JASON CHEUNG
Web Editor
Fredonia’s Greek life came together during the week of April 23, as the Inter Greek Council (IGC) raised approximately $3,200 for Manny Escobar’s family.
Every spring semester, IGC comes together to participate in a series of events, as well as to fundraise for people within the community. This year, the IGC chose to fundraise for the Escobar family in memory of Emmanuel J. Escobar, also known as “Manny.”
IGC is a joint council of the six social fraternities and sororities on campus.
“We always try to do something to help the community,” said Austin York, co-president of the IGC and brother of the Delta Chi fraternity.
York explained that every greek organization has their own philanthropies that they work with throughout the year. Greek life wanted to choose an entirely separate cause to donate to during their annual “Greek Week.”
“ . . . This year Manny unfortunately passed away right around the time we were planning Greek Week,” said York. “And since Manny is such a strong staple in [this] community’s life, especially students’, it just seems to be the right thing to do.”
During the week, fraternities and sororities team up and compete against each other in a series of events such as volleyball, spike ball, backyard games and more. By the end of the week, results are announced and the greek organization who won the most events and fundraised the largest sum of money wins the competition.
Greek week is also an important event to keep alumni connected and engaged in the campus community. A portion of the donations came from alumni.
“Alumni are more inclined to donate and give back when it has something to do with the community,” said York. “Jon Escobar, twin of Manny Escobar, was an alumni of Delta Chi and that is why a lot of alumni from Delta Chi [were] involved and took part in it.”