We ARE Changing Lives

Dear Friends,

Like many of you, I often wonder just how my gifts to the Triangle Education Foundation are making a difference. I know I am providing deserving members with the opportunity to participate in the many programs provided by Triangle, but I question if my gifts are really making a difference in the lives of these men.

One only needs to look at just one of the programs the Foundation funds on a regular basis…the Herb Scobie Leadership School.  The Leadership School is offered each summer, most recently on the campus of Rose Holman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. 

The extensive weekend focused on leadership and change.  The theme was 212 degrees based on the fact that water is simply hot at 211 degrees, but boils at the 212 mark.  How the difference of one degree can make.  The same goes for leadership, what a difference one person can make with one simple act.

During the weekend attendees heard Purdue Chapter alumnus John Storm talk about how his Triangle experience changed his life and developed him into an industry leader. They undertook community service projects to bring to life the concept of Servant Leadership.  They shared with each other participating in team building activities, training sessions, panel discussions, an etiquette dinner, and capped off by a Ritual exemplification ceremony.  In essence, each day they delved deeper to better themselves and their chapters. 

Through this experience Triangle brothers found out what former Triangle Executive Director Herbert Scobie truly meant when he said “To have a better world, we must first have a world of better men.”  This weekend lived up to that statement and fulfilled the mission of Triangle Fraternity by providing a life changing opportunity for our future leaders.

Although the statistical data is still being reviewed, I am confident in saying that the program was a success and we made a major impact on those in attendance.  I look forward to sharing the research data with you when it is complete.

I am confident we are making a major impact on Triangle men across the country by providing quality leadership development skills and a living, learning laboratory at the chapter house to experiment with their new found leadership tools.  Triangle takes its mission of producing leaders with character and integrity very serious.

Thank you to all our members and friends who have made gifts to Triangle, remember us in their estate plans and donated their precious time. We can’t do it without you!

In F, S, & C,

James R. McShane marq65
Chairman