September 7-13, 2010

Tau Chapter holds its Rush for 1-2 weeks at the beginning of each school semester. Students interested in joining Alpha Phi Omega have an opportunity to attend numerous events during the week that express the fraternity’s commitment to leadership, friendship and service, including informational meetings, social gatherings and service projects. After the one to two week-long Rush period, rushees will receive a bid if asked to pledge the Fraternity. Please visit us at Rush if you have ANY interest in APO. Rushing is your best chance to ask the brothers questions; it is in no way considered a commitment on your part!

If you would like to speak with a member of Tau in person, feel free to contact one of our officers to make an appointment or stop by the UF Information Booth during regular business hours. The Booth is located at the HUB bus stop right next to Turlington Plaza in the center of campus.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Alexis Martin, the Membership Vice President at alexis822@ufl.edu.

President: Alex Harding

Service Vice President: Lindsay Webber

Membership Vice President: Alexis Martin

Pledgemaster: Vidhika Agrawal

Fellowship Chair: Crystal Ortiz

Philanthropy Chair: Catherine Hibbitt

PR Coordinator: Amber Danielecki

Alumni Coordinator: Audrey Bannon

Recording Secretary: Alyssa Freeman

Sergeant-At-Arms: Ryan Arens

Historian: Alisha Feldman

Summer Booth Chair: Camille Liebnitzky

Check out the latest edition of the Tau Chapter Times!

The St. Francis House Board of Directors and I would like to thank you for your very generous donation.  Your donation will be used for the guests and visitors of our emergency shelter and soup kitchen, as well as those that reside in our transitional housing. Without the generosity and support from you and other members of the community, we would not be able to make a difference in the lives of the homeless and hungry that come to us for help.

Your continued support is one of the reasons we experience the success identified above.  Thank you again for your contribution to improving the lives of so many individuals within the community by financially supporting the work of St. Francis House.

Sincerely,

Kent Vann

ByStudents

Dear Alpha Phi Omega,

Congratulations! On behalf of ByStudents, I am proud to provide Alpha Phi Omega with a check to support the St. Francis House in Gainesville.  Your responses will go to help thousands of future UF students learn about the school.

Again, congrats!

All the best,

Mike Dang

Editor for UF

Tentative Schedule

Friday, February 26
6:00pm – 10:00pm Potluck – Brothers arrive and meeting their weekend hosts

Saturday, February 27
9:00am – 12:00pm APO LEADS: LAUNCH program
12:00pm – 5:00pm Volunteer at the World’s Largest Water Balloon Fight Against Breast Cancer (in shifts)
10:00pm – 2:00am EPIC NIGHT at Downtown Gainesville Club

Sunday, February 28
10:00am – 12:00pm Brunch and Campus Tour

More information to come soon!

Contact Emily Sasser for more information!
email: esasser5@me.com
phone: 321-217-7565

Dear Alpha Phi Omega,

On behalf of the Early Learning Coalition of Alachua County, Jessica and I

want to send a huge THANK-YOU to Alpha Phi Omega for the invaluable service provided in

assisting us with playground construction. Not just once, but three times

you came out to different child care programs. Twice you

traveled the 20 miles out to High Springs from Gainesville, braving scorching

summer sun and heat, and even torrential rain—working straight through it!

Always you brought exceptionally willing attitudes, cheerful spirits,

enthusiasm, and expertise! Now, where there were no appropriate

outdoor play areas for these children, there are now stimulating and exciting

playgrounds!

Please know how much we, the child care providers, and the children

appreciate you and the significant difference you’ve helped make in our

community!

With warm regards,

Lynn Blakeslee, Quality Program Coordinator

Phoenix Animal Rescue – Pit Bull Awareness Day 10/4/09

Dear Alpha Phi Omega,

I am writing to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the work you did for Pit Bull Awareness Day. Thanks to you guys, setting up and running the booths was a piece of cake. This is my third year working with PBAD, and it’s never gone so smoothly. Having you all there made things run so much better. I really appreciate each and every one of you taking the time on a Sunday to help us out. Because of your help, we were able to raise over $1000 to help rescue, rehabilitate and rehome local pit bulls. As the “mom” of a rescued and rehabilitated pit bull myself, this means so much to me.

Thanks again! I hope we have the opportunity to work with your organization again. You guys are great!

Alison Hightower

Campus Diplomats – UF Family Weekend 10/3/09

Good Afternoon Alpha Phi Omega!

I want to take a moment to express our appreciation for your contributions to Family Weekend 2009: Bringing Home the Orange & Blue! With your contribution to the Family Fair, and Kick Off setup and tear down we were able to move efficiently and effectively through the weekend and provide several participants with a great opportunity to enjoy a fun relaxed atmosphere and interact with some of UF’s finest student leaders. I greatly appreciate the time you took out of your weekend to join us for Family Weekend and hope that you enjoyed your experience.

You can take a look at our pictures from the weekend online at http://uffamilyweekend2009.shutterfly.com. If you have any pictures you would like us to include in these albums, please pass them along my way

Many thanks for your support!

Jaime

Jaime A. Baker

Assistant Director New Student Programs

University of Florida

Heifer Living Market Fall Festival – Set up, Clean up, and Running event 10/10/09

Hi Alpha Phi Omega,
Thanks so much for coming out and helping. All of the volunteers made hauling tables, etc. much more efficient. We ended up raising about $1,300, which was pleasantly surprising due to the low turn out. Not to mention we were able to raise awareness about the work of Heifer International as well as bring numerous churches and groups throughout the community to work together (which does not seem to happen as often as one might hope). All in all, it was a worthwhile event. Thank you again for all your assistance and leadership, and thanks for the invitation to help with future (hopefully bigger events.
Peace,
Traci

Haven Hospice Coats For Kids – Nov. 17 2009

Members of the Alpha Phi Omega Fraternaty,

We at Haven Hospice, The Attic would like to thank you for your recent donation of your valuable time to help us in the Coats For Kids donation drive and give away.  The event was a tremendous success and we are thankful for your help to bring this project to a successful conclusion.  We collected over 600 coats during the donation drive and gave out coats to over 130 families.  As the coats warm the recipients bodies, your hearts should be warmed knowing that your efforts are appreciated!

Again, thank you for your support!

Michael H. Ingram

Manager of Retail Operations

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Puppy Hill Farm Animal Rescue – November 21, 2009

Dear Alpha Phi Omega,

Thanks so much to all of you for spending a whole morning (and a game morning at that!) building and painting donation boxes for Puppy Hill Farm Animal Rescue. The dog houses are SOOOO sweet, I can’t believe how talented you all are! Now they are bound for the counters of local vets and businesses, where they’ll raise some much needed funds for PHF, as well as helping us raise awareness for animal rescue.

In 2008 Puppy Hill Farm helped 587 dogs and 123 cats find permanent, loving homes. With the help of APO Tau Chapter and other wonderful volunteers and supporters like you, we’re on track to do even better in 2009. Again, thanks for helping us help the animals.

Sincerely,

Priscilla Caplan

for Puppy Hill Farm

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Thanks to volunteers for all your help

The Early Learning Coalition of Alachua County wants to extend it’s sincere thanks to all of our volunteers.

Students helped us from multiple colleges, many of which connected with our agency through the Center for Leadership and Service and Multi Cultural and Diversity Affairs.

We also want to thank our group volunteers; those who participated in Gator Plunge, which was wonderfully handled by Cassidy Young through the Center for Leadership. These volunteers enabled us to fix up many child care centers to create better learning environments for young children.

We would also like to thank Ignite, led by David Vargas, and Alpha Phi Omega, led by Emily Sasser, who helped with two events we hosted for children and families.

The volunteers are mostly from the University of Florida and are critical to multiple agencies that serve the Gainesville community. They help us while gaining valuable experience and leadership skills to help secure better jobs; all which make the University of Florida look fantastic.

Please consider what these groups do as a serious part of their education and the university producing successful graduates.

As “Title Town” for sports and higher education, let’s show the world that we are also Title Town for community service and early learning.

Sheryl Eddie,

Community outreach coordinator,

Early Learning Coalition of Alachua County,

Gainesville