Hi! My name is Sydney Jarecki and I am a Freshman in PC ‘19. One of the main reasons I chose Tri-Delta was because of the philanthropy, St. Jude Children’s Hospital. St. Jude holds an extremely special place in my family’s heart as my older sister, Sarah Grace Jarecki, was diagnosed with a brain tumor at just seven years old. She beat cancer and is THRIVING, but as kids we spent a lot of time in hospitals, and while none of them were St. Jude, we know first hand the stress a family goes through when someone is battling cancer. Because of this connection, as soon as I joined our chapter, I knew I wanted to get involved in our philanthropy. I jumped at the opportunity to visit St. Jude in Memphis during the fall and absolutely fell in love with it.

Now, I serve on the internal philanthropy committee where on February 17th, we put on our Letter Writing Party to launch our largest fundraising campaign of the year. Our whole chapter gathered in our favorite DDD shirts to pack and decorate our letters to send to friends and family while hanging out with our sisters. I loved all of it! For the first time ever, a mother of a current patient at St. Jude came and shared her testimony with us. She was AMAZING, strong, and inspiring. Much of her story resonates closely to my own family’s story which was really special to me. It was so beneficial for our chapter to have the opportunity to listen to a first hand story--her positive presence made everyone so excited about all of the amazing things our hard work was going towards.

My family has a unique connection to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, and it fuels my passion to serve our philanthropy even more. St. Jude continues to change the lives of not only their patients, but also their families. I am so thankful to be surrounded by girls who support me and share my love for St. Jude in this sweet sorority I have found, Delta Delta Delta, and I cannot wait to see our future fundraising progress!!

☆Here’s the link to our donations page☆ https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app20047b?fr_id=118949&pg=entry&NONCE_TOKEN=C7B27EFA3A7E3EF20871E476ABA85171