HAPA

Houston Alumnae Panhellenic Association

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)Shirley Kraus and Students

Panhellenic members give 140 community service hours annually to the Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) program at Spring Branch Elementary School through Partners In Education.

Funds exceeding $1,000 are donated every year to the school library, enabling hundreds of students to receive free books.

Panhellenic woman assist in the distribution of these books, reading to the children, and volunteering their time as needed.

               
RIF   RIF   Deb Stutsman (Librarian) and Shirley Kraus

               
RIF   RIF   RIF
               

RIF Award 2009
Local Philanthropies

Sixty-seven local philanthropies are funded by the over 5,000 sorority women in Houston.  Over $3 million have been raised in the past five years.

In addition, Panhellenic and its member groups have raised over $250,000 for the Houston Alumnae Panhellenic Foundation since its inception. 

Hundreds of collegiate scholarships from the Foundation have been awarded to Houston-area women.