Ole Miss sororities raise a record $514,491 for children's advocates

Sororities at the University of Mississippi raised a record $514,491 at CASA Encore. The Daily Mississippian reported that the night is a dance and banner competition, and that Alpha Omicron Pi won for a third year in a row. The money supports volunteer advocates for children in foster care across three counties in north Mississippi.

Those volunteers speak up for children in court and in the systems around a foster placement. The $514,491 figure is the fundraising record for this event, as the student paper reported. It is not a count of how many children received an advocate this year. The competition is how the sororities pay for that local work.