Philanthropy and Pi Kappa Phi
A poster design featured in the Star & Lamp to promote awareness and raise money for PUSH.
The PUSH Project
At the 36th Supreme Chapter in 1977, inspired by Owen’s and Sayre’s conversations, the P.U.S.H. Project (Play Units for the Severely Handicapped) was introduced, and the National Council adopted it as Pi Kappa Phi’s official national project. After 18 years, Owen’s vision began to take shape. This shifted Pi Kappa Phi from a social fraternity like all others to “a social fraternity with a heart,” Owen wrote in The Brotherhood, Pi Kappa Phi’s centennial history book. As the project grew, “Play Units for the Severely Handicapped” evolved into “People Understanding the Severely Handicapped.” Thomas Sayre was honored as the model initiate during that same Supreme Chapter, becoming an alumni initiate of the Kappa Chapter (UNC-Chapel Hill).
