ThE star and tamp AN EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATION
OF PI KAPPA PHI
SPRING 1980
ALPHA RHO
PUSH•ATHON On April 11-12, 1980, Alpha Rho Chapter at West Virginia University combined their efforts in a fullscale PUSH-A-THON which traveled 100 miles from Morgantown to Parkersburg. The PUSH-A-THON was the culmination of a year long effort by the chapter to design a filnd raising event which would not only prove successful but would enable the entire chapter to participate. Plans for the event began last August when chapter members attending Supreme Chapter in Charleston met with P.U.S.H. Designer Tom Sayre. Upon returning to Morgantown, Co-Chairmen for the project, Steve Woodard and Chuck Dunbar, began coordinating media coverage, small fund raising events, support from community groups, and logistics.
Breaking the ribbon after 16.5 hours and 100 miles, many of which were up hill and in the rain.
Governor John D. Rockefeller IV assisted the effort by proclaiming April 7-13 as "P.U.S.H. Week" in West Virginia, and in doing so "urged all able-bodied and disabled adults to become aware of the many needs of West Virginia's severely disabled children and adults." As part of "P.U.S.H. Week" members manned a special display table in the student center. A major part of the chapter's effort during the year has focused on Contacting local community and campus organizations concerning the efforts to build a unit at the Cohn Anderson Center in St. Marys, West Virginia. Over 50 organizations were contacted by the corn(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
Twenty-three members of the chapter and special guests pose behind the wheelchair in Parkersburg.