COLLEGE STATION, Texas — UPDATE: Texas A&M's Kappa Sigma Fraternity has just learned the philanthropy project they've brought back to life is now no more.
Ethan Gleberman, chair of the "Wicked Woods" project, told KAGS' Gabriela Garcia the fraternity was placed on a cease and desist by the university on Sept. 2nd due to an investigation. Gleberman said the fraternity has been working through the process but there have been no conclusions made. When asked what the investigation was about, Gleberman said he couldn't give any specifics.
"We've decided to start a GoFundMe in order to still raise money for the charities," Gleberman said. "We really wanna make up for what happened and continue to support the community."
The fraternity is hoping you can help them raise at least $10,000 for local nonprofit organizations like the Brazos Valley Food Bank, the Kappa Sigma Military Heroes Campaign and Brothers Reaching Out!
The GoFundMe has raised over $2,000 in just eight hours. We'll keep you updated.
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For those in the Brazos Valley looking for Halloween activities, look no further!
Thanks to some hard work by A&M's Kappa Sigma Fraternity, the "Wicked Woods" are back in College Station.
Once a staple in the BCS area, the "Wicked Woods" project took a four-year hiatus, due to the fraternity house's change of location and other factors.
“We’ve been doing a bunch of committees to try and figure out talking to alumni and such to figure if we can get it back. And now after 4 years of being gone, it’s finally returning for October 2019,” said Kappa Sigma Philanthropy Chair, Ethan Gleberman.
It wasn’t exactly an easy process though. The students have been working on the woods for about a year, clearing out locations in their wooded area to set up the trails.
Visitors can expect their favorite frights mixed in with some new ones too.
“I don’t want to spoil it too much. There’s gonna be clowns. I won’t say when you get to that, but that’s pretty freaky. That one’s got strobe lights and black lights. There’s a mental asylum scene,” said Gleberman.
While the fraternity’s goal is to spook, their reasons for doing so is anything but.
Proceeds from the project will be donated to the fraternity's military organization, Brothers Reaching Out and the Brazos Valley Food Bank.
The "Wicked Woods" are open until midnight from October 28 through October 30, 2019.
They'll be open until 2 a.m. Halloween night.
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