GAME BALL RUN
Since 1993, the brothers of Sigma Nu Fraternity at Bradley University have participated in the annual Game Ball Run, which coincides with the “The War on 74”, the longtime rival basketball game between Bradley University vs. Illinois State University. The premise of this run is for the men of Sigma Nu to relay a basketball 47 miles from Redbird Arena at Illinois State to the Children’s Hospital in downtown Peoria.
In early March, brothers from the Zeta Phi Chapter at Bradley University completed their annual Gameball Run philanthropy. They raised $21,275 for Almost Home Kids, a non-profit helping children released from hospital care who are not ready to go home. Every year, the Zeta Phi Chapter runs from Bloomington to Peoria, Ill. This year’s run concluded at the OSF Children’s Hospital in Peoria. The chapter’s Service and Philanthropy Chairman said this about the event. “Events like this are what really make fraternities thrive in my opinion. This is something that all of us have gotten behind, all of us look forward to, and raising $21,275 for this great organization has honestly been a feeling that I can’t even describe. It’s been incredible.”