SeriousFun Children’s Network
Delta Zeta Sorority is deeply committed to providing our members with meaningful international service opportunities. We do this through our partnership with the SeriousFun Children’s Network, our global service project. SeriousFun focuses on helping children with serious illnesses have fun, make friends and build confidence.
The SeriousFun Children's Network provides support and resources to 30 member camps worldwide.
- In 2006, Delta Zeta adopted The Painted Turtle as our national service project.
- In 2020, we expanded our national service project with The Painted Turtle to a global service project with SeriousFun Children’s Network.
Each year, Delta Zeta collegiate and alumnae volunteers come together to create crafts and projects for campers and dedicate their time as counselors and medical volunteers at SeriousFun camps.
How You Can Help
There are many ways you can help Delta Zeta support SeriousFun. You can:
- Volunteer your time at a SeriousFun camp.
- Send wish list items to a local SeriousFun camp.
- Help craft projects needed for camps
- Spread the word about SeriousFun and our work.
- Create a SeriousFun Volunteer Club on your campus or in your community.
- Get involved with your local Phi Kappa Tau fraternity chapter to collaborate in fundraising efforts, awareness events and volunteer work.
- Volunteer at a featured Delta Zeta Volunteer Week throughout our Summer of SeriousFun.
More Ways You Can Help
Create and send meaningful craft items to children attending the camps listed below. Each of these camps provide handmade keepsakes to campers upon arrival, special gifts they take home to remember their experience. These items bring comfort, joy, and a lasting connection to camp, and your crafting skills can make a difference! The following camps need our help crafting these treasured items:
- Camp Boggy Creek:
- The Painted Turtle:
- Victory Junction:
- The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp:
We are grateful for your support of Delta Zeta and our work with SeriousFun Children's Network.
Summer of seriousfun
Summer of SeriousFun is Delta Zeta’s signature seasonal service experience with SeriousFun Children’s Network. Each summer, members from chapters across the country serve on-site at SeriousFun camps—supporting children with serious illnesses and medical conditions through joy, connection, and unforgettable camp moments.
Each participating camp designates a Delta Zeta Volunteer Week and reserves a set number of volunteer roles specifically for our members. These experiences allow Delta Zetas to serve alongside sisters from other chapters while living the values of generosity, belonging, and empowerment.
Travel logistics are simplified—camps provide airport transportation, housing, and meals—so volunteers can focus fully on the camp experience and the children they serve.
For more information about SeriousFun Children's Network, please visit their official website.