Homecoming 2007 is right around the corner (October 6) and you may be debating weather or not to go. I know that life is full of obstacles and October seems light-years away from today, but I want to encourage you to come back to Platteville to meet a great bunch of guys. I am sure you will recognize the house, the composites and I am sure you will recognize some of the other Alumni, but I am willing to bet you will not recognize your undergraduate fraternity.

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After looking at what today’s Tekes do, and reading their meeting minutes, I see this group of guys as our next evolution. This new breed of frater is focusing more on brotherhood and our community more than any group I have seen during my 14 years as an active part of TKE. Back when I pledged the house knew how to throw a mean party and have a great time, but as a group that’s what we did well. This new group is diverse doing many things for many people; they get involved in their environment. Their environment is the Platteville community, not just the basement of the TKE house. This change was not made overnight, as the years go by the “Best Practices” are retained and new ideas are born. The TKE once a year volunteering for Special Olympics or the Teeter-Totter-A-Thon is a thing of the past, today they volunteer almost weekly for events. Since December here is just a SAMPLE of what they have been doing (from their reports from the Undergrad meeting minutes):

Volunteer Activities:

• Weekly Bingo @ Heartland Healthcare
• Monthly - Unload trucks at the Food Pantry
• 12/06 – Bell Ringing
• 12/06 – Work fundraiser for Greek Carnival
• 1/07 – PIC involvement week
• 2/07 – Kids with Parents in the Military
• 4/07 – St Jude’s “Up all Night”
• 4/07 – Relay for Life
• 4/07 – Dog Park Construction
• 4/07 – 24 Hour Bean Bag Fundraiser

Donations Given:

• 12/06 – $125 to Toys for Tots
• 4/07 – Phil donates $200 for a brotherhood activity
• 4/07 - $100 to March of Dimes
• 4/07 - $100 to Bean Bag Fundraiser
• 4/07 - $300 to Alzheimers Association
• 5/07 – $500 to Special Olympics
• 5/07 - $1600 to Alzheimers Association

Events Sponsored:

• 4/07 - Alzheimers Golf Outing ($55 + Silent Auction)
• 4/07 – Teeter-Totter-A-Thon ($325.24)
• 4/07 – Secretary’s Day
• 5/07 – Set up Alzheimers Run for next fall 

Brotherhood Activities:

• Weekly Foosball
• 12/06 – Senior Roast
• 12/06 – Fuzzy Knuckle Gift Exchange
• 12/06 – X-mas dinner
• 12/06 – Card night
• 1/07 – Intramural Basketball
• 1/07 – Intramural Broomball
• 1/07 - Movie Night
• 1/07 – Social - Sigma Pi
• 2/07 – Bowling
• 4/07 – Parents Weekend
• 4/07 – Intramural Flag Football
• 4/07 – Paintball Brotherhood
• 4/07 - Social – Farmhouse
• 4/07 – Social – Sig Tau
• 4/07 – Social – Sigma Alpha Iota
• 4/07 – Bowling
• 5/07 – Social – Sigma Pi
• 5/07 – Senior Roast
• 5/07 – Planning brotherhoods to Field of Dreams, 6 Flags and Noah’s Ark 

Processes:

• 1/07 – New actives are given a copy of Bylaws
• 1/07 - Big class schedule of all actives
• 1/ 07 – Dues balance sheet created for all to see
• 1/07 – House obtained Sam’s club Membership to save $$
• 1/07 - $100 tutoring fee to be paid for by chapter for any frater needing it
• 2/07 – If you have bad grades, no social events
• 2/07 – Sober Brother Program
• 3/07 – Undergrad Work Weekend
• 3/07 – Letters sent to High schools, welcoming freshmen

As you can see there is a LOT being done at the MuNu Chapter, and there is a LOT of money being donated to other organizations. Please take the time to get to know and support these guys, Homecoming is the perfect opportunity. As MuNu Alumni we need to promote these ideals and assist them in any way we can whether it is through donation of time or money. GET INVOLVED, our support today will help a lot more than just the MuNu chapter. Our examples today will encourage their involvement tomorrow!