Service and Philanthropy

A Message from Our
Vice President of Community Service

Hi everyone! 

My name is Trajan McCarthy, and I am honored to serve as the Vice President of Community Service for the spring 2026 semester. I joined DSP in the fall 2025 semester and am a proud member of the Alpha Eta pledge class. I am so excited to lead our chapter in our Service and Philanthropy Pillar this semester!

I joined DSP last semester and immediately realized how much of an impact the fraternity can have in the Madison community. We run multiple events and fundraisers dedicated to bettering our community every semester, and I was able to experience the very real impacts those events made. As Vice President of Community Service, I am excited to continue these events with local organizations.

This semester, DSP will be organizing our annual Polar Plunge with AKPsi to benefit WorldWise Microfinance, a Madison-based non-profit that works directly with families in need to break the cycle of poverty. We will also continue to partner with GoTeam Therapy Dogs to turn old t-shirts into dog toys in our event, DSPets. In addition, we will be working with Gift of Life Madison, an organization that uses quick swab tests to match potential blood donors with patients who need life-saving blood transfusions.

Please feel free to reach out to me by email with any questions or ideas: tdmccarthy3@wisc.edu

Trajan McCarthy 

Vice President of Community Service 

Delta Sigma Pi- Psi Chapter Organizations and Examples:

One of the most important organizations we partner with is the Ronald McDonald House. The Ronald McDonald House is the national organization that we support by helping to collect pop tabs for their initiative to recycle them to raise funds for the House and the underprivileged families in need. Through the collection process and recycling of these pop tabs, the Ronald McDonald House usually generates around $5,000 annually.

Another strong relationship we have with organizations around Madison is with Wisconsin Microfinance. We are planning our third annual Polar Plunge event where we raise funds for Wisconsin Microfinance, while also jumping into the freezing lake afterward to raise awareness. This organization focuses on lending microloans to underdeveloped countries worldwide and small business owners to help grow their businesses and establish a strong financial foundation. Wisconsin Microfinance has about a 95% repayment on these loans which then leads to the organization then “re-using” the repayment to issue new microloans. This idea proves that small donations go a long way, check out their website to learn more! https://wisconsinmicrofinance.com/