Fraternities and sororities on the Bowling Green State University campus joined forces
over the weekend to benefit the Cocoon Shelter.As part of Greek Weekend, the organizations collected
more than 3,200 non-perishable food items and other necessities.“We couldn’t believe when we went to go
pick it up,” said Kathy Mull of the Cocoon Shelter, who worked with the event.Hayley Barrett, a
sophomore and member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, who served as service chair for Greek Weekend,
said that she and her committee were looking for local organizations to assist.“We thought that they
(the Cocoon Shelter) would be the best to help out,” she said.The students then contacted Mull, who
provided them with a list of items the shelter needed for their residents.The Greek organizations
competed to see who could gather the most — sorority Delta Gamma and fraternity Sigma Nu were the
victors — and the groups were judged on other categories and events as well. A “Cocoon Shelter Olympic
Build,” for instance, held Friday night, gave each group 20 minutes to use their gathered items to
create something related to the Olympic games.“It was amazing,” said Barrett of all the items collected.
“I guess I was taken aback, it was such a short notice that we let the teams know.”The fraternities and
sororities acquired the trove of supplies through donations, or purchased them on their own.

Mull said that the
items collected represented “a whole wide variety,” from food to cleaning products, shampoo, paper
towels, tissues and more.“They really came through.”All tolled, the mountain of donations took eight
carfulls to transport.“To my understanding, this is the first time we’ve received donations like this,”
Mull said.The items will be kept in a special space designated for supplies at the shelter, and will be
distributed when the need arises to residents and their children.“To have them pull together and provide
those things is amazing,” said Mull of the students.