Editing Lambda Chi Alpha (section)

== Philanthropy ==
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From 1993 to 2012, Lambda Chi Alpha's philanthropy was the North American Food Drive (NAFD). As of 2010, NAFD had collected around 33 million pounds of food for [[food bank]]s.<ref name="2010 food drive">[http://www.crossandcrescent.com/2010/12/2010-north-american-food-drive-results/ 2010 North American Food Drive Results] Cross & Crescent. December 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-04. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207071204/http://www.crossandcrescent.com/2010/12/2010-north-american-food-drive-results/ |date=December 7, 2010 }}</ref> In 2012, NAFD was discontinued under that name and rolled into an ongoing partnership with [[Feeding America]].<ref name="feedingamerica">{{citation|url=http://www.lambdachi.cc/in-partnership-with-feeding-america-lambda-chi-alpha-raised-more-than-4-4-million-pounds-of-food/|title=In partnership with Feeding America, Lambda Chi Alpha raises more than 4.4 Million pounds of food in the past year|first=Kyle|last=Jones|date=August 17, 2016|work=Cross & Crescent}}</ref>

In 2017, Lambda Chi Alpha announced a trial partnership with the [[St. Baldrick's Foundation]], a [[Monrovia, California]]-based organization that funds [[childhood cancer]] research. Chapters were encouraged to host or participate in head-shaving events to raise money for the foundation.<ref name="baldricks">{{citation|url=https://www.stbaldricks.org/campaigns/lambdachi|publisher=St. Baldrick's Foundation|title=Lambda Chi Alpha}}</ref>

In 2019, Lambda Chi Alpha announced a partnership with [[The Jed Foundation]], a [[Boston]]-based non-profit organization that seeks to protect emotional health and prevent suicide for teens and young adults. Together, they are launching Lambda Chi Alpha Lifeline, an online mental health resource center tailored from the foundation's ULifeline website, which provides college students with information about emotional health issues and specific resources available to them on their respective campuses. It also offers a confidential mental health self-screening tool.<ref name="jedfoundation">{{citation|url=https://www.jedfoundation.org/lambda-chi-alpha/|publisher=Jed Foundation|title=Lambda Chi Alpha|date=15 February 2019 }}</ref>

In 2020, Lambda Chi Alpha announced its partnership with [[Movember]], an [[Australia]]-based non-profit foundation that raises awareness of men's health issues such as [[prostate cancer]], [[testicular cancer]], and men's [[suicide]]. Movember has recently become a primary philanthropic focus for Lambda Chi Alpha and the fraternity's national administrative office.<ref name="Partnerships">{{Cite web |title=Partnerships |url=https://www.lambdachi.org/about-lambda-chi-alpha/partnership-opportunities/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Lambda Chi Alpha |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2023, Lambda Chi Alpha announced its partnership with [[American Red Cross]], a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States. Lambda Chi Alpha is the first and only fraternity with a partnership with The American Red Cross.<ref name="Partnerships" />