop and started giving free coffee and donuts. Line of Barton employees formed fairly quickly, but we managed to respect the campus policies on social distancing. “It has been a hard semester and people usually don’t praise college employees enough, especially during the pandemic. This is why we’re doing this for the second time this school year. We love seeing excited employees coming to get their first coffee and snack of the morning and leaving with a smile on their faces”, said Andrew Jenkins, chapter President. This event, organized by SigEp’s is becoming a tradition that happens every semester. Employees seem to love the gesture and quick casual chat.
Brothers also started their first day of fundraising to help pay medical and travel expenses for AnnaBlair Smith, a three-year-old girl who was recently diagnosed with rare childhood cancer. “I felt we were obliged to help”, says Jaki. “One evening, I saw a post by Brewmasters talking about a child from Beaufort who has cancer. The moment I saw it, I knew we had to do something to help”. Jaki Gabric, a Croatian native, quickly organized the chapter to start the fundraising for AnnaBlair and her family. Having a donation box with a fundraiser flyer at the table this morning was the first part of fundraising for AnnaBlair. Next week SigEp Raiders will be utilizing a regular, “storm the dorm” tactic to raise as much money as they can. For the next year, Smiths will travel to Duke Hospital every day (3.5h) so any type of help is welcomed.
If you’d like to help AnnaBlair, please donate using our Venmo, sigepbc_1958, send a check to the fraternity house, or give us cash or pocket change when you see us in person! The active chapter and the family highly appreciate any help. You can join the support group on Facebook here and follow AnnaBlair’s progress.
