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Pi Beta Phi Fraternity has been committed to
education and literacy since the founding of
the Settlement School in 1910. In 1990,
Links to Literacy was established to provide
a service opportunity to the Fraternity's
philanthropy emphasis.
Program Goals
1.To provide service to the community in the
area of literacy.
2.To improve the availability of information
and the increased communication regarding
the literacy program.
3.To develop and implement a project
dedicated to literacy that is done annually.
4.To encourage collegian and alumnae
interaction for the benefit of literacy.
5.To involve Greek, campus and community
organizations working together to promote
literacy in the community.
Links to Literacy Committee
The Links to Literacy Committee works
under the direction of Grand Council to
provide information and ideas regarding
literacy programming to chapters and clubs
and report to them on the progress of literacy
outreach efforts. In addition,
they support and promote international
literacy awareness and receive Links to
Literacy evaluations/award applications.
           



Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
began in 1912 as Settlement School and
brought education, economic
development, and health care to rural
Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Pi Phi women were instrumental in promoting
the academic and industrial enrichment of
area children, and the Jennie Nicol Health
Center was a model for other mountain
health facilities until 1965. In conjunction
with the University of Tennessee,
Settlement School began giving
summer craft workshops which were highly
successful.
These workshops developed into a
year-round program of arts education.

Today Arrowmont is an internationally
known Visual Arts complex, boasting a
renowned faculty and international
student body.
Champions Are Readers targets
children in the 3rd grade who are at a
crtiical juncture in developing both
good reading skills and a life-long
love of reading. It is designed to
serve as a national/international
literacy program and was adapted by
the Links to Literacy Committee in
2003.
Philanthropy

Pi Phi's Canadian philanthropy provides support
for the many branches of the library systems in
Whitehorse, Yukon, and Yellowknife, Northwest
Territories.
While the Canadian government supplies an
adequate budget for the purchase of basic books,
there is little available for extras. Philanthropy
funds are used to purchase "talking" books and
videos in English and Inuit, the native language of
the Northwest Territories. Reference books, tapes
and other audiovisual equipment have also
provided for educational programming. Items
purchased by the Arrow in the Arctic funds are
often circulated among branch and community
libraries.
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