Push America

With over $350,000 in fundraising for people with disabilities, Pi Kappa Phi chapters around the country are on their way to breaking our all-time fundraising record! Find out where your local chapter stands here:

http://support.pushamerica.org/site/TR/Events/General?fr_id=1270&pg=teamlist

Our Gear Up Florida team kicked off from Miami this week and are on their way to Tallahassee. Along the way they've stopped for Friendship Visits including this opportunity to serenade one of the participants in Clewiston, FL. To see more photos, visit www.flickr.com/pushamerica and follow them on twitter at www.twitter.com/GearUpFlorida

Gear Up Florida orientation begins in exactly ONE WEEK at Florida International University in Miami! What is your favorite memory from GUF?

To celebrate Gear Up Florida beginning in two weeks, here is a sneak peek at the 2013 cycling jerseys!

What has been your favorite jersey design over the last 25 years?

One of our Volunteer Appreciation Week spotlights is Embry-Riddle student KC Book and the special relationship he has formed with a special child; take a few minutes and check it out! http://www.pikapp.org/contentnomenu.aspx?id=3666


Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity - Leaders by Choice
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As our organization has taken great strides to become what it is today, we know that we wouldn’t be able to redefine fraternity as a lifelong brotherhood of leaders or change the way society views both people with disabilities and fraternities without dedicated volunteers that give their all to the…

Calling all members of Pi Kappa Phi: are you still looking for a job this summer? How would you like to get paid to travel across the country and have an amazing experience? If so, have we got the job for you! There are still a few remaining Journey of Hope crew positions available. This is an incredible experience and one you will not regret. Contact Andrew Matznick at amatznick@pushamerica or 980-318-5388 for more information.

The Push America annual report for fiscal year 2012 is online! Take a few minutes and check it out; some incredible sponsors, stories and events are spotlighted.

http://issuu.com/pushamerica/docs/annualreport_2012


Annual Report 2012
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A look back at Push America's impact in 2012, including impact stories, financials and donor clubs for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012.

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Iota Eta (Embry Riddle) won an award for having the Most Volunteer Hours out of all fraternities on campus! And brother Kristofer Book won the Most Active Fraternity Man award! Awesome job guys.

Thank you to Polar Bottle for donating bottles for our team members this summer! We can't wait to take these on the road with us.

Zeta Theta chapter (UT-Austin) is hosting a volleyball tournament benefitting Push America! The UT IFC is awarding $1,000 to the fraternity whose photo celebrating their philanthropy earns the most 'likes' and shares, so be sure to click through and help these brothers out!


Texas IFC Facebook Picture Contest 2013
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Push America, founded in 1977 through Pi Kappa Phi as a way for undergraduate fraternity brothers to experience leadership development through service of people with disabilities.

4/20/2013 Push America Volleyball Tournament benefitting Push America that helps people with mental and physical disabilities.

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From Apr 15th to Apr 20th, Like Texas IFC Facebook page and like & share pictures in the "Texas IFC Facebook Picture Contest 2013" album

Pi Kappa Phi's Omega chapter (Purdue) recently finished their War of the Roses! The week-long series of events raised over $3,000 as sororities competed against each other in a variety of competitions. Congratulations to these young men, as well as newly-crowned Rose Queen Emily Trittschuh of Alpha Gamma Delta!

This past weekend, 35 men attended GAP Weekend at Whispering Hope Ranch Foundation in Payson, AZ, and built a bridge for the camp! Thank you for your service.

There's great events happening on campuses across the country as spring arrives! Be sure to keep sending us your pictures, videos and fundraising; here's some highlights this week from Beta Nu (Houston), Theta Lambda (Missouri State) and Theta Eta (American) chapters:

The newly-chartered brothers of Beta Xi (Central Michigan) raised nearly $1300 with their date auction last night! Be sure to keep sending in updates, fundraising and photos from your chapter's events this spring

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Date Auction 2013

The route selections for this year's Journey of Hope have been announced. To see which team members will be coming to a city near you, visit http://ipush.convio.net/site/TR/Events/General?pg=entry&fr_id=1260


Journey of Hope 2013 - Push America
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Journey of Hope 2013

The Marine Corps Marathon sold out today in just 2 hours and 27 minutes! Good thing Push America has charity bibs available. If you're interested in running one of the most popular races in the country while enabling athletes with disabilities to do the same, join us! http://ipush.convio.net/site/TR/Events/General?fr_id=1320&pg=entry


Marine Corps Marathon 2013 - Push America
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Marine Corps Marathon 2013

Team members from the 2013 Journey of Hope and Gear Up Florida teams spending time at Holy Angels Belmont, NC during Regional Team Training on Saturday. Nothing like a great game of Bingo with some very special new friends!

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Throwback Thursday! This is the first @[41394713416:274:Push America] ad. Found on the back cover of the 1979 Winter Star & Lamp. Back then, PUSH was an acronym standing for "Play Units for the Severely Handicapped" and was focused on building custom-made playgrounds for children with disabilities. Now it is Push America. not PUSH America.

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Omicron Chapter at Alabama has been doing some great service work recently! Last Thursday they had an event with Pi Kappa Alpha, @[24027985975:274:Alpha Delta Pi] and @[35233151164:274:Pi Beta Phi] called "Pie a Pi" involving pies in faces, pie eating contests, and pie fights. The event was a success raising lots of money for the Ronald McDonald House.

Push America’s staff pages are live! Want to get to know our team a little better? Click through all of the pages to learn a little more about what our staff does, as well as some fun facts about each of them. And enjoy some of the photo outtakes!

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