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Winter 2009
February 25, 2009
Gr eater Orange County Alumnae Chapter
of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
GREATER O.C. CONNECTION
CONNECTION
President’s Letter
Dear Sisters in Gamma Phi tended an event, which conBeta,
tributed to our chapter’s success.
First, I would like to start
by wishing each sister a
The executive board has
Happy New Year and
been extremely busy planthank you all for making
ning a variety of events for
2008 a wonderful time to
the 2009 chapter calendar
be a Greater Orange
and “hopefully” there is
something for each of you.
County alumna member.
Our next membership drive
In 2008, many of you vol- is on Saturday, March 7 at
unteered to assist one of
5:00 p.m. at Cheri Brumleu’s
our collegiate chapters
home in Villa Park . I encour(Delta Delta and Epsilon
age you to attend the memNu), supported our philan- bership drive to socialize,
thropy efforts and/or atreconnect, and/or meet new
sisters; Gamma Phi Beta
is a lifetime commitment. I look forward to
seeing all you throughout the year
ISSUE AT A GLANCE
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PRESIDENTS LETTER
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PINK CARNATION
Please check our chapter
website often for our calendars of events, updates and pictures http://
ocgammaphis.tripod.com
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PHOTO CONTEST
In IIKE,
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MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Amber Alford (EN)
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CAFÉ OLÉ BRUNCH
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INTERNATIONAL BADGE
DAY
Support CampFire USA
Absolutely Incredible Kids Day 2009
What’s so absolutely incredible? Kids.
They are absolutely incredible. And on the
third March of each year CampFire USA
encourages adults to let them know how
valuable they are. Absolutely Incredible
Kids Day is a national, annual letter writing
campaign encouraging adults to write letters of love and support to kids in their
lives. It only takes a few minutes and the
impact can last a lifetime.
Please join Greater Orange County Alumnae Chapter and write a letter to incredible
kids everywhere. The stationery is available in the Philanthropy section of the
Greater O.C. website, Letters can be
mailed to Rosa Borrego, 1231 El Paso Drive,
Norco, CA 92860.
Greater OC Alumnae Chapter
of Gamma Phi Beta
is selling
Carl's Jr. coupon books for $5.00
Each book has over a $55.00 in savings
&
TWO FREE items with no purchase necessary
All proceeds benefit sending girls to camp!
Please send an e-mail to:
[email protected]
with the amount of coupon books you
would like to purchase.
We Thank You for your support!
Inside this issue:
PRESIDENTS LETTER
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INCREDIBLE KIDS DAY
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PINK CARNATIONS
2
PHOTO CONTEST
3
OHER NEWS
3
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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IMPORTANT LINKS
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Gre a te r O.C . C o n nec tio n
Pink Carnations
Salisa Douglas (ΔΔ),
was married to Roger
Douglas on February 7th
in Las Vegas.
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Do you have news to
share with your
sisters?
Send an e-mail to:
goca_gamma_phi@yahoo.
com
Or visit the
Newsletter section on the
web site to submit your
news via our online form!
Rene Matz Thompson
(∆∆), for organizing the
Daytimers Lunch with
Balboa Harbor Alumnae
Chapter.
Teresa Haney (BΩ), for
all her work organizing
the RLC Alumnae Reception.
Gamma Phi Beta Sisters were in attendance at Salisa’s WedAll members, who attended the CPK fundraiser.
ding in Las Vegas (from left to right) Michelle Hammond,
Vanessa McGrane, Diane Padilla, Christina Delgado, Amber
Alford, Valerie Cardenas, Salisa Douglas, Catherine Macy,
Caitlyn Zang, Melissa Sykes, Teresa Haney
Happy Birthday Sisters!
6 ~ Aja Fernandez
February
27 ~ Vanessa McGrane
March
5 ~ Mary Knaup
17 ~ Alison McGookin
6 ~ Cheri Brumleu
19 ~ Kristi Recchia
8 ~ Samantha Swanson
22 ~ Lori Morgan
10 ~ Ashley Cheri
20 ~ Gretchen Reiter
International Badge Day
Greater O.C. Executive Board: (back row) Christina Delgado-AVP,
Elena Seward-FVP, Rosa Borrego-PRVP. (front row) Salisa DouglasMVP, Carmen Namenek-Panhellenic, Amber Alford-President.. (Not
Pictured: Peggy Roldan-Alum/Collegiate Relations)
Fraternity/sorority
women are uniting to
celebrate International Badge Day.
Please join the women of
NPC, NPHC, NAPA, NALFO and NMGC
in honoring the importance of values
based fraternal membership by proudly
wearing your badge on Monday, March
2nd. Join your fellow sisters and show your
Gamma Phi Spirit on this day.
Fal l 2 00 8
Gamma Phi Beta Photo Contest
If you love Gamma Phi Beta and love to take pictures,
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then this contest is perfect for you. The Crescent is sponsoring a Photo Contest, you can enter to win prizes and
international recognition.
Minimal manipulation of digital images with the intention of accurately rendering the subjects is acceptable, such as small adjustments to brightness, contrast, color balance and/or sharpness.
RULES:
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Enter a maximum of one photo per category.
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Photos must be taken by the entrant.
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The subject matter must be related to Gamma Phi
Beta.
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Contest is open to members of Gamma Phi Beta,
amateur photographers only.
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Send photos electronically to [email protected] with “photo contest” in the
subject line.
CATEGORIES:
Collegians and alumnae will be judged separately.
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Portraits (any photo containing people)
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Landscapes (no people depicted; building stills lies,
etc.)
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Photographs must be submitted no later than 4:30pm For more details check out our website, the Winter 2009
Crescent or IH website.
on Tuesday, March 31st, 2009.
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Digital Photos should be of the highest quality, and
in .jpg format no larger than 3MB. No print photos
will be accepted.
Good Luck to everyone!
Greater Orange County Alumnae
Chapter
Event Photos
Greater Orange County Members, Amber Alford, Rosa Borrego,
Gretchen Reiter, Carmen Namenek, Salisa Douglas & Suzanne
Collier enjoy tea at Paris in a Cup.
GOCA Members with International President Linda Malony at
the Region 7 RLC Alumnae Reception.
Front Row: Erika Aaron, Valerie Cardenas, Vanessa McGrane,
Teresa Haney, Peggy Roldan
Rosa Borrego, Peggy Roldan, Amber Alford, Erika Aaron & Teresa
Haney, help support CampFire USA at Greater Orange County’s
CPK Fundraiser.
Back Row: Michelle Hammond, Gretchen Reiter, Linda Malony,
Christina Delgado, Kathy Smith, Leanne Orr, Rosa Borrego
Greater Orange County Alumnae Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
Gamma Phi Beta on the Web!
Click on any of the links below to be taken to any of the sites.
We would love to hear from
Greater O.C. Alumnae Chapter: http://ocgammaphis.tripod.com
you. If you have a story or
picture you would like to
International: www.gammaphibeta.org
share please contact us.
Rosa Borrego, Editor
Greater O.C. Connection
[email protected]
Calendar of Events
MARCH
7th ~ Wine Tasting & Membership Drive. 5:30pm. Cheri Brumleu’s Home. Villa Park
14th ~ Saturday Brunch. 11:00am. Peggy Roldan’s Home, Chino Hills
19th ~ 13th Annual Absolutely Incredible Kids Day
APRIL
8th ~ Annual Meeting. 6:30pm, Panera Bread. Orange
28th ~ Happy Hour. 6:00pm. Bobby McGee’s. Brea
MAY
TBD ~ Epsilon Nu Senior Celebration
TBD ~ Delta Delta Senior Celebration
30th ~ Bruch, 11:00AM. Corner Bakery. Santa Ana
JUNE
Check your e-mail for eVites
with more information on all
our events! We look forward
to seeing you at one of our
many upcoming events!!
16th ~ Happy Hour. 5:30pm. El Torito. Tustin
Wine Tasting & Membership Drive
Café Olé Brunch
Cheri Brumleu’s Home
18612 Mariposa Drive
Villa Park, CA 92861
Saturday, March 7th, 5:00pm
Peggy Roldan’s Home
Come taste some wine and so-
16710 Sagebrush Street
cialize with sisters. Sisters brin-
Chino Hills, CA 91709
ing a new member will be en-
Saturday March 14th, 11:00 a.m.
tered into a special drawing!
See eVite for more details!
Come and join your sister for an intimate Saturday Brunch. See eVite for more details.