Beta Theta Pi - University of Wisconsin

3 ALPHA PI CHAPTER NEW NAMING RIGHTS CLASS COMPETITION CHALLENGE ANNOUNCED W ith his parents and siblings all living in different states once he le for his freshman year of college, Sam Haack, #2161, UW 2019 was truly looking for a place that felt like home at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sam found exactly that at Beta eta Pi, as he forged lifelong friendships with his Alpha Pi brothers at 622 Mendota Court. "I found a family at Beta and now always feel a connection at Madison and being able to go back to that house," Sam said. "at's where my home base felt like it was established aer my family life had been fractured." During his Beta undergraduate experience, Sam learned how to get outside of his comfort zone through late nights of studying and realizing what can be accomplished mentally and physically through hard work. While Sam had a blast living at 622 Mendota Court, he and many of his brothers realized that Alpha Pi could reach new heights if some capital improvements were made to the chapter house. When the plans were put in place to launch the Preservation of the Alpha Pi House capital campaign, Sam seized the opportunity to give back to Beta at UW-Madison. "e condition of the house and the state of the funding had room for improvement when I joined," Sam said. "We were pretty undercapitalized and didn't have money for some of the stuff we wanted to do, so it's important to me to make every generation a little bit better endowed. Giving them more opportunities is something that's worth doing." Sam has made it a priority to get his brothers involved with this important effort as well by creating a class competition challenge for the classes of 2000 through 2020 to boost campaign participation. In this challenge, the class with the highest participation will be awarded the naming rights for the flagpole. e class with the second-highest participation will get to name the fire pit. e class that comes in third will have the honor of naming the shoreline. You can contribute to the class competition (or the campaign in general if you graduated before 2000) via check, credit card, or Venmo account, @AlphaPiAlliance. "I hope my class gets in on this and we can name something," Sam said. "We are Betas for life and will most certainly find ourselves back there at some point whether it's just for a long weekend or alumni event, or maybe we'll have our own sons there someday who want to join Beta. Always stay in touch with Beta because you're going to benefit from that network and those guys enjoying their experience in the future." Prior to moving to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and embarking on his career as a real estate agent with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Sam served as the housing operations lead on Alpha Pi's House Corporation. He now enjoys serving as more of an auxiliary member and providing value in other ways, such as producing the video on betawisconsin.org that highlights the chapter house renovations made possible because of the generosity of the campaign donors. "I just hope people will look back on their memories at Beta, what was special to them, and donate to the campaign to create those memories for future generations," Sam said. Sam shares that campaign leadership is still exploring options for gis for all donors that will be given out at the house during upcoming in-person events, so stay tuned for more updates! You can connect with Sam at samuelhaack@gmail.com and (307) 699-1313. Sam Haack, #2161, UW 2019 Shares the Importance of Contributing to the Capital Campaign Mendota waterfront location and immediate adjacency to University of Wisconsin property. We have much to be grateful for with the early Betas of Alpha Pi and their strategic wisdom. In closing, you may be wondering just how a "non-profit" can benefit from an "Income Tax Credit", and that would be a great question! ese "Tax Credits" in fact are sold at about 85% of their value to the "Tax Credit Market". Typically, a Banker or a Consortium of Banks would be the intermediary. We also have the option to sell the tax credits to individuals to avoid the 15% fee. We as Alpha Pi Betas will benefit from the ongoing historic preservation tax incentive to keep the House in the best of shape on an ongoing basis. Let's all give this gem of a house everything she is owed! Yours in _kai_, Michael D. Muoio #1511, B.A. 1974, MBA 1976

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