THE PINETREE FIJI SPRING 2018 IN THIS ISSUE: Spring Progress Report Philanthropy and Service Intramurals House Updates and Improvements Capital Campaign Spring Progress Report Welcome graduates! As the spring semester finally Cabinet Introductions: winds down for the brothers over at 79 college avenue, we Simon Perry- President would like to tell you grads what has happened over this term. Many brothers took advantage of the cold start to this Benjamin McLaughlin- Treasurer semester spending some weekends over at Sugarloaf and Sunday River. Brothers have also been busy on campus to Dustin Bouchard- with brother Matthew Ahearn becoming a new member of Recording Secretary the Senior Skulls. Brothers are involved in other clubs such Eli Brinker- as club lacrosse, club baseball, ASCE, IFC and sophomore Corresponding Secretary owls among many other things. Many brothers also have Matthew Lewicki- participated in Greek Week with brothers attending all of Historian the events. We had three brothers of fall '15 who attended FIJI academy this semester in St. Louis. A goal we have as a brotherhood for the future is to improve our relationships with nationals and by attending these leadership events we hope to further our recognition nationally. We were also fortunate enough to have met with the current Director of Chapter Services who came up to our castle during the middle of the term. Our GPA is another thing that has improved with the overall brought up to a 2.9, topping the All Men's average and the All Greek average as well. We intend to keep our pursuit of knowledge and our achievements in scholarship our first priorities as students. MAIVE Maine Saving The FIJI Club Hockey Brothers! Spring Issue January- May 2018 This semester we also had another very good turnout for the Frank Norris Pig Dinner with over 100 brothers in attendance! Giving all the graduate brothers another chance to re-live the "good ole' days." Pig Dinner is always a good time, with the new members meeting all the older brothers who have influenced us and made us want to continue to strive to be the best fraternity we can be. Philanthropy and Service Over this spring term our philanthropy chairman, Patrick Hurley, has done an excellent job with setting up events for FIJI and also getting the brothers more involved with other philanthropies as well. In the beginning of the semester the brothers participated in Black Bear Dance-a-thon, a 12-hour dancing event that benefits local children's hospitals. The brothers raised money and attended the event as well. During the month of March, we hosted our first ever pancake eating contest to benefit the Make-A-Wish Maine program. Raising over 250 dollars and attendance from other students and Greek organizations the event was a good time. 33323 A-WISH MAKE(A WIS MAKE WISH. FIJI Brothers also are very active with service on and off campus as well. The brothers volunteered at the Bangor humane society, walking shelter dogs. On April 20th, 2018, all of the brotherhood participated in UMaine's Healthy High 5k-10k run. Some of the brothers donated and ran the race while the rest of the brotherhood volunteered by helping set up the event and running a water station for the runners. This brotherhood not only continues previous philanthropic events, but we also want to make our own marks on this castle and on our beautiful campus. FIJI wants to make a big impact on the university and on others through service and philanthropy. Spring Issue January- May 2018 Intramurals The brothers of FIJI strive to be excellent and excel at everything we do. Intramural sports are one thing we take seriously while at the same time we still like to have fun. Although we might not be D1 athletes many of us are still able to showcase what talents we do have in every sport. This spring we had Ben Leet, who had the leading score in the fraternity bowling league. Our volleyball and softball teams also had some star players as well. We look forward to the talent coming in from our incoming freshman as well. QM House Updates and Improvements The most recent updates that have gone on in The Castle have been in the bathroom. After the new installation of the divided showers came the new urinal where the old mop sink used to be as well as new toilet seats. The Coat of Arms was painted on the bricks in the kitchen by our new members. A few new plaques have also been installed in the foyer emphasizing the historical importance of The Castle such as the athletes plaque. Our house manager, Zachary, has also looked into peeling back the driveway to fill in gravel that will help with the drainage in the driveway, reducing the number of potholes. Spring Issue January- May 2018 Maine PHI GAMMA DELTA - OM ATHLETICS HONOR ROLL M Capital Campaign OMEGA MU CHAPTER Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity "Campaign for the Castle - The Next 120 Years." We reported at Pig Dinner that our Campaign for The Castle - The Next 120 Years, which is being sponsored by the House Corporation and Board of Chapter Advisers, has received pledge commitments of $210,000. THANK YOU TO ALMOST 100 GRADUATE BROTHERS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THIS CAMPAIGN! Renovations will begin this summer starting in the basement and first floor library, living and dining rooms as well as new front windows. You can participate in the campaign as follows: Go to: www.omegamu.org Contact: Joel Gardiner '83 at joelpgardiner@gmail.com or 617 413-5683 We are looking forward to all the new improvements and will keep the graduate brothers up to date as the work progresses. Eli Brinker Class of 2019 79 College Ave Orono, ME 04473