Membership in Sigma Chi involves both service-oriented activities as well as social bonding for its members. Sigma Chi's suggested beneficiaries for chapter community service projects are the Children's Miracle Network and the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Since 1992 Sigma Chi chapters have raised more than $4.2 million dollars for area CMN hospitals and devoted thousands of hours of service to CMN affiliates. The Huntsman Cancer Institute was added as another beneficiary in 2005. In the 2005-06 academic year, Sigma Chi raised $473,757.43 for the Children's Miracle Network, as well as $55,244.63 for the Huntsman Cancer Institute.

Derby Days

Derby Days is Sigma Chi's flagship philanthropic event. Derby Days is put on by Sigma Chi chapters all over the country each year making it easily the most well known fraternity event throughout the Greek world. Each year sororities compete for the title of Derby Days champion in the name of charity. Derby Days is the largest, and most well recognized fraternity philanthropy on campus. In the last three years alone, our chapter has raised over $6,000 for various local and national charities.

This year’s Derby Days is currently being planned, YES! we will in fact be doing Derby Days again for a second consecutive year! After the great success of Derby Days last year we have decided to do it again, instead of going back to our traditional schedule of putting it on every other year.

At the 1992 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop, Significant Sig and Pro Football Hall of Fame member Merlin Olsen, Utah State 1962, introduced Children's Miracle Network (CMN) as Sigma Chi's suggested beneficiary of proceeds from chapter community service projects. CMN, an alliance of 170 hospitals and health care facilities across the United States and Canada, generates funds for the children its associated hospitals serve.

Network hospitals treat all types of illnesses, regardless of the family's ability to pay. All financial contributions go directly to the hospital nearest the donor. All Sigma Chi chapters are located within less than 200 miles of a CMN hospital, giving members the opportunity to offer support by raising funds, visiting patients, or assisting with local educational and promotional programs. To find your local CMN hospital, please visit the Children's Miracle Network website.

To date, Sigma Chi alumni and undergraduate chapters have raised more than $4.2 million for the Children's Miracle Network.

Huntsman Cancer Institute

The Huntsman Cancer Institute is a research center in the University of Utah designed to research, learn about, treat, and prevent cancer. It was founded with a pledge, including $100 million of personal wealth, from Jon Huntsman, Sr., a philanthropist, businessman and Sigma Chi. Since then Mr. Huntsman has donated $250+ million dollars of his own wealth.