The Strength of the Bond of Brotherhood

The response to this effort has been amazing. I want to thank EVERYONE for support the Upsilon Chapter of the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity. We received a few great notes from the alumni of other chapters and I want to share them with you.

Barney Seaton from the Gammpa Pi Chapter writes:

I am an alumni of Gamma Pi chapter. In 1989 I arrived at the F & M chapter house in the middle of the night needing a place to sleep. Your chapter took me in and treated me like one of their own. I will never forget the brotherhood shown to me.
Y.I.T.B.O.S
Barney Seaton

We thank you Barney for your generous donation. Delta Sigma Phi is built on the notion of brotherhood. The bond is not limited to the brothers in each chapter but extends between chapters. The bond of brotherhood is a national sentiment.

Victor Jeong from the Gamma Epsilon Chapter writes:

Having been part of a second rechartering , I know the importance of having a House. We currently have a housing fund created by the alumni for the time when we have achieved critical mass to purchase a house again for our new brothers for a third rechartering... Hope this helps.

YITBOS
Victor Jeong
Gamma Epsilon '84

The generosity from Delta Sig alums all over the nation is a testament to how strong the bond can be between fraternity men. Even in difficult economic times such as now, brothers are doing what they can to help. Delta Sig Alum Nolan Graff from Albion College in Michigan writes that he will gladly donate when he visits blog. While he is currently out of a job, he has still offered us $20- $50.

Our house is extremely important to our brotherhood. For most of us, our four years college are defined by the time we spend in our chapter houses. Once again, thank you to everyone for recognizing how important our chapter house is to the Upsilon Chapter.

Help Us

Dear Brothers,

I am a concerned alum from the Upsilon chapter of the Delta Sigma

Phi Fraternity. For those that do not know, the Upsilon chapter is
located at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster PA, and has been
a part of Delta Sigma Phi for almost 100 years!

Recently, Franklin & Marshall College created a mandatory on-campus

living requirement for all students. This allowed students to live in
either campus dorms, or off campus "approved housing." This
requirement gave the college the control to determine what houses

students live in. Unfortunately for us, the College deemed our house
in its current state unfit for College Housing approval, which means
no brothers can live in it. We also were not able to afford new fire
resistant doors mandated by Lancaster City housing codes and the City
condemned our property until we replace the current doors with fire
resistant doors.

The main goal of the College's living requirement is safety. Our chapter

house is old...over 100 years old. There are a lot of problems with

plumbing, wiring, and fire safety that have accrued over the years.

Now, we need your help...

As brothers of the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity, I ask you to help
support the Upsilon chapter. We must raise $100,000 in order to make
necessary improvements or our house will stand there for all of us to

look at but not use...that means no more rituals, brothers meetings,

new member recruitment or just general brotherhood activities.

I've set up a pay pal account and ask that each brother around the

nation donate $10. If enough members from a specific chapter donate
money, the Upsilon Chapter has decided to dedicate new rooms in your
honor.

For the chapter that donates the most, we will name our ritual room after you.

When we pledged, we all promised to give back to Delta Sigma Phi. We
need to stand together in these tough economic times to ensure that
our fraternity thrives. Please help us, brothers. This may be our
only shot...

YITBOS,

Ian Group
Franklin & Marshall '07
Former President, Upsilon Chapter, Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity, '06-'07