Philanthropy & Service
Living TKE’s ideal of charity through meaningful service to our campus and community.
Service is part of who we are
Charity is one of Tau Kappa Epsilon’s core ideals. Sigma-Epsilon encourages brothers to look beyond themselves, support worthy causes, and seek opportunities to make a positive difference in Oneonta.
Our service priorities
Support St. Jude
Learn about TKE’s long-standing support for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and find ways to contribute to its life-saving mission.
Serve in Oneonta
Stay open to opportunities to work alongside campus and community organizations and offer a helping hand where it is needed.
Make service a habit
Bring brothers together around meaningful causes and carry TKE’s ideal of charity into everyday life.
Connect around service
Have a community-service opportunity to share? Use the contact page to introduce your organization and idea.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude was founded by Frater Danny Thomas (Gamma-Nu, Toledo). In 2010, TKE's Collegiate Advisory Committee recommended that St. Jude become the Fraternity's official primary philanthropy.
- 2015: TKE completed a $1 million commitment to name an MRI suite, a year early.
- 2019: after completing a $2.6 million commitment more than three years early, TKE committed to raising $10 million over 10 years. The pledge will name the hospital's Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy research floor, the largest commitment to St. Jude by any men's fraternity.
- 2021–22: for the first time, TKE chapters raised more than $1 million for St. Jude in a single academic year.