Our Past Community Service
As PIKEs, we have a duty to support and uphold the communities that we reside in. We have hosted a wide variety of community service events, ranging from assisting other organizations to volunteering with the school.
In 2023, we hosted a canned food drive…We ramped things up in 2024. To start off the year, we cleaned a half-mile segment along the San Marcos River and surrounding area, which had been riddled with trash. In a similar manner, we also collaborated with another fraternity on campus, “FIJI,” to help clean the local downtown area of San Marcos.
In the fall semester, we hosted 4 separate events with the Concerned Veterans for America, a nonprofit that works to build community between veterans and help advocate for their voices to be heard. We also helped Texas State University in setting up and running events for Homecoming Week, such as the Soapbox Derby. Finally, we hosted a canned food drive and were able to donate 1000 lbs to the Hays County Food Bank, which led to the school awarding us an extra social event as a token of their appreciation.
Wasting no time, we have already begun events for 2025. We helped the president of Texas State, Kelly Damphouse, and his wife to run their annual “Casino Night” fundraising event at the San Marcos Regional Airport. The money raised from the event goes to an endowment fund that they started, which helps provide scholarships to students raised in the Texas Foster Care System who demonstrate financial need as well as good academic standing. We also have an event planned for April 5th where we will be participating in Bobcat Build, an event that unites the community and university to engage in various service projects throughout the community.
