Delta Zeta’s annual Turtle Tug event took place on Wednesday, Oct. 29 in the sand volleyball courts on Stubbs Lawn. The event raised over 690 dollars, and had 21 teams participate. Delta Zeta’s Turtle Tug and intramurals chair, Alexandra Horton, said, “I think it was a very successful event. There were teams who came out and supported Delta Zeta and our philanthropy.”
Turtle Tug is an event in which six players of the same gender participate as a team against another in a tug-of-war competition. Once the red marker on the rope is pulled completely over to one team’s side, the players of the losing team are pulled into a mud pit.
The entry fee into the Turtle Tug was five dollars per person, so thirty dollars a team. All proceeds of the event went to Delta Zeta’s philanthropy called, ‘The Painted Turtle Camp.’ The camp is a place that gives and helps children with severe and chronic disabilities a chance to attend a camp in which they can participate in unique programs, gain support and celebrate being a kid.
Horton said, “Each member of Delta Zeta holds ‘The Painted Turtle Camp’ close to their hearts and we want to do everything we can to help them in any way we can.”
The competition was split into random brackets based on gender, one male and one female. The first place winners in the male bracket were the Longwood Rugby team. For the females, Therapeutic Recreations took home first place.
The Turtle Tug was mainly organized by a planning committee within Delta Zeta who planned the logistical aspects of the event, headed by Horton. Along with the other sisters in the chapter, they all came together to market and promote the event throughout Longwood. The sisters also came together to work the event by helping set up and take down the event as a chapter.
The sisters of Delta Zeta also raised money for their philanthropy by going out to local business and asking for donations to “The Painted Turtle Camp.” Together, they also dug out the mud pit in the sand and brought out a DJ to the event.
Horton said, “The event in very important to me because it’s an annual event that Delta Zeta has every fall. It is one of the events that raises a lot of money for one of our philanthropies.”
