A partnership created last year between Milledgeville Fire Rescue Services along with a fraternity and the sororities at Georgia College & State University gets underway next week.
One of the first of several events begins Monday as local firefighters try to match the talents of younger men from the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity in a benefit basketball game.
The game starts at 5 p.m. at the Wellness and Recreation Center at GCSU’s West Campus. Admission will be charged at the door.
“We have eight firefighters who will be playing for the fire department’s basketball team,” said Lt. Frank Manson, who will lead the team as head coach.
Last year, the firefighters didn’t do well in the basketball game, but this is a new year. The fire department has added some younger players whom Manson hopes will spell the difference between winning and losing.
“We’ve got youth on our side this year, so we’re going to see if that makes the difference this time around,” Mason said.
A community-wide car wash will be held Tuesday in one of the parking lots at GCSU West Campus from 1 to 4 p.m. Car washes will cost between $10 to $15, depending on the size of the vehicle.
“We normally have between 100 and 200 people that show up for the car wash,” according to Riley Kerstine, president of the fraternity.
Members of the fraternity hope to wash even more cars and trucks, as well as SUVs next Tuesday.
Kerstine is a senior at GCSU and majoring in finance and minoring in public speaking.
The fraternity does not keep a penny of the money raised through the various events.
“Fifty percent of the money raised goes to the fire department and the other 50 percent goes to the top three sororities that finished events during the week,” said Wister Ritchie IV, a 2020 graduate of John Milledge Academy in Milledgeville, who is majoring in business management.
