Fighting Hunger
Fighting Hunger
To Welcome the Opportunity of Contributing to the World’s Work
Alpha Gamma Delta's international philanthropic focus is fighting hunger. To learn more about our international philanthropy, click here.
The Gamma Phi chapter also supports the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation. Learn more about the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation and all that they do to support scholarship, leadership and service.
Alpha Gams love giving back in the community where they are placed! Big or small, we know we can make a difference in our world. Click here to learn more about Alpha Gam’s community service efforts.
What we do
What we do
Our Purpose illustrates how we want to interact with the Atlanta and Georgia Tech communities through service and philanthropy. The Gamma Phi chapter works to end hunger by participating in food drives, raising money for Meals on Wheels Atlanta, and packaging food for local shelters. Through the service opportunities in our community and our philanthropic support of our international philanthropy, we have impacted thousands of lives.
GRILLED CHEESE WITH AGDs
Our annual Grilled Cheese with AGDs event raises money for Meals on Wheels Atlanta. Students stop by our house for a grilled cheese, a cup of soup and a ton of fun. We also aim to educate members of the Georgia Tech community on hunger in our local community, and how each person can get involved in ending hunger. This year our chapter raised over $10,000 for fighting hunger!
ALPHA GRABBA DONUT
Alpha Grabba Donut is an annual event where we partner with Krispy Kreme’s Fundraising Platform to sell donuts to raise money for Fighting Hunger. It is a one day sale with preordering available. Every $1 raised provides four meals to the Atlanta Community Food Bank, and this year Alpha Grabba Donut raised over $3000! 100% of the proceeds went to the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
PICKLE SLAM
In Spring of 2024, our chapter partnered with Georgia Tech Lambda Chi Alpha for our first annual Gam Lam Pickle Slam. Pickle Slam is a campus-wide Pickleball tournament which raises money for Meals on Wheels Atlanta. Participants compete in teams and can buy themed snacks and drinks, with all of those proceeds going to Meals on Wheels Atlanta as well. This year, we raised over $3000!
ALPHA GAMMA DELTA’S ANNUAL WEEK OF SERVICE
Week of Service is a week where all Alpha Gamma Deltas across the nation engage in various community service opportunities for a full week. This year our chapter wrote Valentine’s Day cards for kids and veterans, hosted a Valentine’s Day party for kids at City of Refuge, donated sandwiches for Food4Lives, and held a canned food drive for the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
A Letter from our Vice President of Philanthropy
Hi! My name is Dani Nicholas, and I am the Vice President of Philanthropy for Alpha Gamma Delta.
Alpha Gam is a place that promotes the importance of serving others. Our Purpose states, “to welcome the opportunity of contributing to the world’s work in the community where I am placed because of the joy of service thereby bestowed and the talent of leadership multiplied.” That is a long-winded sentence, but it truly points to a passion that all Alpha Gams have for giving back right here in our community, where we are placed.
Our philanthropic focus is fighting hunger - an issue that touches the lives of so many people, especially here in Atlanta. This allows us to provide hands-on service to those in need, whether sorting through donations at a food bank or handing hot food directly to unhoused people in a kitchen. We also give back by raising money for organizations like Meals on Wheels and the Atlanta Community Food Bank through the fun events we host on campus - Grilled Cheese w/ AGDs, Alpha Grabba Donut, and the Pickle Slam. Hunger intersects with countless other philanthropic causes - poverty, healthcare, disabilities, racial and gender issues - the list goes on. This year, our chapter has picked monthly themes to help focus our efforts, learning about how hunger affects different marginalized groups and selecting relevant nonprofit and on-campus organizations to partner with.
We also recognize that not every member’s primary philanthropic interest is fighting hunger, and it’s amazing to celebrate and learn about each other’s unique passions as well.
I’m so proud to be an Alpha Gam for many reasons, but one is certainly the care and love that my sisters have for others. It is so rewarding to be part of a community that wants to give back and pushes each other to be better.
Love,
Dani Nicholas