On Saturday, Oct. 19, the Alpha chapter of Tri Sigma held their second annual Fall Festival. The festival raised almost $900 for Tri Sigma’s Philanthropy, The Robbie Page Memorial Fund.
Both Farmville residents and Longwood students were in attendance and enjoying the games, food and fun. The Robbie Page Memorial
Fund was named after a former national president of Tri Sigma’s son, Robbie Page. Robbie died at the age of five of polio. The Robbie Page Memorial Fund was established in order to raise money for research into a polio cure. After accomplishing the goal of curing polio, the fund moved on to therapeutic play for terminally ill children. To honor this goal, one of Tri Sigma’s mottos is, “Sigma serves children.” The sisters of Tri Sigma’s
Alpha chapter are dedicated to raising money for The Robbie Page Memorial Fund and participating in therapeutic play. Every semester, the sisters take multiple trips to the North Carolina Children’s Hospital at Chapel Hill where one of the Robbie Page play atriums is located. The sisters spend two hours playing with the children in the hospital and spending time with the families.
This event is planned not only to help raise money for the Fund but also serve the children in the Farmville community.
The children and families that arrived got to play games like needle in a hay stack, cupcake walk and many more. Tri Sigma was honored to host an event for the children of the community and raise money for such an important cause.
