Sam Spady Foundation

The official philanthropy of Sigma Pi is the Sam Spady Foundation. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating parents and students about the dangers of alcohol. It honors the memory of Samantha Spady, a 19-year-old student at Colorado State University who died of alcohol poisoning on September 5th, 2004. Sam Spady was a homecoming queen, class president, cheerleading captain, and honor student in high school. The Sam Spady Foundation sells a documentary on DVD called Death by Alcohol: The Sam Spady Story.

History
September 5, 2004 - Samantha Spady, a 19-year-old student at Colorado State University, dies of alcohol poisoning.

June 12, 2006 - Rick & Patty Spady and film producer Barry Bortnick appear on ABC's Good Morning America to discuss binge drinking and the new DVD on Sam's death.

June 26, 2006 - Jessica Sidman publishes an article in USA Today titled "A college student's death may help save lives."

August 4, 2006 - The Grand Chapter of Sigma Pi Fraternity voted to adopt the Sam Spady Foundation as the International Philanthropy of Sigma Pi Fraternity during the 48th Biennial Convocation of the Grand Chapter of Sigma Pi Fraternity.

Health Effects
High-risk student drinking causes 1,400 deaths, 70,000 sexual assaults, and 500,000 student injuries every year on college campuses across the country, according to The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages has short- and long-term negative health effects:

• Dehydration
• Mallanby effect
• Slowing
• Blurred vision
• Anterograde amnesia
• Ataxia
• Hangovers
• Deadly effects

Get Involved

• Donate to the Sam Spady Foundation
• Join the Facebook group
• Buy Death by Alcohol: The Sam Spady Story, the DVD documentary
• Buy selected reproductions of Sam Spady's artwork
• Organize non-alcoholic social events
• Subscribe to the newsletter
• Call 911 when someone shows signs of alcohol poisoning

Contact
The SAM Spady Foundation
P.O. Box 701
Beatrice, NE 68310-0701
webmaster@samspadyfoundation.org

References
"Short-Term Effects of Alcohol." Wikipedia. 18 Oct. 2008. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 18 Oct. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/short-term_effects_of_alcohol>.
"Student Alcohol Management - SAM Spady Foundation." 18 Oct. 2008 <http://www.samspadyfoundation.org/>.