CCU is a top fundraiser for the Heart Walk

Coastal Carolina University walked its way to being named one of the top three fundraisers at nearly $15,000 for the Start! Waccamaw Area Heart Walk, which took place Oct. 16 at The Market Common in Myrtle Beach.

According to Tiffany Davis, director of corporate relations for the Waccamaw Area chapter of the American Heart Association, the top CCU organization fundraisers were sorority Phi Sigma Sigma, which raised $5,500, and fraternity Phi Gamma Delta, which raised $700. Phi Sigma Sigma’s total, in fact, topped any group participating in the Waccamaw Area Heart Walk.

The fraternal Greek organizations were recognized at a ceremony on campus Dec. 1. Also honored was Debbie Conner, CCU’s associate vice president of University Relations, who received this year’s Lifestyle Change Award. After last year’s Heart Walk, Conner says she spent the past year “changing my life,” with a strict low-carb diet and exercise regimen, which resulted in losing 25 pounds and gaining a new love for running half-marathons.