Chapter Reports

Kappa Alpha Iota

Hello beautiful Kappa sisters! The sisters here from Kappa Alpha Iota hope you have had a wonderful academic year and you finish strong. Always remember to work hard, do your best, and your sisters from far away Shippensburg, PA are always here to support you.

The Kappa Alpha Iota sisters have kept busy throughout these two semesters by focusing on our academics, sisterhood, and philanthropy. We are proud to say that our efforts to raise money and awareness for ASPCA have been a success. First, we did tabling in our Ceddia Union Building (CUB) for a week where we sold Valentine's candy grams and raffles for people to win a giant stuffed puppy. It was a huge hit among the students, and one of our most successful tabling experiences yet. We then took to our local Chipotle as we were able to set up a fundraiser with them where we could get 50% of the proceeds that were made within a set four hours. After many sisters tweeted, posted on Facebook, and told their friends, our Chipotle fundraiser for ASPCA turned into another success for us, raising over $100. Our efforts to raise awareness and funds for ASPCA will continue all throughout the semester.

With this being the spring semester, we are excited to hold our 5th annual Dash for Diabetes in memory of one of our sisters, Emily Norman, on Sunday, April 24, 2016. This year, we are hoping it will be bigger than ever. One thing that will be added this year is auction prizes that will help us raise more money for the American Diabetes Association in our sister’s name. Some examples of things that will be auctioned off are an Antonio Brown autographed picture donated by the Pittsburgh Steelers, multiple gift certificates to local restaurants, Shippensburg University apparel, a Jamberry basket, and much more to be announced. We are looking forward to this event and all the support, but especially to take this time to honor Emily.

Lastly, we would like to take this time now to recognize that we are having five sisters graduate this semester. Our graduating sisters are Amanda Oster, Brandi Reisher, Sarah Treder, Emily Taylor, and Kimmy Rindt. Ladies, we are so extremely proud of you for making it to this point in your career and we wish nothing but great

things for your future. We all know you will be nothing less than successful, but remember we are always here for you regardless. With this is mind, we would also like everyone to meet our wonderful 10 new affiliates of our chapter. The sisters of Kappa Alpha Iota are pleased to introduce: Taylor Flank, Alexandra Piazza, Kimberleigh Rambol, Steph Pappas, Lauren Pysher, Erin Kurtz, Emily Carroll, Alex McIntosh, Meaghan McGrath, and Miranda Gorsuch. We hope that you share our excitement as we guide them through their journey in becoming sisters of Kappa Delta Phi National Affiliated Sorority.

We wish all the best for your studies and all that you do!

In Kappa, The sisters of Kappa Alpha Iota

Kappa Alpha Mu

Greetings from Kappa Alpha Mu Chapter!

This has been an amazing and remarkable year for the Kappa Alpha Mu Chapter. We went through many challenging and rewarding experiences this past semester. After going through some hard times, we as a chapter, have overcome together and become stronger because of it. Our chapter was lucky enough to welcome in Fall 2015, Lambda Affiliate Class Alysa, Brittany, and Nicolina, who made our chapter much more stronger. These women stepped up and took executive board positions and truly showed the definitions of kindness, devotion and pride. They are true symbols of what it means to be a sister.

Even though the five of us were in lovely old Henniker, NH, across the pond, one of our very own sisters had the experience of a lifetime. Timisha was able to study abroad in merry ole London, and have a truly incredible experience studying at Kings College. Even though she was three thousand miles away and a six-hour time difference, she still made the time and effort to stay involved in the sorority and take part in Affiliate Education.

We are working hard on our philanthropic events and opportunities. Our new sisters hosted an amazing event that got over half the student body to come. They organized a “Puppy Kissing Booth” where a non-profit, volunteer based organization (Homes for Happy Dogs) that takes in strays and abandoned animals, brought in several puppies, and for a dollar, students, staff, and friends were able to hold a puppy for five minutes. Half the money that was made was donated back to the shelter, and they were extremely grateful. Not only did this event raise awareness for Homes for Happy Dogs and the ASPCA, but also it got the students up and out.

Our chapter also participated in Henniker’s local Music on Main Street and got our name out to the town, and was lucky enough to co-host New England College’s tradition of a late night barbeque. We held a booth at Up All Night, an event before midterms for students to de-stress before finals and have fun by participating in events all night. We hosted the make a cookie in a jar table, and it was a rousing success.

Kappa Lambda

Spring semester is in full swing here at Husson University. As part of our national philanthropy, we have joined forces with the Bangor Humane Society. We all volunteer a couple times a week and help out with any event we can. Past events we’ve been involved in include making “swag bags” for their Paws on Parade walk, collecting old blankets to donate, and helping at Petsmart adoptions. Of which have all been very successful. A non-animal event we have attended is the Out of The Darkness Walk in Orono for suicide prevention. For the holiday season, we collected numerous letters to Santa for the Make-AWish Foundation, fundraised money to buy turkeys for a local soup kitchen, and collected stuffed animals for hospitalized children.

As for this semester, we have enjoyed making chew toys out of old shirts and dog treats. Philanthropy events in the works include our 3rd annual “Mr. Husson” pageant, a volleyball tournament, a silent auction, along with our 3rd annual Kappa 5k as well. On another note, we need to give a big thank you to our fabulous fundraising chairs. Fundraising has been highly successful throughout this past year and we are looking forward to upcoming events such as a car wash, Yankee Candle sales, and other events the future holds for our chapter. A special congratulations goes out to our co-fundraising chair, Courtney Ross, for representing us at this year’s NGLA conference in Pittsburgh, PA. Furthermore, we are continuing to enjoy weekly sister dates. Going on a sister date with a new sister each week has allowed us to get to know every sister better whilst creating an even stronger sisterhood. We truly hope to make this a tradition for years to come. As this semester comes to a close, we are looking forward to what the rest of the year holds as well as welcoming many new sisters in our family.

Kappa Mu

Looking forward with a positive attitude is what Kappa Mu is going by. Being only one active at the beginning of the semester (hoping by convention that is not the case) it is difficult to do and plan anything. This semester was a big out reach semester to alumni and our neighboring chapter Kappa Rho. Kappa Mu is forever grateful for everyone who has helped in anyway. It is times like these that really show how much of a support system Kappa is! One proud thing this semester was the t-shirt fundraiser. With everyone’s help the goal was met, five shirts above the goal to be correct! For one person raising $200 in one fundraiser I believe that is really something to be proud of!

Kappa Sigma

Hello Sisters!

This semester Kappa Sigma has been all about coming together! Three of our sisters came back from studying abroad in St. Croix and Australia, after having the times of their lives. They excitedly met our four new sisters from the fall semester, and this spring semester we are welcoming four new affiliates! Along with those four lovely ladies, we also have been delighted to be joined by Alexis Payne, a sister of Kappa Chi, who transferred to Plymouth State this semester. Along with having our hands delightfully full with recruitment, we have also been working on different fundraisers for the ASPCA. Our sisters have also been coming together with community service projects! Stamping out Stigma, a suicide prevention group on campus, and the Student Support Foundation, which helps students who find themselves in difficult times, have been our two main projects. We are also very excited to be volunteering at Belle of the Ball in Boston! Another exciting thing happening with Kappa Sigma this semester is our collaboration with the other Greek Kappa Tau Hello Kappa ladies! How the semester is going well for everyone! The ladies of Kappa Tau have been having a weird winter here in Vermont. Going from warm sunny days to cold blizzards, the semester has had a weird start, but we Kappa Tau ladies are resilient. This semester we have been changing things up, changing positions, a new year, new responsibilities. As part of our fundraising for ASPCA, we have been collecting bottles, as part of a bottle drive for the ASPCA. Individually, our members

Organizations on campus! We are very excited to invite alumnae to our first ever Plymouth State Greek Luncheon happening in May! With Love,

Kappa Sigma

have been collecting bottles from family, and friends and all the money we will be donating to the charity. Along with collecting bottles, we are planning a 50/50 raffle. Between selling tickets to students on campus, to reaching out to our families and locals. We plan on selling tickets for a month, then pulling the name after out Spring break. Along with these two fundraisers, we are planning on either a Yankee Candle fundraiser, or another fundraiser of that sort. With having so few members, we are pushing forward, trying to raise all we can, while finding new members, and perusing our educations. Happy Spring to everyone!

Kappa Upsilon

The spring semester of 2016 has been more than eventful for the Kappa Upsilon chapter here at Umass Lowell. Our recruitment started the first day of classes, quickly leading into a club fair event with many beautiful artifacts present, and many potential affiliates. Over 10 recruitment events have been held on campus, getting to know potential affiliates such as: Kappa Kakes, where sisters and rushes can make cupcakes and play games together, and Krafts with Kappas, where sisters and rushes got to decorate wine glasses together and play icebreakers. Our rush theme for this semester was Tiffany and Co. with the label “awaiting our spring collection”. With interviews occurring just the other night, the chapter is planning on giving bids to four very smart and motivated girls. On the other hand with only three months until graduation, we will be seeing six of our sisters leaving us for the alumni world. The entire chapter wishes them the best, and hopes to see them at all of our alumni events.

Within the active chapter, the two biggest fundraisers of Gillette and Yankee Candle have been taken off. Many Gillette dates accumulated back in July, and have been consistent throughout the year. The Yankee Candle fundraiser began at the beginning of the semester, and has many actives promoting the items to their friends, family, and social media pages. All proceeds have the option to go to the chapter, or to the ASPCA national fundraiser of the year, which has caused many positive endorsements towards fundraising. Philanthropy events have also been rolling in for the semester. So far for the first month and a half back at school, sisters have been encouraged to go out into the community either on their own time or with other sisters, in order to get to know the greater Middlesex County. Some sisters have started to contribute to the Lawrence Food Drive and have asked other sisters for donations. Other sisters have volunteered on their own at the Boys and Girls Club of greater Lowell, and have given blood. While also sisters who are apart of other clubs have offered hours through participating in jostling diabetes money collections, and serving at promotional dinners for academic and societal awards. Our philanthropy head and committee plan to announce five more major philanthropies within the next week, for sisters to take hold of for the rest of the semester.

For more Kappa-related events we're preparing for our alumni event, Kappa Cocktail, in partnership with our brothers from Epsilon Chapter. This event will hold 50/50 raffles, reconnecting with old sisters, and dinner. Other activities will also be available at the event with a theme, such as a photo booth. Our chapter is also reaching out to Kappa Chi this semester, where a majority of the Sisters are going to go visit them at SNHU within the next month. Another event the chapter is planning out is the great Convention, happening later this spring. We are all working together for nominations simultaneously for chapter and Convention Awards. We are all thinking of themes for the table, and pulling together valuable artifacts to present our growth as a chapter and all around sisterhood. We all can’t wait until Maine gets another taste of Lowell!

Kappa Delta Phi NAS Alumnae Association

Dear Kappa Sisters,

First, I want to congratulate all of those who have put in such tireless effort to ensure that you are making the most of your college career. I don’t mean to sound “old school” but the world has changed, and now, more than ever, it is vitally important that our young women have every advantage available to make it in the business world. You may want to be a Wall Street tycoon or you may want to work with special needs children, or you may want to be your own boss while also having a family and doing everything you can to make your corner of the world a better place. What you do in your undergraduate years will pave the road for whatever will follow. I don’t envy you the grueling hours preparing for your finals. If you opt to go on for a Master’s Degree it will be much different and you won’t necessarily have your pledge sisters’ ear by for support. That said, you’ll always have Kappa. I know this to be true because that is how it was for me and it continues to be so some forty-one years later. Spring of 1975 seems like yesterday.

Second, I want to personally congratulate and thank each sister for every hour of philanthropy you gave during the 2015-2016 academic year (and let’s not forget summer, too!). Individually and collectively you have shown that Kindness really is what it is all about. Kappa women recognize the need for more. They organize and they go out there and make it happen each and every time! You are the role models for some many who will travel your path just as you have traveled the paths of those sisters who have gone before you. I could not be more proud of you than I am as I sit here with my thoughts. You are A M A Z I N G!!!

Lastly, I want to challenge all graduating seniors to remain active in the sorority span of life by joining the KDPNAS National Alumnae Association. We need new members with a fresh perspective to ensure that we can all reach that which we pledge to fulfill throughout our lifetime. The Alumnae Association’s most vital role is to be the keepers of our sorority’s history, the ideals we subscribe to and the means to continue in the future. If you are attending #KappaCon2016, make your way to the Alumnae Table and see Jeannette Collette or myself for an opportunity to join in our efforts. We, too, continue to walk the walk of our ideals through our community philanthropy projects like our Calling All Angels Fund for sisters and brothers in a time of need and also our efforts to provide support to the Florence House, a shelter for homeless women in Portland, ME. We will be accepting donations of personal hygiene items on Saturday during Convention. It may sound like a small thing, but the good-will that our efforts foster with the Greater Portland Community are tremendous. I would even encourage you not to use to guest soaps and other items offered by the Grand Summit the weekend of convention and donate those to our cause. You will be amazed at what this small gesture will do.

You’ll hear more from Jeanette and me, as well as Mary Sloan, at this year’s festivities. I’ll be manning our merchandise table, and hope that you’ll all stop by to say hello and to support our efforts. You’ll see us during the meeting and of course during the awards portion of the banquet. Until then, I remain your faithful sister and friend

Susan Dyer Taylor, KM 1975 President KDPNAS Alumnae Association, Inc. Executive Director Emeritus KDPNAS, Inc.