It ' s kind of weird that you ' re attempting to discount philanthropic efforts of all fraternities because of your one experience . My house has a philanthropy event against drunk driving every year and we get super into it because we lost a brother to a drunk driver . His father comes in yearly to speak to everyone in the Greek community . It ' s a fun event that we plan sort of like a talent show that every house on campus gets involved in . It generates a lot of exposure to the wickedness of drunk driving and also creates a ton of money to donate to the charity started by the father of the brother we lost . We take our philanthropies seriously because we do events so tha we can donate to charities for causes we care about . Yes , there are community service requirements that are annoying , but it ' s not like everyone loves spending their saturdays planting trees .