Read>Lead>Achieve
Pi Beta Phi's philanthropic effort, which inspires a lifelong love of reading that can unlock true potential creating a more literate and productive society.
What is Read>Lead>Achieve?
1 in 4
How many kids grow up to be functionally illiterate?
The event where we sell drinks on ring road and tell the community about the effect of illiteracy in America.
What is Lemonade for Literacy?
Pi Beta Phi Elementary
What is the name of the settlement school in Tennessee?
Share a personal story/ memory about volunteering or going to fundraising events.
Be sure to include at least one volunteer event (like CAR or Fraternity Day of Service) or one fundraising event (like Lemonade for Literacy, Pi Phi Parlor, or Arrowdays)
Pi Beta Phi's unique reading enrichment program for students in pre-k through third grade.
What is Champions are Readings?
30 million
What is the amount of Americans over 16 that cannot perform simple and everyday literacy activities?
The event where we invite people to our house and have an all you can eat sweets buffet.
What is Pi Phi Parlor?
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Give your best one to two sentence response to "What is Read>Lead>Achieve?"
Must include words like reading, fight to end illiteracy, inspire lifelong love of reading, make sure no kid grows up without the chance to learn how to read.
Our Canadian philanthropy supports reading in Canada's northern library systems.
What is Arrow in the Arctic?
$2 billion
What is the amount of money spent each year on students who repeat a grade because they have reading problems?
The week where we have a campuswide, boothing all week, and end the week with a sporting event.
What is Arrowdays?
2011
What is the year our philanthropy was named Read>Lead>Achieve?
In 3 sentences or less, answer "How is our cause making a difference?"
Must include info about our fundraising events and/or volunteer events
Local alumnae clubs and collegiate chapters distribute thousands of books to organizations in low-income communities on these fun, family-friendly days.
What is Fraternity Day of Service?
1 for every 300 children.
What is the amount of books available to kids in low income neighborhoods?
We go every week to a second grade classroom and read to kids.
What is Champions are Readers?
1910
What is the year that our philanthropy was established?
Should include an impact statement which emphasizes illiteracy.
This supports all of the efforts that make up Read>Lead>Achieve. Without these monetary gifts, none of these programs would be possible.
What is the Literacy Fund?
31%
What is the percentage increase in literacy skills in America since 1910?
The event around the time of Dr. Suess' birthday where we donate over 100,000 books to underprivileged communities.
What is Fraternity Day of Service?
1 million lives.
What is the amount of lives impacted by Read>Lead>Achieve since it started in 2011?
Respond to the statement, "I heard that Tri Delt's philanthropy was better than y'alls"
Address the cause and also explain why our philanthropy is important.