This Sunday, many students will wake up early and put on their game faces for charity.
Kappa Delta Sorority’s yearly philanthropy event, the Shamrock soccer tournament, will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Guy Wicks Field.
The name “Shamrock” is nationally claimed as Kappa Delta’s philanthropy event, which has taken place since 1954, said Rachael Wilkinson, vice president of community service for Kappa Delta.
Shamrock is a single-elimination tournament. There is a champion for the women’s bracket and for the men’s bracket — each champion is awarded a trophy and bragging rights, Wilkinson said.
Eighty percent of the proceeds from the event will go to the Boost Collaborative Foundation based out of Pullman, Wilkinson said. The Boost Collaborative FoundaKappa Delta’s annual soccer tournament philanthropy event raises money for the community tion strives to better the lives of people and children with disabilities.
The other 20 percent will go to Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA), which aims to promote the healthy development of children and prevent child abuse from occurring. With both Greek and nonGreek groups participating, somewhere around 20 teams are anticipated to take part in the event.
Wilkinson said residential advisers, the Vandaleers choir and the Washington State University chapter of Kappa Delta will join University of Idaho Greek houses on the f ield to play.
“I think it’s a good way to start bridging the gap between Greeks and non-Greeks,” Wilkinson said. “I’m brand new. I just kind of want to put my own take on it and I want to make it something special.”
T he attendance for this year’s tournament is predicted to be one of its highest, so some Greek houses have created two teams, Wilkinson said.
“I’m super excited, because I think we will have more participation this year than the past few years that I’ve seen it,” said Katie Mosier, president of Kappa Delta. “Being able to build better bonds with the other sororities and fraternities is really cool to see.”
Wilkinson said food and beverages will be sold and attendees can participate in their own games on the space beside the main tournament with “Battle Balls.”
A key platform for Kappa Delta is confidence, and the charities the women choose they support fall in line with their platform, Wilkinson said. She said the foundations highlight the healthy and safe upbringing of children in order to give them confidence in their life.
“We feel strongly that children that go through physical, mental, emotional and sexual abuse can’t be at their full potential without somebody somewhere along the line reinstalling that self confidence in them and letting them reach their full potential,” Wilkinson said.
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