Kristen Shinebarger
Union College’s Panhellenic Council is having their annual powderpuff football game on Thursday, May 19, from 7 to 10 p.m. on the Frank Bailey Football field.
All of the proceeds will be donated to Kristen Shinebarger, the eight-year-old daughter of Director of Student Support Services Shelly Shinebarger, and Kelsey Golitz ‘10, a sister in the Delta Delta Delta sorority. Both Kristen Shinebarger and Golitz are battling Ewing’s Sarcoma.
The tournament will include six different teams made up of sorority women from each of the three houses, and will include a halftime show with performances by the Union College dance team, the Dutch Pipers, Eliphalets and Garnet Minstrelles.
Kelsey will be in attendance, and will be joined by friends and Union alumni for the upcoming reunion weekend.
“[The powerderpuff game] serves as a true testament to Union’s truly unique, close-knit Panhellenic community. This event is particularly special to our Panhellenic family, as Kelsey was a member of Delta Delta Delta and a recent graduate of the class of 2010 and Shelly Shinebarger has touched the lives of many Greek women throughout her time working in Student Support Services and it is now our turn to support the Shinebarger family,” said Panehellenic President Kelsey Mulvihill ‘12.
Kelsey Golitz '10
At the same time, the fraternity members will be coaching and cheerleading, and some will even be walking around the track in high heels for their Walk a Mile in Her Shoes philanthropy event to raise funds and awareness for domestic violence and battered women.
“Walk a Mile in her Shoes is an opportunity for Greek men to demonstrate our collective support of women’s rights and to acknowledge the inequalities that continue to plague our society today,” said Interfraternity Council president Owen Miller ‘12.
Timothy Dunn, Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life, stresses the importance of the walk because “it takes fraternity men and puts them in a position to raise awareness about the cause of violence against women. I am proud of them for doing this because the only way to end violence is to educate other men, and give them the support and tools they need to chance and not commit acts of violence of women.”
Wristbands, which are required for admission to the game, are currently being sold in Reamer for $5 and will be sold on the night of the event for $7.
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