An Update From The Brothers of Alpha Lambda
In summer 2024, Pi Kappa Phi brother Cameron Geranios joined The Ability Experience as a marketing intern with simple goals: learn new skills, build his portfolio and tell meaningful stories. What he didn’t expect was how much the experience would change him.
On the road, Cameron met people with disabilities whose spirit and resilience reshaped how he viewed leadership and service. He captured their stories, but their impact stayed with him long after the summer ended. What began as a marketing internship became a turning point in how he understood his responsibility to others.
“By sharing stories from my summer with The Ability Experience, especially about the relationships I formed with members of the disability community,” said Cameron, “I strengthened my chapter’s ties with our philanthropic mission. I showed my brothers that when one member steps up, he can make a difference across the country.”
When he returned to the Alpha Lambda Chapter at the University of Mississippi, Cameron pushed his brothers to take a deeper look at the mission of The Ability Experience. His passion arrived at the perfect moment. The chapter was growing fast, fueled in part by acquiring a chapter house, welcoming nearly 80 associate members in fall 2024 and close to 100 in fall 2025. With that momentum, the chapter committed to building a culture where service became central to their identity.
The results came quickly. In just two years, Alpha Lambda reinvented itself. The chapter launched a new local volunteer partnership with the Badour Center, sending more than 70 brothers to their first Friendship Visit. In 2025 alone, they raised $62,000 for The Ability Experience and awarded a $3,000 Circle of Giving grant to the Badour Center. They plan to increase that amount next semester, continuing a relationship built on shared purpose.
Watching this shift take root inspired Cameron all over again. Seeing his chapter embrace service, rally around fundraising goals and show up in ways that mattered to real people made him step forward once more. He returned to the road as a cyclist on the 2025 Journey of Hope North team, becoming Alpha Lambda’s first Pi Alpha in more than a decade and only the second in the chapter’s history. His example is already sparking the next wave of leaders, with chapter brother Nathan Won preparing to cycle Journey of Hope in 2026.
This is the kind of change your support makes possible. One internship became a catalyst for an entire chapter. One student’s transformation grew into dozens of brothers forming genuine friendships with the disability community, discovering what it means to put service before self.
As we welcome 2026, we are grateful for your partnership in 2025. Your belief in our mission creates experiences that shape exceptional servant leaders and strengthen connections between people of all abilities. Together, we can continue building a future where every shared experience brings us close to a more inclusive and compassionate world.
