GAMMACACIA
Philanthropy - Beaumont, Texas, United States
GAMMACACIA Employees
GAMMACACIA Details
Over the past twelve years, the sisters of Gamma Phi Beta and the brothers of Acacia have come together to form one of the most unique organizations at Penn State. Our organization, which we affectionately refer to as "GammAcacia", has become a family of over three hundred men and women who provided support to Four Diamonds Families in their fight against pediatric cancer. Since 2007, Gamma Phi Beta and ACACIA have successfully contributed $1.9 million to The Four Diamonds Fund! Last year THON raised a record-breaking total of $13.34 MILLION DOLLARS! To the members of our organization, THON is so much more than a fundraising competition. THON is family. Our organization stresses the importance of maintaining and enhancing the relationships we have created with our Four Diamond's families. GammAcacia has been blessed with the opportunity to be paired with four Four Diamonds families, The Jed Smith Family, The Jazmine Cope Family, The Bree Taylor Family, and The Paula Engel-Herbert Family. Sadly, Jed Smith and Jazmine Cope have both lost their battles with pediatric cancer. Although they are no longer with us, their memories live forever in our hearts and remind us every day why we THON. The Smith's and the Cope's continue to be a huge part of GammAcacia, and will remain a part of our family forever. Our organization has had the honor of getting to know Bree Taylor over the past few years. Bree has beat cancer TWICE now and her strength is an inspiration to us all! She graduated from West Chester University in 2017.The Paula-Engel Herbert family has become a huge part of our GammAcacia Family. Paula is an seven-year-old girl from State College, PA who is receiving active treatment for her cancer. Paula has a nine-year-old sister, Emma, a mother, Mandy, and a father, Roman, who is a science professor at Penn State University! We are so excited to be given the opportunity to provide love and support to yet another family and keep our GammAcacia family growing!
