Kappa Kappa Gamma Reading is Key Week

The Gamma Nu chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma celebrated its “Reading is Key” week with basketball tournaments, pancake dinners, and by spending a morning reading and crafting with kindergarteners at a local elementary school. This week is significant to Kappa Kappa Gamma’s philanthropy, which is Reading is Fundamental, because it was an interactive and exciting way for the university’s Greek life to come together and support our philanthropy. All money raised during this week went toward providing books for children, who are lacking in literacy resources, across the nation.

“Reading is Key” week started on March 5 with the “King of the Kourt” basketball tournament and fundraiser. Fraternity members competed in this competitive bracket leading up to the championship game, where Kappa Sigma took the victor’s seat and bragging rights.

Next on the agenda was “Breakfast for Books,” a five dollar breakfast for dinner event. Kappa’s dining room was filled with laughter and conversation as guests enjoyed their pancake meals. This is one of our sorority’s largest and most important philanthropy events each year.

Lastly, members of Kappa Kappa Gamma spent Friday morning at Grace Hill elementary school to read and interact with kindergartners. After a morning filled with reading and crafting, each kindergartner was gifted three books and a CD with the books recorded so that they could follow and listen along as they read.

These events played a large role in Kappa Kappa Gamma’s mission to encourage and enable children’s literacy across the country. We are so proud of our awesome philanthropy chairs, Emily Wish and Katherine Gilbrech, for devoting their time and efforts to making this week exceptional and productive!