To the Brotherhood of Tau Phi Delta;

Please consider the following request from your fraternity !!

Three years ago we became concerned with the condition of our back patio in terms of cracks and general safety hazards. Our Board of Trustees placed this project as a priority item within our Capital Campaign. The patio also serves as an excellent start for attracting alumni funding through our new non profit “Tau Phi Delta Foundation”.

As you will note from the attached design prospectus, the new patio will use specially designed pavers that will dramatically upgrade the aesthetics of our fraternity and also serve to display our heritage. Individual “brick donations” will be accepted from our alumni with inscriptions of their names, classes, and “classic” sayings (PG rated).

On a broader scale, our Board wishes to assure you that our House is in very good order and is still one of the best fraternities on campus! We have a remarkable reputation within the local community and at Penn State. Projects tied to the Game Commission’s Scotia area, State College’s Lederer Park, and the University-based Annual Blood Drive are the quality marks of our Fraternity.

And, on a more personal and professional note, our Alumni are viewed nationally as quality people and employees. We are highly regarded within a broad spectrum of professions: Forestry, Wildlife, Engineering, Biology, and other allied disciplines.

Overall, we have an excellent reputation – both in terms of the dynamics enjoyed by our Actives’ lifestyle and in the continuing success of our Alumni. As Alumni, many of us still recognize fellow Brothers as their best friends. Tau Phi Delta has served as the springboard to our future. It is where we got started.

And here is my final point, each of us has enjoyed special bonds of friendship and ties to Penn State resulting from our initial days at Tau Phi Delta. Now we need to share some of our gains with the current generations of new Brothers. We’re asking that you consider a multi-year pledge to your House and even consider sharing a portion of your estate with your Fraternity.

The enclosed application identifies several levels of giving; from the current Patio Project, to annual gifting, and possible intentions of including Tau Phi Delta within your estate plan. So now is not the time to think about “IF” you will contribute… now is the time to say I want to help my fraternity!

Fraternally yours,
Tau Phi Delta Foundation Board of Trustees

Please follow this link to the Patio Project Flyer. Patio Flyer

Also here is a link to our Fraternity Foundation Brochure to learn more. Foundation Brochure

A group of Tau Phis spanning five decades, got together this weekend to plant trees at the Flight 93 memorial in Somerset County.  Here are a few pictures from the event.  I will post more on this in the near future.

Homecoming Spring 2012

Just as a reminder spring homecoming is this weekend, April 21, 2012.  The BOD meeting begins at 10:00 a.m. with lunch to follow and the kickoff to the Blue and White game is at 2:00 P.M.  I look forward to seeing those who are able to make the trip.

Flight 93 Memorial Tree Planting Event

A Community Service Event

Memorial Tree Planting
Flight 93 Memorial
Shanksville, PA
Saturday April 29, 2012
9:00 a.m. until ???

Welcome to any Tau Phi Delta Brother and Little Sister, and friends and families.
For more information and to get copies of required National Park Service volunteer forms contact Grand National President, Dave Obarto at obarto@Comcast.net
cell: (412)310-3291

There is also information about this event posted on the website under the alumni section.
Thanks to all the can be in attendance.

Website Update

Good Afternoon to all.  There have been some recent updates to the website including information about the 2012 Jim Evans Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament; Homecoming weekend; the newest pledge class addition; and a special community service event.  I encourage all to check out the site.

Merry Christmas

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  For all of you crazy Tau Phi's that are still out chasin' game good luck, especially to those waterfowlers who will be braving the crazy warm winter we are having.  Safe travels to all and enjoy this holiday season with your families.

Saturday's Tau Phi Deer Drives

17+ active brothers and alumni gathered at the house on Saturday for a full day of deer drives in the surrounding areas.  Nine plus drives were executed and many deer were put on the move.  At the end of the day, two does and a buck lay in the pile at the house making a fairly successful day.  Br. Zach Stephens also harvest a very hearty nine point in Stone Valley on Friday evening.  Much luck to all that continue to hunt this weekend.

(Brothers that were in attendence included Brs. Murdock, Truesdale, Hoffman, Leonard, Ciarrocchi, Paludi, Marshall, Arrigo, Rinehart, Luther, Ligouri, and Yurchak and pledges Emminger and Stouffer)