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General Meetings:
DBH 1600A @ 7:00PM

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About us:
Alpha Phi Omega is a co-ed National Service Fraternity, originally founded by Frank Reed Horton at Lafayette College in 1925. Inspired by the Boy Scouts of America, Horton felt that there should be a collegiate organization that would strengt hen men in the ideals of personal growth, tolerance, clean living, active leadership and support of the community. Alpha Phi Omega was born in this spirit and built upon the principles of Leadership, Friendship, and Service. Today at UC Irvine, the Rho Rh o chapter of Alpha Phi Omega carries on this tradition, building friends and leaders within the UCI student body and completing over 1500 hours of community service per term.

The Rho Rho chapter of Alpha Phi Omega was originally started in 1967. Although it provided four years of service, the chapter went inactive in 1971. In the fall of 2000 a successful re-charting process began.

Coincidentaly, it was the effort of two individuals, unaware of the mutual desire to start Alpha Phi Omega at UCI, that initiated this effort.  A brother from Iota Phi, recently moved to the Irvine area, wanted to continue his ties with Al pha Phi Omega.  Anita Hu, learning about Alpha Phi Omega from friends at Iota Phi, also felt the need to start such an organization at UCI.  Through the coordination of Section and Regional staff, both these efforts were combined, and the p rocess to re-charter Rho Rho began.

The initial group consisted primarily of friends and roommates.  Anita, as well as two other members, Julie Ear and Kelly Lei, attended the Fall Fellowship in San Diego, making it known throughout Section 1 and 2 that Irvine was on its way .  Taking the spirit of Leadership, Friendship, and Service shared with them at the conference, they began to sign on more individuals that shared the desire to start Alpha Phi Omega.  Through recruitment of friends as well as flyers throughout campus, this initial handful of people quickly grew into an efficient service organization.  Building ties with the UCI Volunteer Center, the re-charting group quickly became a reliable institution that the campus could count on to support clothing d rives and events on campus.  In fact, the Volunteer Center was instrumental in sponsoring many of the members to attend the Regional Conference in San Diego, where the group achieved petitioning group status in the presence of National President Jack McKenzie.

Throughout this process, the group participated in numerous service projects.  These included baking cookies at the Ronald McDonald House in Orange County, participating in after school reading programs for disadvantaged chidren, working with t he Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and taking part in on-campus food and clothing drives, etc.

The fellowships allowed us to all get to know each other.  Both official and unofficial fellowship events were held each week.  These events included going out to dinner as a group, participating in inter-chapter fellowships, and playing b asketball after meetings, etc.

In the beginning, we began with a strong group composed of thirteen individuals.  The initial thirteen members who were in this petitioning group are as follows:

In our growth process we recruited a number of individuals.  The following members helped finalize our re-chartering group:

Throughout this process, the group has run as a chapter. Developing leadership skills through their officers, the group developed strong relationships with the campus and successfully planned events.  Officers learned organizational ski lls as well as coopoeration with other officers and members.  By working together, many members developed friendship ties that extended beyond the group meetings. Members began calling each other for shopping and dinner, outside of typical Al pha Phi Omega events. Lastly, it was the service that tied all the members together.  It was this desire to help others that united all the members.  It was through these service projects that members learned more about each other and ho w important their role was in helping the community.