Tri Sigma Foundation
The goal of the Tri Sigma Foundation is to create opportunities for donors to support scholarship, leadership development, philanthropy and community service.
To date, the Foundation has awarded nearly $1.5 million for scholarships and leadership programs for our collegiate sisters as well as more than $3 million in therapeutic play/child life programs. The Foundation was formed in 1992 when the Robbie Page Memorial Fund joined with the sorority's Educational Foundation to create the Tri Sigma Foundation. Most recently in 2016, the Foundation expanded its vision of Sigma Serves Children by adding a national philanthropic partnership with March of Dimes.
Scholarships
Tri Sigma Foundation provides annual graduate and undergraduate scholarships to deserving alumnae and collegians. Foundation scholarships are merit-based, recognizing outstanding academic achievement.
Any Tri Sigma can apply for a scholarship, which range from $500 to $5,000, depending on the amount of funds available. Annual scholarship applications are due by January 31 of each year.
Leadership Development
The face of women in leadership has changed. She is a student who is paying her own way through school, a daughter caring for her parents, an officer in her chapter, and a sister that is serving in her community. She is destined to change the world, and she will succeed if given the opportunity to gain the skills she needs to lead.
In 2015-2016, Tri Sigma offered over 175 hours of critical leadership training through our three national leadership programs: Officer Academy, the Dunham Women of Character Institute, and the Labyrinth Leadership Experience. Serving over 800 members, both collegian and alumnae.
The Robbie Page Memorial Fund and March of Dimes share a common history and common mission to ensure children have a fighting chance in their futures. The Robbie Page Memorial Fund became our first national philanthropy in 1954. Tri Sigma later welcomed March of Dimes as a philanthropic partner at the 2016 Convention. Knowing that children’s health is a priority to our members, Sigma Serves Children expanded its reach. The Foundation is proud to honor Robbie's wish of serving children.
The Foundation is a non-profit organization, and gifts are tax-deductible in the United States to the fullest extent allowable by law.
The Robbie Page Memorial Fund
To honor the late son of Tri Sigma's National President, Tri Sigma members established the Robbie Page Memorial Fund to fund polio research. A cure for polio was found soon after, so the memorial fund continued forward to fund cutting edge therapy or "therapeutic play."
This treatment has helped children cope with the treatments and outcomes of their illnesses.
March of Dimes
The March of Dimes and Tri Sigma have partnered together to help give all babies a fighting chance. Sigmas all around the country work to help build mission awareness to their communities. Many of these activities include making baby blankets to be delivered to the NICU units across the country and volunteering at Military Baby Showers. Tri Sigma raises critical funds for March of Dimes' Prematurity Research Centers across the country as well, all in efforts to serve children in community.
