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Article: Pi Beta Phi sisters gear up for fundraiser

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While attending college at different times and at different universities, two Vandalia women made decisions that would end up bonding them as "sisters" for years to follow -- they each joined a local chapter of the Pi Beta Phi sorority on their respective campuses.

"I think most of us that choose sororities do so for social reasons initially," said Cathy Hackett, a graduate of Dennison University and now a member of the Dayton area Pi Beta Phi Alumni Club. "I didn't really think I considered that I would continue as a Pi Phi after college."

But when Hackett moved to the Dayton area in the early 1980s, she received an invitation from the alumni group and thought it seemed like a good way to ...

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