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Lambda Alpha (U of La Verne) also won 2nd event, Kappa Lambda decided to do a
place in the 24-hour Dance-A-Thon. It was a huge
Iota Theta group costume success, raising over $1,400 for The
Monmouth U contest. Arthritis Society. With only 22 sisters,
It was a great year! Many of us During NSU’s and a handful of other students, we
participated in philanthropy events such Homecoming managed to keep dancing for 24-hours
as Tour de Cure, the Jingle Bell Run, and week, we straight. We had a lot of fun, and it felt
St. Jude’s Give Thanks Walk. Our chapter received 3rd good knowing that we were making a
even hosted our own event, Shake place for positive impact on our community.
Off Arthritis! Zumba Class. Our sisters banner, float,
helped out locally as well, modeling in and talent Kappa Omega
a fashion show at the Children’s Center show. Our U of Kentucky
of Monmouth County and cleaning sister also won At the end of the fall semester, we
a church. We are also proud to have the title of Miss hosted Christmas with the Kids along
earned the highest GPA on campus Northwestern’s with ΣAE. Donations were used to buy
amongst Greek organizations. Lady of the Christmas gifts for underprivileged
Bracelet children from 12 families! Dance Blue is
Kappa Alpha pageant. a dance marathon that raises money for
Indiana State U families with children who have cancer.
This year we had our biggest new Kappa Gamma Several of our sisters danced for the 24
member class yet with 32 members, Florida Southern College straight hours to help raise money for
almost doubling our chapter! We hosted We doubled in chapter size this year our family! One of the largest Greek
our Paint-A-Pi philanthropy event, then with 100 percent retention rate of new events on the U of Kentucky’s campus
later teamed up with Sigma Chi for members for Fall 2014. We achieved the is Greek Sing, and AOII killed it this year,
our annual toy drive in support of an 3rd highest semester GPA and highest taking home first place with a “Revenge
after school program for children from career GPA of Greek Chapters in Fall 2014. of the Nerds” theme.
low-income families. During our Greek We raised over $1,500 for the Arthritis
awards, we achieved excellence in all Foundation in our War of the Roses Kappa Omicron
categories and an achievement in one. event and participated in our school’s Rhodes College
In the spring, we hosted our first Pi Relay for Life event, helping them raise This year, a myriad of sisters from the
Olympic games competition. over $14,000. We also won first place in Kappa Omicron chapter received
Sigma Chi’s Derby Days. We were highly accolades and participated in a wide
active in intramurals. array of activities. Several sisters also hold
leadership positions in organizations on
Kappa Lambda campus including President of Rhodes
U of Calgary Student Government and Vice President
For our annual 24-hour philanthropy of Senior Class Council. As a chapter,
Kappa Chi Lambda Epsilon (U of Waterloo)
Northwestern State U
Northwestern holds a charity event for To Dragma • 51
St. Jude’s Children’s hospital every year
called Unite to Fight. We won 2nd place
overall out of all of the organizations
for collecting the most donations. We
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