Pi Beta Phi Green Eggs & Ham

Who doesn’t love a flashback to Dr. Seuss and our childhood, while eating some famous green eggs and ham like foods? Well maybe a vegan, but Pi Beta Phi held their annual Green Eggs & Ham Philanthropy night last week and it was definitely a success. At the end of the night, Pi Phi tallied a near 300 visitors who came to support the fun, philanthropy, and most of all the food. All of the funds that came from Green Eggs & Ham went into the literacy fund that Pi Phi has in order to support their many acts of philanthropy such as: First Book, CAR (Champions Are Readers), Arrowmont, and Arrow in the Arctic.

Aleigha Kely was able to go to Green Eggs & Ham for the first time this year as well and left saying “the food was super good and I would recommend that everyone goes next year to enjoy endless plates of food”. As someone who isn’t a Pi Phi, she initially thought that “everyone was having a lot of fun and the house was brimming with people. It seemed to be a big party”. When asked about the philanthropy, Aleigha “thinks it’s an important initiative that Pi Phi is taking with literacy in addition to bettering the community around us”. She would definitely go back next year to support the cause!

Many others will agree, but according to Haley Muller (Pi Phi Member in Training), some of the highlights were: talking with sisters, pictures at the photo booth, home cooked food, supporting the philanthropy, which she believes is “a huge problem that is often way overlooked”, and simply didn’t have any issues with the night. What she hopes to see next year is simply “even more people coming out to support such a great cause”!

As someone who is also a member in training and was at Green Eggs & Ham, I loved getting to be a part of an annual event and seeing how many people came out to support literacy, even though they might have just wanted the food. It was especially great seeing how passionate all the sisters are about their philanthropy. In addition to the food and philanthropy, there is always a bit of humor at the Pi Phi house and that came out when we saw The Cat in The Hat roaming the halls of the house with the phrase that was on everyone’s minds, “thank you for being here today”.