Live United with United Way.

Every year the Greek Community from the University of Nebraska at Kearney celebrates ‘Greek Week,’ with a week full of educational, and fun events. The last event is usually an ‘Awards Night’, a night where the fraternities and sororities get awarded for their academics, community service, and recruitment. Last school year, April 2009, the Greeks celebrated their ‘Awards Night’ similar to the Grammy’s or MTV Awards, full of entertainment, lights, music, and fun.

The Greek Community decided not only to have fun, and award the best of the best on academics, but also, to help the community. During the ‘Awards Night’ there was a runway, with UNK Greeks modeling to the favorite hip-hop songs. The audience donated money towards their favorite models. The ‘Awards Night’ show was close with a performance by Mason Doughty, Brad Green, Andy Greer and Criss Salinas to the popular song “Single Ladies” by Beyonce. Their outfits were exciting: one-piece swimsuit. The fans donated money to take pictures with the outstanding single ladies. The Greek Community raised a total $750.00 dollars in less than two hours. The money was donated to United Way.

United Way’s mission is “to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities,” their vision is that they “will build a stronger America by Mobilizing our communities to improve people’s live."

I encourage you to visit United Way’s website at: www.liveunited.org.