• The Painted Turtle Camp is the only multi-disease medical camp of its kind on the west coast. Its mission is to provide a year-round, life-changing environment for children with chronic and life-threatening illness.
• Gallaudet University is located in Washington, DC and has been a philanthropic partner of Delta Zeta since 1954. It is the World’s only university with undergraduate programs accessible to deaf and “hard of hearing” students. At Gallaudet University, Delta Zeta endowed the Delta Zeta Scholarship Fund and the Fine Arts Endowment Fund. There is also a collegiate Delta Zeta chapter, Omicron Sigma, at the university.
• The House Ear Institute is located in Los Angeles, CA. Donations provide funds for research and clinical services in the Children’s Auditory and Research Center. Since becoming partners, Delta Zeta has raised over half a million dollars in funds for research and clinical services in the Children’s Auditory and Research Center.
• The Starkey Hearing Foundation partnership was announced in 2006 at our National Convention. There are 20,000 hearing aids delivered annually to deaf and “hard of hearing” individuals in the US with limited financial resources. This is done through the Hear Now program, which collects hearing aids for recycling purposes.
• The Sound Beginnings Program is Delta Zeta’s national philanthropic project. Its goal is to educate parents on the importance of follow-up activities if their infant does not pass the newborn hearing screening.
• Lambda Xi’s local philanthropy is the Houston Ear Research Foundation. The foundation is a center that provides service dedicated to the cochlear implant.

Our main philanthropy event is Run to the Chicken.  It is a 5K race and all proceeds go to our philanthropies.  To find out more, check out www.runtothechicken.com.