LSU Fraternity Pays Off Mortgage Of Former House Cook Who Was Like A Mother To Them
The brotherhood raised money to help their former house cook, Jessie Hamilton, pay off her house.
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Brothers from the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at Louisiana State University (LSU) are paying it forward to someone they all hold dear to their heart their former fraternity house cook, Jessie Hamilton.
More than 30 years after attending LSU, brothers from Phi Gamma Delta, also known as Fiji, decided to pay off Hamilton’s mortgage after discovering she was working two jobs to afford her home. Nearly 100 brothers donated to help pay off her $45,000 mortgage plus some, raising a total of $51,765.
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On April 3, just before her 74th birthday, a dozen Fiji members and their families surprised Hamilton with an outdoor celebration at her home in Baton Rouge and presented her with a gift of US$51,765 (NZ$73,359). Nearly 100 Fiji brothers contributed money to cover the outstanding balance of Hamilton s mortgage - and then some - so she could finally retire. Hamilton was speechless. I couldn t believe it, she said. After working at least two jobs since she was 14, she said, she s long been ready for retirement. I was a sharecropper s daughter, so we didn t have much, said Hamilton. At one time, I was working four jobs.
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Jessie Hamilton, seated, reacts as several Louisiana State University members of Phi Gamma Delta, commonly called Fiji, surprise her with $51,765 to pay off her mortgage. Hamilton, 74, worked as a cook at the Fiji fraternity house for 14 years. Photo by Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate /Washington Post
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Jessie Hamilton worked as a cook at a fraternity house at Louisiana State University for 14 years.
While she was in constant motion preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner for the members of Phi Gamma Delta, commonly called Fiji, she was widely known to lend an ear when one of the young men needed her advice or care.
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