Philanthropy
Service for Sight
Delta Gamma’s philanthropy, Service for Sight, supports the five schools founded by Delta Gammas for children who are visually impaired and other North American organizations that promote sight preservation and conservation.
This philanthropy has been at the heart of the Delta Gamma mission since 1936, when a member who was blind, Ruth Billow, Eta-Akron, petitioned to adopt it as our official philanthropy. Beta Theta supports Service for Sight through our fundraisers and our yearly event, AnchorGames! This past year for AnchorGames, Beta Theta hosted DG Dunks, a basketball tournament on the Duke campus!
Other Service
In addition to Service for Sight, Beta Theta works with organizations such as Durham Habitat for Humanity, Welcome Baby, and more to host service events for our members to get involved in their community!
The Delta Gamma Foundation
The Delta Gamma Foundation fosters lifetime enrichment for members, promotes Service for Sight and partners with the Fraternity to ensure the future of our sisterhood. Dedicated members and friends make this mission possible through philanthropy, service and generous gifts which support the Foundation’s three signature programs: Service for Sight, Grants to the Fraternity for Leadership and Educational Programming and Grants to Individual Members.
Sisters Helping Sisters: A Need-Based Scholarship Program
The Delta Gamma Foundation supports collegiate members who have proven financial need and student loan debt through our Sisters Helping Sisters: A Need-Based Scholarship Program. Applications are reviewed and awarded on a rolling basis from August 1 –April 1 as funds are available. The application can be found at http://deltagamma.org/foundation/applications.
Undergraduate Merit-Based Scholarships
Merit-based scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis to qualified, initiated members pursuing undergraduate degrees. For the 2018-19 academic year 384 collegians received merit-based scholarships. For more information on the application, eligibility requirements and selection criteria click here.
Applications open mid-December and close March 1. The application can be found at http://deltagamma.org/scholarshipapp.
Graduate Fellowships
Delta Gamma Foundation graduate fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to qualified initiated members pursuing graduate/professional degrees. Selection is based on scholastic excellence, contributions to chosen field, past and current Delta Gamma activities and leadership, and campus and community involvement. For the 2018-2019 academic year 33 graduate members received merit-based fellowships. For questions or more information contact the Director of Scholarships and Fellowships at scholarshipfellowship@deltagamma.org
Applications open mid-December and close April 1. The application can be found at http://deltagamma.org/fellowshipapp.
