Fall 2007
8/23/07
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ALASKA
Inland Empire Alumnae at their 16th Founders Day
ANCHORAGE ALUMNAE celebrated Founders Day with the Eta Zeta Chapter in April. During the celebration they were “crafty Sisters” with Eta Zeta.
ARIZONA PHOENIX ALUMNAE were helped Maryellen Drasler Baxter, Beta Kappa, decorate Abbey Gardens, her newly purchased gift shop. She always dreamed of owning a shop after retiring from teaching. Several members contributed china cups and saucers that can be used for afternoon tea parties. For Founders Day, 34 members gathered and were surrounded by elegant and unique artifacts, cards, hats and wall décor. They were pampered with delicious dainty sandwiches and desserts.
INDIANA
Ruby Larby Simpson, Rho and Inland Empire Alumnae, 2007 Emily Gates Achievement Award winner cuts the Founders Day cake.
FLORIDA
Phoenix Alumnae gathered together at Abbey Gardens for Founders Day.
TUCSON ALUMNAE celebrated Founders Day with a salad luncheon at the home of Henrietta Zinn Hallaq, Beta Xi. The highlight of the event was Geneva Cook becoming their newest Golden Violet. She has been a devoted member of the alumnae chapter for many years. Congratulations to Geneva!
CALIFORNIA INLAND EMPIRE ALUMNAE CHAPTER meets five times a year in the Riverside, CA, area. They hosted their 16th Founders Day celebration with many charter members attending. Proud of the steadfast friendship they share, they are planning a fun day to visit the Reagan Presidential Library.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS LAKES ALUMNAE decorated memory boxes that were donated to a local hospital. The hospital gives these boxes to families who have suffered a stillborn or infancy death for preserving their precious mementos of a too short life. They are proud that three of their members, Jessica Szatkowski, Alpha Beta; Marinda Mantel, Alpha Nu; and Katie Biondi, Alpha Nu, are continuing to serve their Sisters as Alumnae Advisor Board members for the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Colony.
DAYTONA BEACH AREA ALUMNAE, with assistance from Central Florida Alumnae, hosted Sigma Send-on/Circle of Friends for seven Eta Tau members who graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in May. As these women will be moving around the country, the locations of alumnae chapters were emphasized, and the women were encouraged to remain steadfast in their commitment to Tri Sigma. Following that event, the Circle Degree was given.
ILLINOIS CHICAGO SW SUBURBAN ALUMNAE hosted the 109th Founders Day celebration with a luncheon at Braxton’s Seafood Grill in Oakbrook, IL. Kim Muhich, Epsilon Omicron, toastmistress and President of the alumnae chapter, welcomed the Chicago area alumnae, who included several past and present National Officers.
FORT WAYNE ALUMNAE were busy this past year getting ready for Convention. They made bookmarks, coasters and jewelry for the Sigma Shop. They also put together a basket representing their area to be auctioned at Convention for the Foundation. Nancy Deister Sprague, Beta Gamma and Fort Wayne Alumnae Chapter President, visited with Mildred Miller Meese, Beta Gamma, at the Village of the Heritage where she resides. Meese, who turned 96 on May 10, is unable to get out to attend meetings. Once a year the Chapter holds a meeting at her home.
KANSAS GREATER JOHNSON COUNTY ALUMNAE created thank you notes for the ladies who had paid their National dues. They used the cards to contact Sigma Sisters who had moved away or had not been heard from in a while and to invite local Sisters to an alumnae get together.
34 Emily Greer Davis, Delta Phi, Erin Lacey Harlan, Delta Phi, and Stephanie Meints, Alpha Epsilon, working on note cards.