Saturday, May 17th, 2008
11:00am – 3:00pm
All proceeds from this philanthropy event will benefit the American Diabetes Association.

1. The participation fee for each sorority is $80 for the first team and $60 for each additional team (5-8 girls per team please).
2. The Chairman of the Watermelon Bust Committee has final say in any decisions on appeals pertaining to rules.
3. Please do not obstruct other teams during each event, if this occurs, your team will forfeit their attempt in that event.
4. All appeals are to be directed to the Chairman of the Watermelon Bust Committee; appeals can only be made by the designated team captain of the sorority and not by the Lambda Chi Alpha coaches.
5. The overall winner as well as second and third place winners of the event will be named at the end of the competition.

Alcohol and Drug Policy

At no time during the Watermelon Bust events may there be any use or presence of alcohol or drugs. The Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity will not tolerate the use of any of these items during the event. If participants are suspected of using alcohol or drugs at the event, they will be asked to leave and reported to The Ohio State University.

Watermelon Bust will be based on a series of events throughout the day, with points awarded for each event. The top three sororities in each category will receive the amount of points awarded for that event. The winning sorority will receive a trophy. The events will be the following (subject to change):

Watermelon Pass
Each team must have 5 girls, each team with a watermelon. The watermelon must be passed in an over-under pass from front to back and then from back to front again. The watermelon and participants hands will be greased. The team done first will be the winners. In the case of a tie, there will be another tie-breaking heat.
Points Awarded: 1st (20pts) 2nd (10pts) 3rd (5pts)

Watermelon Toss
Each team will need two girls, both throwing the watermelon as far as they can. Each girl gets one toss, and the farthest combined distance wins.
Points Awarded: 1st (20pts) 2nd (10pts) 3rd (5pts)

Watermelon Crawl
Each team will need five girls. The team will be required to carry upon their stomach a watermelon a distance to their teammate, where they will pass off the watermelon to them. The team with the fastest time will win.

Rules
1. There will be heats, each with no more than four teams.
2. In the case of a broken watermelon, the Chairman of the Watermelon Bust Committee will decide if it was the fault of the person or a faulty watermelon. In the case of a faulty watermelon, the heat will be rerun.
3. In the case of a tie, there will be a run-off heat.
Points Awarded: 1st (20pts) 2nd (10pts) 3rd (5pts)

Tug-o-War
Each team will need five girls. The teams will be placed in brackets and tug in a single elimination tournament. Each match will consist of three tugs. In the event of a tie for Overall Champion, there will be an extra Tug-o-War match between the two teams who tied.

Rules
1. Each team will be placed in a bracket.
2. Each match will consist of three tugs, best two out of three wins.
3. No shoes are to be worn by contestants.
4. In order to win, the red flag must cross the boundary.
Points Awarded: 1st (20pts) 2nd (10pts) 3rd (5pts)

T-Shirt Design / Banner Design
Each team will have the option of designing a t-shirt as well as a banner to hang outside of their house the week prior to the event. The judging for the t-shirts will take place the day of the event, prior to start, by the coaches and Watermelon Bust Chairman. The banner judging will be Thursday, May 15th, 2008 and winners will be notified the day of the event.
T-Shirt Contest: 1st (10pts) 2nd (5pts) 3rd (2pts)
Banner Contest: 1st (10pts) 2nd (5pts) 3rd (2pts)

Watermelon Bust, Total Possible Points: 100pts

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Packets to Sororities

Watermelon Bust @ 11:00am

Dear Business Sponsor:

Lambda Chi Alpha at The Ohio State University is once again sponsoring an event to raise money for charity. This year’s event will benefit a very worthy cause close to so many of us. The proceeds will be donated to the American Diabetes Association. The American Diabetes Association is the nation’s leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy.

The brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha will be coaching sorority teams and other special guests from The Ohio State University community to compete against each other in our annual Watermelon Bust – May 17th 11:00am – 3:00pm on the Ohio State campus. This event is comprised of several different games involving watermelons, including a watermelon pass and a tug-of-war.

With a donation of $200.00, we will include your company logo on our Watermelon Bust T-shirt and put your company name in the press releases following the event. Checks should be payable to Lambda Chi Alpha. Your donation will be used to purchase t-shirts as well as rent equipment for the event. The profits raised from the participation fees and sale of T-shirts will be donated to the American Diabetes Association. Press releases have already been sent out for the event and will be sent out once again after the event, in order to inform the media of our sponsors. We have contacted our student newspaper, The Lantern, and hope to get an article to cover the event.

Please mail your donation and a .jpg file of your logo by May 2nd, 2008 to:
Lambda Chi Alpha
Attn: Michael Irwin (irwin.128@osu.edu)
73 E 15th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43201

If you prefer not to be a corporate sponsor but would like to make a donation in any other amount, your support would be appreciated and will benefit a very worthy cause.

If you have any further questions please contact me at (703) 786 – 2817.

Sincerely,

Michael Irwin
Philanthropy Chair
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
Gamma-Tau Zeta

National Website: www.lambdachi.org - Locally: www.osuchoppers.com

Media Release
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
For Immediate Release

Contact:
Michael Irwin
External Vice-President
Lambda Chi Alpha
73 E 15th Ave
Columbus, OH 43201
(703) 786-2817
irwin.128@osu.edu

Lambda Chi Alpha Watermelon Bust

Between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm on Saturday, May 17, 2008 the men of Lambda Chi Alpha will be hosting Watermelon Bust to benefit the American Diabetes Association. The event will be held on The Ohio State University’s Columbus campus, on the grassy field south of Scott House (North campus).

Many of The Ohio State University’s Sororities will be participating this year, in what can best be described as watermelon Olympics. The events include a watermelon pass, judged by brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha, a watermelon chucking contest, watermelon crawl, and a watermelon tug-of-war.

The gentlemen of Lambda Chi Alpha hope to raise several thousand dollars to support an organization that helps so many in our own community.