Every spring semester the members of Pi Beta Phi spend an entire evening raising money for their philanthropy by letting people throw pies in their face. All the money raised goes to the Pi Beta Phi Foundation that promotes childhood literacy.

This year we were lucky enough to raise more than $2,300 for the foundation thanks partly to the parents who were in town for parents weekend.  The Ohio State Pi Phi’s aren’t the only ones who do this though. Many chapters across the nation host Pie a Pi Phi. The Ohio Beta chapter has been participating in this Pi Phi tradition for a little over 10 years and it’s members look forward to it each year.

 By the end of the night everyone is covered head to toe in whip cream. Members of the Greek community who aren’t even in our chapter think it’s hilarious and are coerced into getting pied themselves. It’s funny to watch people wipe their faces off only to get surprisingly pied again right after. There’s always great music and this year we even had cookout with burgers and hot dogs. 

My favorite part of the whole event though is the pie eating contest between the different Greek chapter’s presidents. Each president got an entire cherry or apple pie and the one who ate it the fastest was declared the winner. This year the president of Delta Tau Delta won but every president gave it their best and ended up with a face covered in pie. Personally, this year I alone got pied over 20 times. I couldn’t get rid of the smell of whip cream for the rest of the night but it was fun and worth it.

 Overall, the event went very smoothly and a lot of money was raised for a great cause. Pi Phi is so thankful for all the Greek community’s support of the event and is already looking forward to next years Pie a Pi Phi.