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-- An informal unofficial newsletter for members of Kappa Delta Sorority and a few friends! --
Volume 9, Issue 34
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March 16, 2004
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
It's Shamrock time! If you're able, remember that the NY KD's usually show up on NBC's Today Show from 7 to 10 a.m. -- keep an eye out for them in the crowd shots! I hope you have bearable weather - I saw that it snowed today :)
Good luck to all the chapters & alumnae associations who are holding events this week. I'll be attending the Ft. Lauderdale AA's luncheon on Saturday - really looking forward to it!!!!
On another note, I just visited the recently redesigned KD HQ website & saw there was a note on there - if you updated your information on that site between January-February, you will have to resubmit. Seems there was a little glitch in the database during that time. So, head on over to http://www.kappadelta.org and make sure your information is current!
I just wanted to let everyone know that the knew KD Chapter Eta Zeta at The University of North Florida partnered with Chi Phi Fraternity won Homecoming the last week in February!! What an amazing accomplishment in that we just received our charter in December. The other 3 sororities on campus were VERY upset to see that when Kappa Delta comes to town we really come to town!!! Not too shabby for our first homecoming!! We won 6 out of the 7 events. Including 1st place in the Lip Sync and Powderpuff football tournament!
In our KD,
Amy Kensey
Delta Eta 2001
Congratulations to the Gamma Nu chapter at Miami University of Ohio who took home four awards at last week's annual Greek Awards ceremony. The chapter received the honorable mention for Alumnae Relations, the Community Relations Award and the prestigious Achievement Award, given to the finalist for the top award (which means we are #2 sorority out of 22!). Past president Laura Baverman received the Order of Omega Outstanding Greek Leader Award as well! We are so excited about our accomplishments for 2003 and motivated to do even better this year! Thanks to the chapter and to the executive council for their continued devotion to making our chapter the best!
In AOT,
Laura Baverman
Gamma Nu '01
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From: tifanij@bellsouth.net
SCHOLARSHIP HELP NEEDED!!
If anyone has any creative ideas for improving chapter scholarship, please send me an email and share your ideas.
If you are using study halls, how are they working for you? Does everyone in the chapter attend?
How does your chapter deal with scholarship during recruitment?
St. Louis Alumnae Association is putting on our Shamrock Project 4th Annual Trivia Night. It is scheduled for March 20th, 2004 at 7pm at the Webster Groves United Methodist Educational Center at 698 Lockwood Ave Webster Groves, MO 63119. Tickets are $15 per person and half or whole tables can be reserved. Steph Durran and Courtney Landrum from Y98 Phillips and Company Morning Show will be the Emcee's for the evening. There will be light snacks and soda (donated by Pepsi) provided. If you are interested in attending please contact Leah Henderson at leahmarie_81@hotmail.com. We will be having door prizes, raffle items and a 50/50 drawing.
Please come and help us celebrate our Shamrock Project.
Leah Henderson
St. Louis Alumnae Association Shamrock Chairman
Hi Kappa Delta Sisters!
I have been with Discovery Toys since the end of July and just promoted on March 1st to Group Manager! I am very excited! As a special promotion to fellow Kappa Deltas, I would like to offer FREE shipping on orders emailed to me. Take a look at our product line at www.aileenstoys.com and then email me your order, shipping address, and phone number. I will call you to confirm and get your credit card number. You can order directly from my web site but you will have to pay the shipping!
Additionally, if you are looking for a fun and easy home business and would love to be part of a terrific T.E.A.M. (Together Everyone Achieves More), please consider Discovery Toys and join my T.E.A.M. For the month of March, Discovery Toys is offering the business kit, regularly $149 plus shipping and tax, for $99 plus shipping and tax. This kit includes 15 toys worth over $300 and lots of business supplies. If you contact me to join, and mention this ad, I will give you FREE shipping on your kit! Even if you don't wish to build a business, this is a great way to buy our toys at wholesale prices. Contact me for more information.
In KD,
Aileen Hoffman Lindogan
Gamma Omega - Slippery Rock University
I would like to announce the birth of a KD legacy!
Amber (Clark) Spokas, gave birth to a little girl on March 3,2004. Megan Elizabeth Spokas weighed 8lbs. 11oz. Both mom and daughter are doing great!
George Carlin's wife recently passed away. He wrote the following piece. Typically sharp and some good advice.
by George Carlin
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more
conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too
little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We
conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to
just hit delete.
Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent. Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all, mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the
moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak, and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, and hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. If you don't send this to at least 8 people....who cares? -George Carlin
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