Issue date: 11/6/09 Section: News

Kelli Bradley, a junior communications major, makes a hand-painted turkey in Coleman Hall Thursday afternoon. The turkeys were being made, and donations taken, by Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and Alpha Tau Omega for the St. Jude's Children's Hospital. (Eric Hiltner/The Daily Eastern News)

Kappa Alpha Psi and Alpha Tau Omega will let you paste and color some cheer for children at St. Jude Children's Hospital.

The two fraternities have been and will be accepting money and clothing donations for the hospital from 10:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Thursday and again today in Coleman Hall.

The most popular part of this event is the turkeys.

Students trace and color hand turkeys similar to those made in elementary school. These are then sent to St. Jude to cheer up the hospitalized children.

Marcus Pailler, a junior economics major and president of Kappa Alpha Psi, said this is part of the fraternity's philanthropy week.
St. Jude was chosen to benefit from their efforts because it is Kappa Alpha Psi's official charity, Pailler said.

Kurt Walkenbach, a junior biological sciences major and member of Alpha Tau Omega, attended one of the two tables Wednesday inside Coleman Hall.

"I think this will spread cheer over the holiday," Walkenbach said.

Walkenbach said the event has received a good turn out so far and has been a good team effort between the two fraternities.
This was their first year doing this activity.

"I think this is a good idea, a lot of kids appreciate this and relate to it with the hand turkeys," said Erin Mahan, a junior communications studies major.

While this year's turkey event is new, Kappa Alpha Psi has been working to help others by holding charitable talent shows and getting hair donations for cancer victims in an event called St. Bardrics.

James Roedl can be reached at 581-7942 or jmroedl@eiu.edu.

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