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“Give me one of them big ones,” says Happy Gilmore when he sees an oversized check presented at the end of a golf tournament during a scene from the popular 90’s flick.

Lambda Chi Alpha, one of DU’s fraternities, made sure that when they presented the National Sports Center for the Disabled with a $16,000 check that it was “one of them big ones.”

The fraternity has been donating the money raised from their philanthropies to National Sports Center for the Disabled for several years. Monday evening, they presented the money they raised last academic year.

“We’ve worked with them in the years past and it’s a really awesome organization that helps people who wouldn’t have the chance to enjoy what we all moved to Colorado to enjoy,” said Brett Parmelee, president of Lambda Chi Alpha.

The money was primarily raised through Lambda’s fourth annual philanthropy concert, Moustache Bash, which took place last winter.

Each member of the fraternity helped contribute to the $16,000 by fundraising, as well as obtaining donations and sponsorships.

“The money that we are donating to the National Sports Center for the Disabled will allow them to provide services to disabled individuals that they otherwise wouldn’t have been able to provide,” said Antoine Perretta, external vice president for philanthropy and campus relations of Lambda. 

This year, the fraternity is planning on holding two fundraising events, Moustache Bash and Watermelon Bash. 

“I think it is awesome to be able to help a great cause and it says a lot about the Greek community at DU,” Parmelee said.

“We are planning on raising this much money or more this year.”