The past few weeks have been very hectic for Phi Kappa Theta Alpha Rho, with brothers moving in and starting classes only two weeks ago. However, the brothers have already been working very hard to set up the best year possible for the chapter.
 
The first official brother meeting went over smoothly, mainly focusing on due-collecting and the official turnover to our new President, Matt Beerse. Also pitched at this meeting were the two major charity events for the fall semester: Movember and Kaps for Kids (both of which are either off to a great start or are being prepared for a great start for the not-to-distant future) as well as possible fundraisers, alumni events and social events for the chapter.

Kaps for Kids is already off to a great start. Alpha Rho Staff made buckets for the charity and distributed them to four local basrs in the downtown Belmont area. All three of them immediately showed enthusiasm for this -- maybe they just wanted someone to finally take bottle caps off their hands? We're not exactly sure, however all three of the bars ensured us that we'd hit the jackpot. We've established a method for collecting the bottle caps as well. Every Sunday, brothers will collect the plastic shopping bags in each bucket filled with caps, and replace it with a new bag. This will be the brothers' responsibility until we have a group of associate members to collect them (in order for them to feel involved with the fundraiser, since the creation of the artwork will be the brothers' job) FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT KAPS FOR KIDS, VISIT THE FACEBOOK PAGE HERE: KapsforKids

Alpha Rho has also been hard at work planning Rush (September 13th), Homecoming, several Alumni and on-campus social events. More details on these as they come closer.