In order to become a leading organization, we believe variety is of utmost importance. An even larger service event we host is Project Come Together, which stands as the largest single day service event ever held at The University of Texas at Austin. This event is an annual field day for 4000+ elementary students from underprivileged school districts around Austin. Our brothers organize the day by
bringing in carnival rides and over forty-five student organizations to run booths with games. The event stresses the importance of education to children; the day is given as a reward to the students for academic success in hope to motivate them to strive for further academic achievements, such as admission into a notable university. At the University of Miami we began an event called Operation L.I.O.N (Leading and Inspiring Outside our Nation). The service initiative consists of brothers raising money and articles of need for third world countries, and making a trip in conjunction with Project Medishare at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. From 2009 to 2011, our organization raised over $3000 for this service initiative and made two trips to Haiti with the University of Miami School of Medicine. In our efforts to raise awareness about South Asian culture, we annually host the Festival of India through various cities in Texas. It is recognized as the largest Indian cultural festival in Texas by any origination. Festival of India is a weekend full of events such as Talent Shows, Concerts, and Basketball Tournaments. Brotherhood is a characteristic that separates our fraternity, from the Lone Star State to the Garden State. In 2010, our fraternity held a walk in New Brunswick and raised over $11,000 for Jaynish Patel, one of our brothers from Rutgers at New Brunswick, who was diagnosed with cancer. Unfortunately, he passed away in March of 2013 and the walk was held again in 2015 to raise money for his family. Therefore, whether it's while bringing students together on the weekend for good-spirited fun or bringing them together to make the day of 4,000 elementary school students, our brothers are playing an active role to unify their community and the culture that exists within it. By dedicating such a drastic amount of free time into community engagement, we have built a strong bond between our brothers. This bond is something each of us holds superior to anything else we do in the fraternity, for each of us knows; within brotherhood lies our strength. As our fraternity ages and our brothers move into the real world, we all plan on using this strength to do things of even greater impact. This is because our purpose is never-ending, Delta Epsilon Psi is comprised of men devoted to bettering the world.
