Shrieking sorority sisters ran from a wheelbarrow race to a six-legged race on Wednesday in an obstacle course created by Pi Kappa Alpha.

On Tuesday, Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity kicked-off the events for its annual Fireman’s Challenge.

The challenge, which is a series of events during a three-day span, is one of the fraternity’s philanthropy events with all proceeds going toward the  Taylor Trudeau Cycle for Life.

The foundation donates money to blood cancer research in memory of Trudeau, a Pi Kappa Alpha brother from the University of New Hampshire who passed away in 2008 after battling leukemia.

Philanthropy chair and supply chain management junior Daniel Chapie said for him, the event is a sense of giving back.

“I’ve been so privileged as an individual growing up and coming to Michigan State and being a part of this fraternity, so it’s nice being able to give back to others who are less fortunate and at the same time have fun,” Chapie said.

He added planning the event took more time than people may realize.

Chapie said he began planning for the three-day event during the summer by reaching out to the national office and finding donors. “The last couple weeks I’ve been planning the actual event part,” he said.

Chapie started the event with a T-shirt sale to give each competing sorority more points per shirt bought. A portion of those proceeds will go towards the foundation as well.

He said more than 450 T-shirts were sold.

Kappa Alpha’s Fireman’s Challenge began with a campus quest where sororities were given clues via Twitter to a location where they had to sign-in with a brother.

To guide them through the games, sororities were paired with two active Pi Kappa Alpha brothers to be their coaches.

Zeta Tau Alpha member and human development and family studies junior Rebecca Skinner said the event was great to be involved in because it is for a good cause but fun at the same time.

“You get a little competitive and get to meet other people in the greek community, but still show off your competitive skills,” Skinner said.

Following the campus quest, sororities competed against each other on Wednesday in an obstacle course complete with balloon toss, flip cup and a pie to their coach’s face to finish the race.

Kappa Alpha Theta member and packaging sophomore Anna Thomas said despite not doing as well in the course as her team hoped, the event was rewarding to be a part of.

“We tried pretty hard ... blood, sweat and tears,” Thomas said. “It was fun to see greek life heavily involved and for a good cause.”

The grand finale of the Fireman’s Challenge was a jousting tournament which took place on the Pi Kappa Alpha lawn.