Painted Turtle Camp 
The Painted Turtle Camp is the only multi-diseaes 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. Through educational, therapeutic, safe, and just plain fun summer camp and year-round programs, The Painted Turtle provides a life-changing experience to children whose daily struggles often diminish both their desire to be well and their ability to lead rich, productive lives. For more information please visit www.thepaintedturtle.org.

Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University is located in Washington, D.C. 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
The House Ear Institute is located in Los Angeles, California. 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 servies in the Children's Auditory and Research Center.

Starkey Hearing Foundation
With “So the World May Hear” as his goal, Starkey Hearing Foundation founder William F. Austin built an organization upon this vision. Today, the Foundation is sustained by the efforts of thousands of volunteers and donors around the world. More than 50,000 hearing aids are donated annually through more than 100 hearing missions a year. In addition to giving the gift of hearing, the Foundation promotes hearing health awareness while supporting research and education. For more information, please visit www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org.

Isaiah's Place
Isaiah's Place is Lambda Xi's local philanthropy organization and is the only facility of its kind in Texas providing an educational retreat facility focused on enriching the lives of the deaf community, their families, and friends. Workshops and retreats are scheduled year-round where Delta Zeta's actively participate. For more information please visit www.isaiahsplace.org

Run to the Chicken
Run to the Chicken is a 5K event held on a Saturday moring in October that the Lambda Xi chapter of Delta Zeta organizes each year. Everyone is encouraged to participate including runners, walkers, pets, and young children; you can even bring your bikes or rollerblades! We are more than excited to see the success of these efforts through our yearly contributions to our philanthropies.

The past October 10, 2009, the 13th annual Run to the Chicken turned out to be an enormous success! Hundreds of people turned out to participate in the exciting festivities. The Lambda Xi chapter was able to contribute generously to its philanthropic organizations from the success of the race and hope to continue the tradition in the future!

For more information about Run to the Chicken and online registration, please visit www.runtothechicken.com. We look forward to seeing you there!

Turtle Tug
We are so excited about our newest philanthropy event, Turtle Tug! Last spring, Delta Zeta hosted the 2nd annual Turtle Tug event in Research Park. Teams of 6 competed in a tug-of-war competition in pudding! Live music, food, and other activities were held as well. This is a great way for our chapter to raise money for our philanthropic organizations while also involving the Texas A&M community. This spring, the 3rd annual Turtle Tug event will be held on March 28, 2010. For more information or to register your team, please contact our Turtle Tug Chair, Caitlyn Jones, at cmajtamublond@neo.tamu.edu. We hope to see your team there!

Adopt-a-Street
The Lambda Xi chapter has adopted University Drive from Wellborn to Texas as an effort to help keep the College Station community clean. A few hours 3 times a semester are dedicated to this environmental beautification project.