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| Building leaders by serving people with disabilities today |
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| Raising funds, awareness and volunteerism for people with disabilities. |
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Abilities, teamwork, empathy, and integrity
Push America is the national philanthropy of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. It is the first and only philanthropy created, owned and operated by a fraternity. |
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Founded Push America in 1977
Push America originally started as P.U.S.H. America, which stood for play units for the severely Handicapped. Originally, Push America was only involved with handicap accessible playground equipment. Later, the acronym was dropped and it became PUSH America. |
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| Semester Project/ Give a push weekend (GAP Weekend) |
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| A weekend volunteer opportunity for members to work at a camp for children with disabilities. These occur in the fall semester. |
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| Semester Project/Push Camp |
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| A spring break volunteer opportunity for members to work at a camp for children with disabilities. These occur over spring break. |
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| Semester Project/ACCESSability Project |
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| A chapter of Pi Kappa Phi can construct a wheelchair ramp for a needy party in the local community. Push America will pay for the supplies and the chapter provides the labor |
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| Summer Projects: Build America (BAM) |
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| founded in 2003: a 6 week summer volunteer event where members of Pi Kappa Phi traveled to 6 different camps that serve people with disabilities construct handicap accessible amenities for people with disabilities. You must raise 3,500 on your own for Push America to be a member on the team. |
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| build america-There are two types of members; |
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crew and team member. Crew members get to drive the vans as well as hold one of these positions:
Crew chief: handles all of the tools and team equipment
Public relations: Promotes Build America to the local media
Historian: take pictures during the trip at camps, members of Pi kappa Phi work to improve the camps and then volunteer at night with children with disabilities
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Founded in 1987:
a 64 day, 4000 mile cycling trip to raise funds and awareness for people with disabilities. There are 3 routes: North, South and Trans America(Trans). JOH raises over $500,000 for people with disabilities.
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was the first Pi Kappa Phi member to ride the journey of Hope. He completed the ride alone in 1987.
You must raise $5,000 to cycle the Journey of Hope, or $1,500 to be a crew member.
Pi kappa Phi members cycle on an average 85 miles per day and then volunteer afterwards at friendship visits with people with disabilities. |
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| A puppet show put on by the Journey of Hope to increase empathy and understanding of people with disabilities. The characters have disabilities and the script humorously emphasizes the abilities of people with disabilities. |
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| A two week 800 mile cycling trip to raise funds and awareness for people with disabilities. You Must raise $2,500 to participate in GUF. There are cyclists and crew member positions for GUF. |
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| Members of Pi Kappa Phi who have completed summer projects are called Pi Alphas upon completion |
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