University of Toronto's The Varsity - December 7, 2004

A Big Frat Cheque

By Graham F. Scott

Alpha Epsilon Pi donates $6,500 to Diabetic charity

Local frat Alpha Epsilon Pi, recently donated nearly $6,500 to a Mississauga charity, the Diabetes Hope Foundation, which will be used to fund two $3000 scholarships for diabetic students.

"The biggest adjustment for these [diabetic students]," said Barbara Pasternak, the founder of the Diabetes Hope Foundation in a press release, "is having to pay for their medication on their own, because the government normally cuts off subsidies once they turn 18."

In order to raise the cash (which turned out to be $2,000 more than the $4,500 they had planned on raising) AEPi held-what else?-a big party. Held at Lucid nightclub on Sept. 23, they charged $10 at the door and gave female party-goers bags of donated MAC makeup.

"I was really impressed by the amount of effort the guys were willing to put forward," said Pasternak. "Especially in the summer months."

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