AGD, Phi Sigs prepare for annual Teeter-Totter-A-Thon

As students prepare for the weekend, a fraternity and sorority pair is preparing to bundle up and teeter-totter for a good cause for 24 hours this Saturday and Sunday.\nThe 10th annual Teeter-Totter-A-Thon by Alpha Gamma Delta sorority will kick off this Saturday at noon and will continue to Sunday.\nThis year, AGD will be running the event along with Phi Sigma Kappa, and this year promises to be the best in terms of money raised.\nSenior and AGD President Allie Weiss is optimistic about this year's event because it is raising money for a good cause.\n"We raise money for the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation that benefits diabetes," Weiss said. "The Foundation gives grants for juvenile diabetes research and to the American Diabetes Association."\nWeiss also said that groundwork for the event takes almost a year and the event will hopefully raise more than $3,000.\n"It takes a lot of preparation, but we've been doing it for so long it gets easier. We start to get ready a year ahead. We get a (disc jockey) for the kickoff, and we find a pair and other groups to teeter-totter, then we have set a time that everyone on campus would be available," Weiss said. "Our goal is to raise over $3,000. We're selling ribbons and asking for $1 donations."\nThe ribbon colors are also symbolic of the event. The ribbon itself is silver with a red dot. Weiss said the silver represents hope and the red dot is symbolic of the dot of blood for diabetes testing. Weiss said members of AGD and Phi Sigma Kappa have been asking their friends, family members and classmates to make a donation for the ribbons.\nSophomore and philanthropy chair of Phi Sigma Kappa, Matt Beaulieu said this is the first year his fraternity has participated in the Teeter-Totter-A-Thon and thinks the event is for a good cause and is excited to see the crowd this weekend.\n"I think it should be a pretty good turnout, especially with the cookout at midnight," Beaulieu said. \nBeaulieu also said the motivation to do the event was to raise money for Juvenile Diabetes research.\n"It's a good way to do philanthropy," he said. "It's a pretty unique event, and no one else does it. I'm really hoping to get some good feedback."\nJunior Jen Duckworth, member of AGD, said she is looking forward to spending quality time with her sisters.\n"I like it because it's one of the few times when I feel like everyone is outside together and hanging out," Duckworth said. "I really love when we all come together for a good cause and hang out."\nDuckworth is very excited for the event and thinks it will only grow in years to come.\n"I think it will only take off since the word is our more this year," she said. "Everybody is really excited, we always get really excited every time we get an opportunity to all hang out for a good cause."\n-- Contact senior writer Lindsay Jancek at lmjancek@indiana.edu.