Robbie Page Memorial

The Sigma Sigma Sigma Foundation is a non-profit corporation formed in 1984. The Foundation distributes funds for charitable, philanthropic, educational, and other benevolent purposes that focus its programs on the following categories: enhancing the leadership skills of modern-day women, providing grants and scholarships to students, and supporting play therapy programs for hospitalized children. The Sigma Sigma Sigma Foundation centers its latter philanthropic efforts around the theme “Sigma Serves Children,” specifically through the Robbie Page Memorial (RPM).

On September 15, 1951, Robbie Page, the son of Tri-Sigma’s National President, died of bulbar polio . At that time, there was no cure or prevention for polio. This prompted Robbie’s parents, Robert and Mary Hasting Holloway Page, to establish a memorial fund in honor of their son. Tri-Sigma adopted the Robbie Page Memorial as its official philanthropy in 1954. In its early years, the  RPM supported various polio research projects, including the Salk vaccine trials. 

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The RPM now focuses on supporting play therapy for hospitalized children, and providing support for playrooms, libraries, and programs for children undergoing long-term hospital care. Current national efforts are centered in funding fellowships at the Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, Texas and in funding graduate assistant-ships at the University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The National Therapeutic Recreation Society has recognized Sigma Sigma Sigma for their gracious support of Child Life and Play Therapy Programs.

Rockin' for Robbie

Rockin' for Robbie is a concert that the ladies of Sigma Sigma Sigma put on annually to raise money for our philanthropy, the Robbie Page Memorial. It is held in the Spring and has been in the Reeve Titan Underground on the UW- Oshkosh campus. We have local bands play, some from the past include IAmAtlas, Nicole Rae and the Traveling Suitcase, Charley and the Cynics, The Last Address, and The Gilded Spade. This will be our third year hosting it! It is becoming more successful every year and we cannot wait to see what this year holds! Keep an eye out for more information soon on this years event!