FHC Summer Sleepovers

In the summer of 2021, the FHC proudly hosted alumnae sleepovers at the Epsilon–University of Kentucky Chapter facility to raise money for the Epsilon Educational Area Grant Campaign. After seeing how much this event meant to our alumnae, we expanded the sleepovers to five additional chapters in 2022: Rho–Iowa State University, Zeta–Ohio University, Beta Delta–Indiana University, Beta Xi–Purdue University and Gamma Beta–Florida State University.

We are so excited to continue offering this opportunity at even more chapter facilities in the future. Continue reading to hear about this event from the perspective of attendee Jennifer Smith Combs, Epsilon ’90.

It was not long after we received an email about the chance to sleep over at the newly renovated Epsilon house at the University of Kentucky that I received a group text from a sorority sister asking if we all wanted to sign up together. One by one, sisters committed until 35 of us, spanning five pledge classes, signed up for the same night! We had so much fun in our group chats planning for the night, already reminiscing about our sorority days.

We started arriving at the house that Saturday afternoon, and each time someone new knocked on the door, there was another round of hugs from everyone. We had sisters come from Florida, North Carolina, Indiana, Ohio and, of course, Kentucky. While some of us had seen each other recently, others we hadn’t seen since college in the early ’90s! It felt like we quickly reverted to our college days, like no time had passed!

We rushed to our old rooms to store our luggage. I never dreamed I would be sleeping back in the same room I lived in my senior year—it’s a lot fancier than back in the day!

We toured the house and oohed and aahed over the renovations. The whole house is now air-conditioned; you don’t have to yell, “Shower!” before you flush toilets to warn the people in the shower of the impending hot water, and there’s even an elevator! The bathrooms have marble countertops, make-up mirrors and cute Alpha Gam shower curtains.

We walked around campus that night and retold stories of date parties, formals, random nights out, rush, Spring Break trips, and many other cherished memories. We caught up on our lives since college, including whose daughters are now Alpha Gams at various universities.

We had the absolute best night and can’t wait to do it again! We hope that the women of Epsilon love their chapter house as much as we do and that they form many wonderful memories during their time there. Don’t think twice if you have a chance to go back in time for a night with your sisters!