E TA B E TA (Florida Southern) Sisterly support was the theme of Eta Beta Chapter’s spring 2021 sisterhood retreat. Senior Mikayla Ambrosio planned the entire retreat, which took place at Orlando Tree Trek Adventure Park, an elevated, outdoor obstacle course featuring zip lines, suspended bridges, nets and swings. Sisters offered words of encouragement to each other throughout the day to motivate one another to complete the rigorous courses before them. Junior Sofia Gutierrez adds, “The park was full of Gamma Phi voices. Sisters were telling each other to overcome their anxieties and work out a strategy to maneuver across the course.” And it worked! Everyone successfully made it through the courses as a team, as a sisterhood. 30
“Anything is possible through support” was Financial Vice President Catherine Schilling’s takeaway from the retreat. Similarly, Membership Vice President Catie Ficquette says, “At one point, I got stuck on the course. It was my sisters who told me I could complete it with unwavering belief, and so I did.” Public Relations Vice President Katie Statile echoes her sisters, saying, “We were there for one another at the end of the day, and that is what matters most.” The theme of sisterly support at Eta Beta’s retreat encompasses Gamma Phi life and life, in general, as Catherine adds, “There is no hurdle you cannot jump with the right support system behind you.”
