2015-10 KD Summer-Fall Newsltr

Greater Atlanta Day Alumnae Chapter of
Kappa Delta Sorority
Summer-Fall 2015 Newsletter
Greater Atlanta Day has not missed a beat since the spring. We
visited the Delta Air Museum in May. Nine members attended the
National Biennial KD Convention in Orlando in June. GADAC won
the top awards for AC Chapter Excellence, Girl Scout Support, and
our Joint Shamrock with Eta Omega. We also received 7 Honorable Mention awards. Congratulations to everyone for your hard
work. We continue to shine as one of the top Alumnae Chapters in
the country.
The State Day Luncheon in July was a huge success. Executive
Director of Kappa Delta Pamela Nix, a Sigma Phi from Georgia,
was our speaker. Ninety six alumnae and collegians enjoyed a
wonderful lunch at Ansley Golf Club. Thank you to Sally Gibson
and Sally Peebles for planning and orchestrating this great event.
Also thank you to Fio Crockford for sponsoring us at Ansley.
Congratulations to Eta Mu at Georgia College and State University
and Eta Omega at Kennesaw State University for their successful
recruitments.
We kicked off our year wearing our school colors at our September
meeting. Sisters and their guests met at the W Hotel September
27th to celebrate National Friendship Month. We will attend a private tour of the Governor’s Mansion in October. Carolyn Curry author of “Suffer and Grow Strong” will speak at our November meeting. We will round out the year with our annual
Christmas Open House where we bring teddy
bears for needy children.
I look forward to another wonderful year of sisterhood, community assistance, collegiate support,
fun, and fellowship with my GADAC sisters.
Newsletter of the
Greater Atlanta Day
Alumnae Chapter
of Kappa Delta
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Editor
Emilie Friese
770-396-0565
[email protected]
770-396-0565
Featuring
Page 1
President’s Message
Page 2
2015 National
Convention
Page 3
2015 Georgia
State Day
Page 4
Philanthropy Report
Girl Scouts
Interfaith House
Wellspring Living
Confidence Coalition
Page 5-6
Collegiate News
Epsilon Gamma
Eta Mu
Eta Omega
Page 7
GADAC
Meetings/Events
Love in AOT, Lyn
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GADAC SUMMER EVENTS
Kappa Delta’s 2015 Convention
June 27—July 1, 2015
Swan & Dolphin Lodge, Epcot Resorts, Florida
The convention finished with the White Rose Banquet where the Outstanding Alumnae
Marjorie Rowles Stakes Award went to Minneapolis ,Minnesota. The Outstanding Col
legiate chapter award went to University of Washington. The Outstanding House Corporation Award went to University of Illinois. We are very happy with our 3 wins for
Girls Scouts, Joint Shamrock, and Alumnae Chapter of Excellence and our 7 honorable
mention awards for magazine per capita, Angelos/newsletter, our Shamrock, in and out
of town chapter support, Philanthropy. Pat Tooke received the Order of the Pearl
which was outstanding! Chris Adams, Helen Alston, Karen Blackwood, Dot Mears,
Janet Moody, Pat Tooke, and Lyn Routenberg attended the entire convention. Fio
Crockford and Emilie Friese attended the last day.
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Time was enjoyed with the collegiate sisters from Eta Omega, Kennesaw, Epsilon Gamma, North Georgia and Eta Mu, Milledgeville. Eta Omega won Joint Shamrock, New Chapter Excellence, and CAB top 10% Award of Excellence!!!! Epsilon Gamma won
Merit Chapter and four honorable mentions and Eta Mu three honorable mentions.
Retiring president Beth Langford and her husband endowed a new scholarship and the first recipient was Megan Economos who is
the president of Delta Lambda at Georgia Southern. This was in honor of her leadership when they lost their sister, Abbie DeLoach,
in a tragic car accident this spring.
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Founding Members & GADACs
GADAC Attendees
Order of Pearl
National Awards
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GADAC SUMMER EVENTS
2015 GEORGIA STATE DAY LUNCHEON
Hosted by Greater Atlanta Day Alumnae Chapter, Saturday July 25, 2015
The luncheon was held at the Ansley Golf Club. We thank Fio Crockford for making that possible. Our theme this year
was “Finding Great Opportunities.” Displays showed opportunities found by GADAC: Wellspring Living, Interfaith
House and Girl Scouts. Founding member Jan Lammert told what KD means to her. An inspiring speech and slide
show presentation were given by Pamela Nix, Executive Director of Kappa Delta. White roses were presented to five
White Rose recipients, four to Emerald. Roses were presented also to the members present who founded the Greater
Atlanta Day Alumnae Chapter in 1968. Items from KD Boutique were sold. The total number of registered attendees
was ninety six. Thirteen of these were collegians. We are truly grateful to all the members of GADAC who volunteered
and helped make the 2015 State Day Luncheon a success. Sally Gibson and Sallie Peebles, Co-chairs
Jan Lammert
GADAC Founding members
Pamela Nix
Order of Pearl
Libby Lindahl Award
Carolyn Arnold Award
Emerald & White Rose Circles
GADAC Attendees
KD Boutique
2015 16 GADAC Officers
Collegiate Attendees
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PHILANTHROPY REPORT
Fall is here and that means cleaning out our closets! What a great opportunity to
donate your clothes to one of Wellspring’s “Treasures” Stores. They are also in
need of books, home décor and furniture. When you donate, then you can shop and
find that exact outfit you need at a very reasonable
price! They are always looking for volunteers to work in donations or in the
store. It is really a “fun” job with many benefits; smiles, hugs and many thank
you! Another opportunity to show we care is to spend an evening at one of the
residential homes in Duluth by preparing a meal for or with the girls, decorating
the house for the holidays or making crafts. If you are interested in any of these
opportunities, please contact Pat Tooke at 678-344-2424 for more information.
The “Treasure Stores” are located at:
Toco Hills, near the Clock Tower and Kroger
404-875-9797
2785 Buford Highway between Pleasant Hill & Sugarloaf Parkway
678-578-6232
AND Watch for new store opening in Marietta!
INTERFAITH OUTREACH HOME
The IOH residents were especially
appreciative of the generous
amounts of paper goods and after
school snacks GADAC members
donated in September. Since we do
not meet during the summer, pantry
supplies run low by the end of August, and once school starts, the
children come home ready to refuel. Some have lunch as early as
10:30 am. IOH also thanks GADAC for helping fund the successful September 11 tennis tournament
held at Blackburn Tennis Center.
The weather cooperated, the players
had fun, and the event netted
almost $4000.
As an IOH Board member, I say thank you also.
AOT, Barbara Nipp
GIRL SCOUTS
Girl Scout cookie orders for the troops will be
taken at the GADAC November meeting. Last
year over $400.00 worth of cookies were sent
to the troops. Personal orders will be taken in
January. Checks for both orders will be received at the January meeting. Thanks in advance for your orders .
JoAnn Bookout
“Go Confidently” Handbag Collection is a handbag drive to benefit
women and teen girls in need. This is a project of the KD Confidence
Coalition. GADAC will collect gently used handbags at the October,
November meetings and the Christmas Open House. Please write an
encouraging note noting website (www.confidencecoalition.org) to be
included in the bags.
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COLLEGIATE REPORTS
ETA OMEGA CHAPTER, K
KENNESAW
ENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY, KENNESAW GA
News from Eta Omega at Kennesaw State University continues to be exciting. At the Kappa
Delta National Convention at Disney World Eta Omega won their first National Award, the
Patricia Beecham Nieman Joint Shamrock Award for the most outstanding event in the nation.
The members of Eta Omega were thrilled with winning this award with Greater Atlanta.
In addition, their Chapter Advisory Board (CAB) won the Chapter Advisory Board Award of
Excellence. Greater Atlanta Day members on that board included Emilie Friese, Helen Alston,
Lyn Routenberg, Marie Dopson, Tara Osborne, and new GADAC members Kimberly Shires
(chair) and Courtney Barbito. Sheila Vahey has recently joined the CAB as well.. Many
thanks to these sisters who put in many hours and efforts serving on this board.
Recently, Eta Omega has “graduated out” of the division that exists for new
chapters which provides more oversight and is now functioning well in a regular division. This is a big accomplishment on the national level.
A “Mock Recruitment Event” was held August 30th. Thanks to Joy Hugick,
Sally Gibson, Helen Alston, Shelia Vahey, Karen Blackwood and Dot Mears
for participating. The alums played the role of Potential New Recruits and the
girls practiced their communication skills for the upcoming recruitment. It was
a blast! Several of us were nervous that we did not score high enough to be
asked back to the next event. I highly recommend that more of you consider
attending this next year.
On Bid Day Greater Atlanta had a great decorated
sheet cake and petit fours for the chapter. Lyn Routenberg, Joy Hugick, Pat Tooke and Dot Mears served the cake to the many in attendance. This was a
fun event!
Eta Omega experienced a really
great recruitment this Fall. Quota
was 85 and because the panhellenic at KSU believes potential new members deserve a home and because Kappa Delta
was so popular Eta Omega was allowed to go over quota
and now has 91 new members. The data collected about
this recruitment indicates that Eta Omega is in the top tier of
Kappa Delta chapters in the nation for recruiting. They
have proven that they can now run with the “Big Girls” .
In September Greater Atlanta Day learned that Eta Omega
needed pillows and pillow cases for use during initiation
and Greater Atlanta ordered these ritual supplies for the chapter. Thanks to the many members who wrote notes about their
experiences in Kappa Delta to the new members of Eta Omega. These were included in an email booklet that will be sent
to each new sister. Sisters Stefanie Winborne and Lyn Routenberg will speak to the new members about what Kappa Delta
has meant to them.
Upcoming Events:
Initiation of New Members - October 20, 7 pm. Northstar Church, Kennesaw 30144.
All are invited to the Reception and Initiation,
Initiation of Alumnae Initiate - Sheryl McCollum, October 21, 7 pm, KSU
Senior Transition Service - April 24, 2016 with Greater Atlanta and other alumnae
Chapters.
Dot Mears, Collegiate Liaison
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COLLEGIATE REPORTS Cont’d
EPSILON GAMMA CHAPTE
CHAPTER,
R, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA, DAHLONEGA GA
Foam for the Home was a huge success this semester. The event was a lot of
fun and $277.00 was raised for canned goods that were donated to the Community
Helping Place in Dahlonega.
KΔ Shakedown , held Oct. 7th, raised nearly $8,000 that will be donated to Rainbow Children’s Home and Enotah CASA. Rainbow Children’s Home (RCH) is a
non-profit organization in Lumpkin County and exists to provide hope, security, and
opportunity to adolescent girls who have been victims of abuse and/or neglect in
the state of Georgia. To date RCH has provided care for over 600 children..
Enotah CASA is also a non-profit organization that
serves Lumpkin, Towns, Union, and White counties.
CASA is a network of community-based programs that recruit, train, and support citizen volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children in courtrooms
and communities.
Kappa Delta KΔuntry Fair Open House was one to remember! Great food, funny skits, great
music, and good attendance as well!
Upcoming Events:
Alumnae Banquet, -October 17, 2015. 12-2 pm at The Arches We cannot wait to see what
this year holds for the Epsilon Gamma Chapter of KΔ and we want our alum to be very involved too! We hope to see everyone at the banquet .
Dixieland Delight,- October 20, 2015. Kappa Delta & Pi Kappa Alpha pair up to
host a BBQ and boots event. The proceeds from this event will be split between
KΔ and Pi Kappa Alpha’s philanthropies. KD’s half will be donated to Rape
Response.
Spring Recruitment, - January 15 -18, 2016. Bid day will be the 18th! L
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Run Dahlonega - February 27, 2016. Mark your calendars!
ETA MU CHAPTER, GEOR
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E UNIVERSITY,
MILLEDGEVILLE GA
The finished product one year down the road! Fully furnished house including all four bedrooms. KD sign out front! It was a good time to turn it over to new House Corporation. Marie
Dopson of GADAC is House Corporation Treasurer.
Eta Mu was extremely blessed this semester with a visit from LDC, Brianna Blackshire who came
to help with Spirit week and Recruitment. . Recruitment began with a beautiful start of opening the
house for two days of Round One. A recruitment video was shown and a tour of the entire house
was conducted. Lovely conversations were held with 512 potential new members (PNM). This year
the chapter decided to revise their ceremony, with
help from Brianna. They added 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Bible verse, where randomly
through out the preference room sisters would say a line and ended it together by
saying "love never fails". From a survey of the new members, that was the moment where almost every single PNM felt the love that we KDs share. On Bid
Day the theme was "Beach Town" and it was celebrated at an outside venue in
Milledgeville. Eta Mu could not be any happier with their 79 new members! This
week is Big Little Reveal and the future little ones are running around so excited
for tomorrow nights reveal.
Anne Wallace, Collegiate Liaison
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GADAC MEETINGS AND EVENTS
2015
September 21, Monday 10:30 am
Wore School Colors! Convention Report
Jun- Sep Birthday Celebration
September 27, Sunday 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Annual KD Friendship Party
W Hotel, Atlanta 30305
October 19, Monday 10:30 am
Private Tour of Governor’s Mansion
Short meeting and lunch after tour
Home of Sandra Davis
356 Glen Arden Place NE, Atlanta 30305
October 20, Tuesday, 7:30 pm
Reception and Initiation of
Eta Omega New Members
Kennesaw State University
Northstar Church, Kennesaw 30144
October 21, Wednesday, 12-2 pm
Epsilon Gamma Alumnae Banquet
The Arches, Dahlonega 30533
October 25, Sunday,1:30 pm
Founder’s Day Luncheon hosted by
Greater Marietta Alumnae Chapter
Druid Hills Golf Club
740 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta 30307
November 1, Sunday 2-4 pm
Open House honoring past presidents of
Atlanta Alumnae Panhellenic Association
Home of Susan DeDeyn
2525 Rivers Road, Atlanta 30305
November 16, Monday 10:30 am
Carolyn Curry, speaker and author of
“Suffer and Grow Strong”
Home of Norma Edenfield
3700 Randall Mill Rd NW, Atlanta 30327
December 06, Sunday 3-5 pm
Christmas Open House
Oct – Dec Birthday Celebration
Bring Teddy Bears for needy children
Home of Fio Crockford
1859 Harts Mill Rd, NE, Chamblee 30341
2016
January 18, Monday 10:30 am
Rachel Ewald speaker,
Foster CareSupport
Chimney Lakes Clubhouse, Roswell 30075
February 2, Tuesday 9:00 am
Girl Scouts State Day
GA State Capital Building, Atlanta 30334
February 15, Monday 10:30 am
Father Ken Swanson
“St. Valentine and St .Patrick”
St. David’s Episcopal Church
1015 Old Roswell Rd, Roswell 30076
March 4, Friday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Shamrock Game Day
Druid Hills Golf Club
740 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta 30307
March 21, Monday 10:30 am
Personal Care baskets for Wellspring
Installation of Officers
Home of Pat Tooke
1775 Glenhurst Dr, Snellville 30078
April 18, Monday 10:30 am
Business Meeting
Feb - May Birthday Celebration
Brio’s Tuscan Grill
2964 Peachtree Road NW, Atl 30305
May 1, Saturday Details TBA
Atlanta Alumnae Panhellenic
Spring Scholarship Luncheon
May 16, Monday, Time TBA
Field Trip to
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Emory University
571 S. Kilgo Circle, Atlanta 30322
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