Theta Thursday: Alum Involvement

So I liked being involved in the Theta alum chapter in Des Moines. I loved monthly Kite Nights, and going to the yearly holiday party. So when I moved to DC, I decided to get involved in the local alum chapter. And what do ya know, they needed a new Service Chair. So I was like yea, ok, cool, I guess I could do that. Actually, I was more like this.

And my first act as Service Chair - organizing an event for Theta's National Day of Service. We're partnering with Rural Dog Rescue to help them with a dog adoption event. It's gonna be pretty amazing. Theta for a lifetime? Yea, it's a real thing ;)

Theta Thursday: Founders Day 2014

HAPPY FOUNDERS DAY! In 1870, four pioneering college women established Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity, the first Greek-letter fraternity for women. 

"I dream of the endless possibilities for the good and close friendship that this fraternity makes possible through the years, and it awes me a little to think that I had a part in starting it. Just think. If it grows and multiplies, it may someday bring together into sisterly relationship women from all parts of the country who have never seen each other before, who are all friends, because of Theta." ~Bettie Locke Hamilton

"Each year on January 27, we celebrate not only our founders but also all the Thetas who have followed them, the more than 200,000 women who have ensured the continuation of our founders' dreams. Thetas are pioneers... role models... philanthropists... mentors... champions... innovators. We aspire to excellence; we strive for wide and wise human service; we help one another achieve lifelong opportunities for social, intellectual, and moral growth; we define the path for future generations of women. And we are loyal sisters, standing together throughout one anther's lives." (Source-Theta Fraternity Blog)

Theta Thursday: Alum News

So it's been about 6 months that I've been graduated, and hence, no longer an active Theta. But Theta does a really terrific job of keeping alums close. Our local chapter has a monthly Kite Night where alums in town get together for drinks or dinner and catch up with each other. When I was active, everyone was within 3 years of me. Now I'm meeting alums that have been out of college for 20 or 30 years. Their experiences of Theta are so much different than mine, but they're still similar, because things like ritual, values, and sisterhood have continued on for more than a hundred years.

Back in September, I helped out with recruitment (photo above) where I got to hang out with a bunch of other alums and creep on PNMs in the process ;)

This past week, we had a Christmas party at my chapter and alums could come and bring their kids. There was hot chocolate and snacks, and even cookie decorating and ornament making. And one of my bunny family members was Santa! It was kind of awkward because Katrina is NOT a kid person, and she had these kids climbing on her lap and asking for barbies and such. Her face was one of sheer terror every time another little one came over to her. The whole night was obviously kid-oriented, but I still had a lot of fun!