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At Barnard College on January 2, 1897 Alpha Omicron Pi was formed. The four founders of Alpha Omicron Pi are Helen St. Clair Mullan, Stella George Stern Perry, Elizabeth Heywood Wyman, and Jessie Wallace Hughan. These women had a dream of a sorority that would bond them together to continue their friendships throughout their lifetimes.

Alpha Omicron Pi today is a well known sorority that holds true to friendship, academic excellence, and community service. Alpha Omicron Pi officially supports Juvenile Arthritis and adult Arthritis causes, and they raise funds to donate to these causes. Sisters can be seen in their Alpha Omicron Pi sweatshirts, hats, T-shirts, pins, and sorority apparel while fund raising and volunteering their efforts to many different causes. These women have exceptional talents and a flare for giving back to the community.

The Alpha Omicron Pi sorority has helped such causes as Habitat for Humanity, Meals on Wheels, Adopt-a-Highway, Breast Cancer Walks, Jingle Bell Runs, Mentoring/Tutoring, Hands on Atlanta, Diabetes Gala, 2nd Harvest Food Banks, Ronald McDonald House, Domestic Violence Shelters, Boys and Girls Clubs, Dance Marathons, Toy Drives, Arthritis Foundation Telethon, Christmas Caroling, St. Jude's Telethon, Community Clean-up, Senior Center Volunteers, MDA Telethon, Up 'til Dawn, Relays for Life, Girls Clubs, Nursing Home Visits, Walk for Asthma, Diabetes Walk/Run, Adopt-a-Friend, Centers for Disabled Children, Cure Autism, AIDS Walks, and more. Thousands of hours are spent each year by members of Alpha Omicron Pi, who are driven to help others. Their commitment to community service and national charities is inspiring and well respected.

Alpha Omicron Pi also offers many benefits to its members. Sisters can get financial help with their college education through many different scholarships offered by the Alpha Omicron Pi Foundation. There is also emotional, social, and educational support in this sisterhood. Members are always available to help and mentor each other with advice on life issues or tutoring in subjects where they need help. Alpha Omicron Pi continues to keep friendship and sisterhood as major priorities in the sorority.

The official color of Alpha Omicron Pi is cardinal. This is the color of their flower, the rose, and their jewel, the ruby which you can see in Alpha Omicron Pi jewelry, rings, bracelets, and other merchandise. At sorority formal events the colors are also displayed with Alpha Omicron Pi party favors, glasses, and other merchandise. During rush, when students try to become members of Alpha Omicron Pi, these colors are also important. Alpha Omicron Pi hoody sweatshirts, pins, flip flops, hats, and other sorority apparel are worn by pledges to show their loyalty.

Pledges are eventually accepted into Alpha Omicron Pi at the induction ceremony where they are made full sisters of the sorority. Alpha Omicron Pi may give new members gifts like pins, blankets, and other custom greek merchandise to show that they are welcomed into the sisterhood.

Alpha Omicron Pi has a long respected history of friendship and giving back to the community and those in need. Members of Alpha Omicron Pi hold their friendship over a lifetime and always remember the impact being a member had on their education, career, and life.

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