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Attendees loved visiting with sisters members. With new renovations, our Phi Sigma (U of Nebraska at Kearney)
whom they hadn’t seen for many years, house looks spectacular. We participated
taking pictures in the photo booth, and in Step Sing and won the philanthropy for a Cure benefiting St. Jude Children’s
viewing composites and scrapbooks in award for raising over 20 percent of Research Hospital. Finally, we rounded
the company of old friends. funds in a campus-wide philanthropic out our amazing year by hosting our
event. We were very honored to receive first All-Sing, benefiting Special Kids
Pi Omicron that award because we have won this of Murfreesboro. This first-time event
Austin Peay State U award since the tradition of Step Sing successfully raised over $7,500 and
During our first year back on campus, started. Founders’ Day was celebrated received a multitude of praise.
we won several honors including the with the AOII chapters at BSC and UAB
Homecoming float, a canned food drive, along with area alumnae. A highlight Sigma
and our first stroll competition. We of the year was our chapter’s 20th U of California, Berkeley
raised money to send boxes overseas anniversary event in May. Sigma started off the year welcoming 47
to our troops for our Sisters for Soldiers new members, hosted a successful Spike
event. We also held two philanthropy Rho Omicron Out Arthritis! philanthropy volleyball
fundraisers to raise money for the Middle Tennessee State U tournament, then hosted a Parents and
Arthritis Foundation by selling Nashville We started the year off by pledging 43 Alumnae Brunch and a Professor’s Dinner
Predators hockey tickets and co- new members, then raised over $10,000 to introduce the esteemed Berkeley
sponsoring a “womanless” pageant. for the Arthritis Foundation during our faculty to AOII. Following Initiation, we
annual Smoke Out Arthritis! barbecue. participated in team building games
Rho Delta We ended the fall semester with top and activities at our largely attended
Samford U grades for all of Greek life. In the spring, fall sisterhood retreat. Founders’ Day
We started off the year in a new, larger we were able to recruit seven new was celebrated with neighboring AOII
house that holds 66 women. It’s large members and be the first sorority on chapters for brunch. This spring we
enough for our chapter meetings, fitting campus to reach campus total, and won had the privilege of working with ELC
all of our current members and new first place in Phi Beta Sigma’s Stepping Rhiannon O’Coin and then assisted
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