Community Service

Our motto, "The Great Joy of Serving Others," is exemplified by Phi Kappa Psi's commitment to community service. Phi Kappa Psi was founded upon this ideal and it is our belief that service to one’s community helps develop us as men of integrity and is the greatest compliment to our education. There is no more powerful way to affect the world than a member's care for his community and fellow man. Therefore, service and Phi Kappa Psi go hand in hand. 

Locally, Illinois Iota participates in over 1000 hours of community service per semester. We have volunteered in numerous events including:

• Tyler Elementary Fun Fair
• Oak Crest Retirement Home Valentine's Day Dance (with the ladies of Alpha Sigma Alpha)
• TAILS Humane Society "Mutt Strutt" (with the ladies of Sigma Kappa and Delta Gamma)
• Relay For Life
• NIU Cares Day
• Jerry Lewis Telethon

The Great Joy of Serving Others is more than a motto - it is a tradition in Phi Kappa Psi dating to our Founders, William Henry Letterman and Charles Page Thomas Moore, caring for classmates at Jefferson College during an epidemic even before the Fraternity existed. Through service to our communities, Phi Psis connect our past to our future.