Philanthropy week has been a big hit for all of the fraternities and sororities on campus.

For anyone who isn’t aware of what this past week has been about, each chapter on campus hosts an event that represents the philanthropies that they support. There have been many events going on around campus and many chapters are informing others about their philanthropies while having fun in the process.

Delta Zeta’s Nicole Doucette, the philanthropy chair, planned an event for all who participate in Greek Life.

The event, The Amazing Race, takes place on Wednesday Sept. 9 from 8-10 on the five’s  quad in the village. This chapter is raising money for the Starkey Hearing Foundation. This foundation focuses on providing hearing aids, cochlear implants and many other types of aid for people who struggle with hearing. Delta Zeta organized a project called Hike for Hearing which involves this event and a hike that will take place at Talcott Mountain in West Hartford on Sept. 20 around 12:30 p.m.

“The Amazing Race is a relay race with challenges for participants to overcome throughout the course of the race. Teams participating in the event will be made up of six people since there are six challenges throughout the race.

The challenges include, dressing up in crazy costumes, running with stacks of pizza boxes, eating through a whipped cream pie in order to find a piece of bubblegum and blow a bubble (an added twist, participants can’t use their hands), and so much more,” said Doucette in an email. “At the end of the event, there will be prizes for the top three winning sororities and fraternities.”

The Amazing Race is sponsored by Hike for Hearing.

The Pi Beta chapter of Delta Zeta at the University of Hartford are looking for sponsors for the 20 of September during their annual hike. If you would like to sponsor, you can visit the Delta Zeta website and click on Hike for Hearing.