Each year Delta Tau Delta and Chi Omega host a haunted maze to help raise money for our national charities: The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the Make-A-Wish foundation.
We started constructions on the maze over a month before we let in our first patron. Every year maze construction requires around 600 stakes to be pounded into the ground. This is in addition to hanging tarps, wrapping twine around posts (for structure), and decorating the maze for that spooky aesthetic. This is a pretty huge undertaking that requires our organizations to put in over 200 hours of service in total! We are all very proud of the work that we put in, what we create, and we appreciate every member that donates their time to make it all possible.
Marketing is also an extremely important part of what we do. After all, a haunted maze that no one knows about is barely a maze at all. Two weeks out we started passing out fliers around campus in addition to putting up signs around Rolla to let our wonderful community know about the spooky experience that is awaits them. Big shoutout to our philanthropy team, Which handed out over 100 fliers and spread the word around campus.
Every year we donate the preceding’s to JDRF and make-A-Wish generally averaging $3,600, help us break this and help those who need it most with one of the most fun activities of the year.