Family Weekend isn’t all about football.

Some members of the greek community and their families will be athletes as well as spectators this weekend.

Alpha Sigma Phi, 2132 Sunset Drive, kicks off Family Weekend with its second annual “Marathonathon” to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network.

Charles Patton, senior in electrical engineering and fraternity president, said the ISU Dance Marathon influenced his fraternity’s philanthropy with CMN.

“Several of our members participated in the Dance Marathon and had good experiences,” Patton said.

Tom Bander, senior in industrial engineering, said a large percentage of CMN’s donations go directly to helping children through the Children’s Miracle Network.

“The Children’s Miracle Network is a good cause,” he said.

The “Marathonathon” starts Friday at 8 a.m.

For 26 continuous hours, the members run around “Sorority Circle.”

“Sorority Circle” is a one-third mile circle that goes by six sororities and the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.

Vander said each member of the group has to run four 10-minute time slots to fill the entire time throughout the night.

At last year’s “Marathonathon” the fraternity raised about $3,000.

Bander said members are encouraged to raise as much as they can.

They would like raise at least that much this year.

When members aren’t running, many of them will be helping to set up display tables and food for Friday evening’s barbecue.

The barbecue starts at 6 p.m., and tickets are $4 in advance from fraternity members or $5 that evening.

Patton said bands will also be performing until midnight to help draw people in.

“Our two goals for this year are to raise as much money as we can for the kids and to promote the ISU Dance Marathon,” Bander said.

Sigma Kappa, 233 Gray Ave., and Tau Kappa Epsilon, 224 Ash Ave., will be conducting their annual Memory Walk in Brookside Park on Saturday morning.

Michaela Odorisio, senior in industrial engineering and Sigma Kappa president, said the Memory Walk is a 3.1-mile walk in the park held to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association, both chapters’ national philanthropy.

Samantha Sexton, sophomore in advertising and Sigma Kappa’s philanthropy chair, said the walk is free to anyone who wants to participate and show their support and remembrance.

Registration begins at 8:30 Saturday morning.

A remembrance program starts at 9, with the walk getting underway when the program concludes.

Sexton said one of the women in their sorority will be remembering her grandmother with a speech during the program.

Sarah McLachlan’s song “I Will Remember You” is the reflection song for the program.

Sexton said both chapters have been selling forget-me-not flowers, with the proceeds going to the Alzheimer’s Association.

They will also be on sale during the walk.

“Nationally, Sigma Kappa has raised over a half million dollars to support the Alzheimer’s Association,” Sexton said.

There will also be a Memory Wall on display in Brookside Park.

Sexton said anyone can bring pictures and other stuff to remember loved ones affected by Alzheimer’s.

Sexton said Tau Kappa Epsilon added the Alzheimer’s Association as a philanthropy because former President Ronald Reagan, now affected by Alzheimer’s, was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon in college.

Veenker’s golf course will host a Delta Tau Delta father-son two-man scramble tournament Saturday morning.

Craig Demmel, senior in mechanical engineering and president, said this is his fraternity’s annual Dad’s Weekend, where fathers come spend the weekend with their sons.

This is the second year for the best ball golf scramble, which tees off at 10 a.m.

Demmel said he is expecting a good turnout, with 40 teams signed up by Wednesday.

After the golf tournament, Demmel said the fraternity grills out at 2121 Sunset Drive before sending everyone off to the football game.

Moms and siblings are also welcome to spend the weekend, but they do not participate in the golf outing.

Alpha Xi Delta, 315 Lynn Ave., is celebrating Iowa State’s Family Weekend with the sorority’s annual Parents’ Weekend, said president Kira Barclay, senior in mathematics. Barclay said activities begin at noon Saturday and continue up to the football game.

Everything wraps up with a family brunch Sunday morning.