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Sleighbell Luncheon History
The original Sleighbell Luncheon was first organized and held in the late 1940's by the local Tri-Delta
alumnae residing in the Los Angeles area, to benefit the oncology ward of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.
Tri Delta alumnae belonging to 13 alumnae chapters in Southern California were asked to raise funds to support a doctor researching
blood diseases at Childrens Hospital in downtown Los Angeles. In response to this request,
the chapters organized a benefit luncheon. Such was the origin of the longest running, continually supported, Tri Delta philanthropy
- the annual Southern California Sleighbell Luncheon.
Sleighbell
Day
In the early 1970s, a national survey established that Tri Delta chapters were interested
in children, hospitals and cancer. At the 1974 Convention, it was decided to combine the 3 and nationally observe "Sleighbell
Day" on the first Tuesday of December, following the Southern California tradition. As a result, Tri
Deltas throughout the nation concentrated their philanthropic support toward local research and treatment facilities, camps
and scholarships for children with cancer. Later, individual chapters chose times most effective for them to conduct
their projects.
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