Service

From the time of our founding, Alpha Delta Pi has believed in the importance of giving back to our community. A dedication to philanthropy guides our members to spend time in the service of those who need it most. Our international organization’s commitment to Ronald McDonald House Charities has led to the donation of over $15,000,000 over the course of our partnership.

Here you can find the many ways in which our association has served our community.

Alpha Delta Pi and Ronald McDonald House Charities have been philanthropic partners since 1979. As one of their oldest corporate partners, our members provide financial support for RMHC by raising money through fundraising events, hands-on support for their local RMHC chapter, and in-kind donations. In 2015, the RMHC Endowment was created for any RMHC chapter to apply for a grant to help build or renovate facilities, as well as create or expand their programs. These grants allow Alpha Delta Pi to support more RMHC locations that may not have a collegiate chapter or alumnae association nearby to provide funding or volunteer services.

The Alpha Delta Pi Foundation serves others through our philanthropic partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) as well as our own sisters through emergency grant funds that provide help when our sisters need it most. Established in 1983, the Alpha Delta Pi Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization, and gifts made to the Foundation are tax deductible.

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Ronald McDonald House Charities®

As a chapter association, we support Ronald McDonald House Charities® in conjunction with the national Alpha Delta Pi Foundation.

Since our sisters are located all over the globe, we are open to supporting projects in any location and are currently relying heavily on virtual participation.  To date, our organization has supported houses in the Chicago and Indianapolis areas.

Week of Service: October 26 through November 2, 2024 

The cupboards are nearly bare at the Ronald McDonald Family Room located in Riley's Children's Hospital in Indianapolis. Each day, 100 people pass through the Family Room. In some cases these snacks have been known to be the family’s dinner. Each of us can do a small part to help provide nourishing or comforting snacks to a family who is dealing with medical struggles. If every sister places an order, we can get those cupboards full again. Feel free to share this with friends, too!

Instructions: Snacks for RMHC Family room at Riley's.
To participate, please follow these easy steps so that we can recognize all the participants and so that RMH can also report to us our total contributions. (Don’t miss step #7!)

1.  Register for the event on ADPi Online  Click the “Events and Registration” tab, and select Indiana. Go to the “Snacks for RMHC…” event.
2. Click on “Click Here to Register.” Complete your name, Gamma Epsilon and email, then Submit.
3. Go to the RMH page for purchasing wish list items: https://www.rmhccin.org/give/wish-list/
4. Select “Snacks List” and you will be directed to an Amazon Wish List.
5. Fill your shopping cart and then proceed to checkout.
6. Choose RMHCCIN - Snacks/Meals Wishlist's Gift Registry Address
7. Since this is a gift, the page will include a virtual card with your name prefilled. Remove your name and substitute Purdue ADPi
8. You can write a personal message above and include your name there if you choose.
9. Complete your purchase.
10. RMH will track and report all donations with the Purdue ADPi coding.
11. If you have friends who also wish to participate, simply share the link to the RMH page (with instructions starting with Step 3).

Please note: If you do not see Gift Options at checkout, you may have selected an item for which gift options are not available. These items cannot be tracked, and we ask that you select a different item for this project.
Place your orders any time from 10/26/24 - 11/2/24. Thank you for your willingness to support this project to support Alpha Delta Pi philanthropy.

Past Philanthropy Projects

Ronald McDonald House Wish List Fulfillment

Gamma Epsilon Chapter Association supported RMH charities by encouraging sisters to purchase online wish list items twice in 2022: during our Week of Service in October, and again during the Holidays in December. These projects purchased snacks and Holiday wish list items for the Ronald McDonald Family Room located in Riley's Children's Hospital in Indianapolis.

Pop Tabs for Ronald McDonald House

Sisters who attended the Diamond Jubilee event in October 2022 brought their collections of pop tabs, and our Philanthropy Chair hand delivered about 5 pounds of them to Ronald McDonald House in Indianapolis. Keep collecting your tabs!