tugfest: benefiting the make-a-wish foundation

Last Sunday we had one of our favorite philanthropy events of the year... TUGFEST! To describe how amazingly fun Tugfest is, would be about as hard as single-handedly trying to win a tug-of-war contest against 10 VERY strong fraternity members. To put it simply, this event completely rocked our world.
We arrived at Frat Park at about 11:30 to set up. The girls handed out shirts, set up the ropes, started blasting the music, and organized the brackets that list who would compete against who. The competition consists of 12 or so fraternity teams and 2 or 3 Chi O "coaches" per team. The coaches basically jump and scream and encourage our team to pull as HARD as they can, while the frat boys actually participated in the tug-of-war contest.

Oh, and did I mention that the boys play over two giant tarps filled with shaving cream?? To say things got messy is an understatement... By the end of the competition everyone (Chi O's and fratstars alike) were head-to-toe, COMPLETELY covered in shaving cream. Everyone had a blast dancing around, playing tug-of-war, and especially chasing one another down armed with a bottle of shaving cream.

However, after several rounds of fraternities competing, things got real.... The Chi Omega seniors took over! The jersey and neon-clad seniors, sponsored by ReadyU, divided in two teams and took opposite ends of the rope. After everyone gathered around the girls, the referee blew the whistle. GAME ON.The competition was fierce, but the girls did not disappoint! After they played against each other, the winning team competed against boys!

Although the event was silly and fun, it meant a lot more to the ladies of Chi Omega. We ended up raising about five to six hundred dollars for the Make-A-Wish foundation! Although this isn't our biggest earning event of the year, we are extremely proud of the men and women who volunteered their time to support our philanthropy, and our philanthropy chair for putting on an awesome event!
WE CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR!!! :)