In MeMorIaM - Texas Heart Institute

Beta Chi Theta Helping Beat Heart Disease
ix a college fraternity, a dance contest and good food, and you have
a recipe for traditional Spring Break. But throw in a blood drive,
a rally with a regional blood and tissue center, an on-campus food
cart fund-raiser, a Wear Red day, cardio kickboxing and education on
how to live a heart healthy lifestyle and you have something altogether
different, exciting and literally life-saving.
It was all part of a week long
“Beating Heart Disease” philanthropy
week during March this year, planned
and hosted by the brothers of the Eta
Chapter of the Beta Chi Theta Fraternity
at the University of Texas at Austin.
And proceeds from the events benefitted
THI. A check for $3,000 was presented.
They also helped collect almost 40 units
of blood and register 60 people with the
Central Texas Blood and Tissue Center.
“Cardiac disease awareness is a cause
of dear importance to the fraternity,
especially due to its prevalence in the
South Asian population,” said the
Beta Chi Theta fraternity brothers at their UT-Austin campus blood drive.
announcement by the Fraternity, which
had earlier lost one of its brothers to
cardiovascular disease.
Living up to its charter principal of
community service has been a hallmark
of the Fraternity.
The Fraternity has established its
own Beating Heart Disease Foundation
and this was its eighth annual event. The
2011 partnership with THI has been a
warm and much welcomed one and, like
the fraternity brothers, we look forward
to continuing the partnership.
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