Events Service day * Open House * Pledge Tea* Service Projects * Formals/Semi Formals Service Day Service Day was started in 1983 as an effort to get campus organizations involved in service work together. It is an event that occurs in the spring devoted solely to providing service to the community. Sisters work to find projects in the community for the big day. Chi Delta Alpha invites organizations from all over campus to participate in the annual event. All of the volunteers are divided up and sent out into the community to do service. Over 300 hours of service were done last year. Service Day is full of different kinds of projects! Minor home repairs Raking yards in the community Cleaning houses Adopt-A-Spot Lawn care Visiting elderly community members Cutting down trees Each year Chi Delta Alpha researches both new and old projects to do all over the New River Valley for Service. Interested? Email Us for information! Open House At the end of the fall semester Chi Delta Alpha invites all women at Virginia Tech to its annual Open House. At the Open House Chi Delta Alpha sisters explain to those interested in spring pledging what makes Chi Delta Alpha an amazing organization at Virginia Tech, and the pledge advisors highlight the upcoming pledging process. Keep watching the website under “Recruitment” for details about this year’s Open House! Pledge Tea Chi Delta Alpha’s annual pledge tea has been an annual tradition since the first pledge tea April 19, 1967. At this event sisters introduce themselves to prospective pledges and invite them to join the pledging process. The pledge advisors will guide them through all of the pledging requirements and explain the different aspects of being a pledge such as the pledge class service project, pledge hood, Bigs/ Littlies, and much more! For more information about this year’s Pledge Tea please see our “Recruitment” page! We hope to see you there. Service Projects In order to earn service hours, sisters participate in a wide variety of service projects throughout the area. Some of them are listed below. Special Olympics : Sisters participate in sports such as volleyball, basketball, bowling, and track. Red Cross : XDA members help at blood drives around campus. Juvenile Hall : The residents spend some of their free time with sisters. Humane Society : Cats and dogs get special visits from XDA members. YMCA Thrift Shop : A flexible projects, members volunteer with whatever is needed. Blacksburg Parks and Rec : Activities include a Halloween Haunted House. Women's Center : Sisters watch over the center at night and various tasks as needed. Take Back the Night : XDA members participate in a march to help end women's violence. SHARE Warehouse : Early in the morning, sisters travel to Pulaski to help pack out food for the needy. Ushering : At various events during the year, XDA helps event-goers find their seats and issues programs. Smithfield Plantation : Throughout the year, Smithfield hosts events where sisters dress in period clothing and help serve attending area residents. Warmhearth : The local retirement home, sisters participate in projects from Movie Night to Exercise Class. Second Harvest : Located in Salem, VA, XDA participates in helping clean, sort, and box various food and drug store donations to later be distributed to various food banks. Directions to Projects Humane Society : From Campus, take 460 East to I-81 South (towards Dublin/Bristol). Take I-81 to exit 114. Take a left off the exit. Go under the I-81 bridge and turn right onto Flannagan. The Humane society is the first driveway on the left (steep and narrow). Juvy Hall : Take 460 East Business through Christiansburg (Past Wal-Mart etc.) Keep Going straight over railroad tracks. Take a right at the Light at the new Kroger's in Christiansburg. Follow the street to the dead end. Take a Left on Grave Street and follow it up to the facility. YMCA Thrift Store : The Thrift Store is located in the Gables shopping center on South Main Street. It is between the ABC Store and Kroger. Warmhearth : Take 460 East. Take the West Blacksburg Business Exit. Take a right at the light of the exit. At the stop sign take a right and then take the immediate right onto Farmview Drive. Follow this until the end and take a right onto Warmhearth Drive. Continue on this road until the end and take a left into the visitor parking lot. SHARE Warehouse : Get on Prices Fork Road toward Radford. Stay on Prices Fork until you come to a stoplight at the intersection of Prices Fork and Pepper's Ferry Road. At the light, take a right onto Pepper's Ferry. You will cross a metal support bridge over the New River and go through several stoplights. The road will eventually split into Route 11 North and South. Take a right onto Route 11 South toward Dublin. Go through the town of Dublin. Continue on Route 11 until you come to Pulaski. At the flashing light, take a left onto Washington Avenue. Go 0.5 miles and turn left onto Dora Highway. Share Warehouse is approximately 0.2 miles down the road on your left. Second Harvest : Is located in Salem, Virginia. From campus, take 460 East to I-81 North. Take exit 141 and follow ramp Route 419 South, North Electric Rd. Travel past strip malls for a few miles and Second Harvest will be on the right side. Formals and Semi-Formals Among other sisterhood events, sisters partake in a fall semi- formal, and are joined by pledges in the spring for our annual Formal. At the spring formal sisters and pledges celebrate a great year of service and sisterhood. Seniors are recognized with a senior toast, pledges perform their pledge class skit, and all members enjoy an amazing evening of good food and dancing.