Kappa Sigma Helps Fight Breast Cancer

On Sunday October 5^th, the Xi-Beta Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity helped clean up at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. Brothers and a group of 25 pledges helped to take down signs, put tables away, and cleaned up the esplanade. Not only were there brothers and pledges, but the Delta Zeta Sorority teamed up with Kappa Sigma to make this another successful community service event.

On the website for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer it reads, “This year’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer was a huge success, raising more than $3.3 million in Boston for the fight against breast cancer. Thanks to Making Strides participants, we are making a real difference for the millions of people facing this disease and sharing hope that one day, we will see a world without breast cancer. The walk may be over but the website will still be up and running through April.”

Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the fifth most common cause of cancer death with an estimated 40,000 deaths this year. By assisting with events like this, the Kappa Sigma Fraternity hopes to aid in the progress of finding a cure for this horrible disease.

Kappa Sigma Busts Theirs to Save Yours, Donates $947 Dollars

Recently, The Kappa Sigma Fraternity held their fourth annual “Busting Ours to Save Yours” fundraiser to help raise money and promote awareness of Testicular Cancer. For a week long period the fraternity had tables in the library quad and sold a variety of nuts including peanuts, cashews, and pecans as well as candy from 8 am to 5 pm. 100% of the proceeds were donated to the Lance Armstrong foundation to support testicular cancer research.

This year $947.91 dollars were donated and 350 hours of community service were put into this great event. “By doing events like this we get to help the community on a much larger scale while also showing the university what we are all about.  I am glad we were able to donate so much money to help support cancer research” said Brother Slavin. This year’s event was even more successful than in the past bringing in more money to be donated to cancer research and more awareness around campus.

Testicular cancer is most common in men between the ages of 15-40.  Nearly 1 in every 250 men will suffer from this type of cancer; however most men, especially college students, don’t even think about it.  When detected early it can be cured almost 100% of the time. Kappa Sigma provided information to college students and increased awareness around Northeastern’s campus so that those who are most susceptible to this form of cancer will be more prepared to detect and go through treatment.