IPEI Board President Marge Brodhead and IPEI Board Member Millicent Clarke-Maynard (pictured above with two members of The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity at Cornell) spoke with partygoers at the fraternity’s Victory Club event about IPEI’s work supporting the Ithaca City School District. The experience was enlivened by the fact that Marge’s two brothers are both former Alpha Delta Phi members!

The origins of the Victory Club date back to the First World War, when fraternity members first organized a soiree to raise money for a victory loan drive in 1918. Now, over 100 years later, this philanthropic tradition continues with a more local impact. Since 2013, fraternity members have raised over $80,000 for IPEI to benefit local teachers and students. We congratulate this year’s organizing committee on a successful 2025 Victory Club!