Community Service

 Sigma Alpha Epsilon is committed to service the community.  Every semester, our brothers commit to completing a minimum of 15 community service hours that serve the Richmond, VA area.  We have participated in Alternative Spring Break, Carver Promise, James River Cleanup, Adopt-A-Street, Monument 10K, Go Greek Go Green and several others.  Additionally, each year we participate in a national community service event that is sponsored by our National Fraternity called “The True Gentleman Day of Service” where every brother of SAE across the nation is serving their communities. 

Adopt-A-Street

In the Fall of 2008, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity joined the Adopt-A-Street community service program.  
Every 3 weeks, our brothers roll up their sleeves and pick up litter from our street which is located between
Virginia Book Company and Hibbs Hall.

 The Carver Promise

Each semester our brothers mentor and raise money for The Carver Promise.  In the fall of 1989, a small group of individuals from the higher education and the corporate communities came together and met weekly to plan The Carver Promise.  During the next eighteen months, this group of volunteers added to their numbers and worked to form a coalition between the four institutions of higher education and the Richmond Public Schools.

On February 20, 1991, these four colleges- J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, the University of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Virginia Union University—announced publicly a pilot project for a group of 150 plus third-graders at George Washington Carver Elementary School in Richmond, Virginia.  The two-part promise made to these students was; to provide them with mentors who would work with them as they moved through their schooling and, once having completed high school, assist them in the college application and acceptance process.

The goals of The Carver Promise are numerous, including encouraging and supporting grade-school aged children in the Richmond community toward college attendance; exposing grade school-aged in the Richmond community to the college lifestyle and experience, and assisting Richmond area grade schools, middle schools, and high schools to educate Richmond’s youth and prepare them for higher education.
You can learn more about The Carver Promise at www.carverpromise.org

Go Greek, Go Green

Every fall, Sigma Alpha Epsilon assists incoming dorm residents with discarding their boxes and recyclable materials.  While helping the new students, we also promote conservation by helping with the recycling effort.