Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity will host its third annual Lambdapalooza philanthropy event for Wounded Warriors charity in honor of the late Gerold Blum who passed away last December.
The Lambdapalooza event is a charity-based concert located at the fraternity houses on fraternity row at 3605 Watauga Ave. The event will take place on April 25, and the entry fee will be $7.
The concert will begin at 7 p.m., and there will be live music performed by University of Memphis students. At 8 p.m. local band Space Face will take the stage and perform.
They decided to donate to the Wounded Warrior project because of Gerold Blum and four other members of the ROTC program at the University of Memphis.
"We chose this philanthropy because Gerold Blum was one of our brothers who was an Army ROTC full scholarship recipient when he passed away in December," Lambda Chi Alpha President Domenic Martini said.
Wounded Warrior supports veterans as they return home from serving their country. Wounded Warrior was founded in 2003 in Roanoke, Va., by a group of veterans and friends who took action to help the injured service men and women of this generation.
The Wounded Warrior Project's mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors who incurred a physical or mental injury, illnesses or wounds that took place on or after Sept. 11, 2001.
Harrison House, a freshman computer science major at the U of M, is the external vice president for Lambda Chi.
"Lambdapalooza has been a part of Lambda Chi for three years now, but this will be the first event that all proceeds will benefit the Wounded Warrior project," House said. "Past Lambapaloozas have benefitted the Mid-South Food Bank, which is our usual philanthropy," he said.
Members of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity said that Blum had a huge impact on many people, and they said that he would have made an incredible soldier and fraternity brother.
"He touched so many lives with his courage, faith and morals that we found this event appropriate to remember our fallen brother," House said. "I don't think that we could honor him enough with actions," he said.
People who attend will have the opportunity to express memories that they shared with Blum during the event.
