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The strong bonds of friendship and brotherhood in Alpha Phi Omega
extend beyond working hard together at service projects. Most brothers
and pledges spend a great deal of their free time with each other
- at official APO parties and brotherhood events, on trips to visit
graduated brothers, studying in the libraries, playing poker on Friday
nights, or anything else one would do with their closest friends.
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Brothers elect two Social Vice Presidents
every semester to organize all major fraternity social events, including
parties, snow tubing, movie nights, or even casino nights. |
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Friendships forged
in APO do not end at graduation. As alumni brothers move
on to jobs outside of Charlottesville, they are not without their APO
friends for long. Brothers and alumni trek across the country
to visit their far away brothers, whether its Chicago, Nashville,
Boston, Seattle or the Dominican Republic. Alumni are also
constant visitors, whether to attend major fraternity events such
as Pledge Project or just in town to visit brothers.
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Alpha
Phi Omega's 2006 Spring Break - Brotherhood and
Service in New Orleans |
During
Spring Break of 2006, nearly thirty APO brothers decided to
take service to the road and head out to help in Katrina-ravaged
New Orleans.
Living in tents
with no electricity and two showers shared among 500 people,
APO brothers worked tirelessly for a week on rebuilding efforts.
Brothers spent most of their time gutting houses, filled
with six months worth of waterlogged, moldy furniture, clothes
and food-filled refrigerators. 
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After
one stop at a Nashville Honky Tonk, the group arrived at the
Common Ground Volunteer Headquarters in New Orleans. |
Afterwards, brothers spent
some time on Bourbon Street, visiting Tulane, and taking in
the sights of New Orleans. |
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Brothers Skip Work to Visit Superbrother Headed Abroad
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from Mike Szlamowicz |
John, Emily P (superbrother), Kindle,
Brian and I went to visit Pat Leitch (superbrother) in
Cleveland last summer prior to his going to England. The
main purpose of the trip (other than seeing Pat) was to
make a trip to Cedar Point, hailed as the world's most
awesomest amusement park. |
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It lived up to its billing, and we had a great time skipping
work for a few days, eating Quaker Steak and Lube wings, and
exhausting every time-wasting road trip game ever invented.
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