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Fort Worth Alumnae Association of Kappa Kappa Gamma

Kappa KeynotesFall 2016

Fort Worth Alumnae Association of Kappa Kappa Gamma

Table of Contents

Construction of New Greek Village 2A Word from the President 3Bid Day - Pledge Class 2016 4Condolences 4KKG Board Members - 2016-2017 Officers 4

Kappa Convention in San Diego 5Save the Date 5Kappa Babysitting List 5Founders Day 6Membership Update 6

Recruitment 7Kappa Kisses 7Calling All Kappas to Keep Connected 7Fall Update 8

A New House for the Epsilon Alpha Chapter at TCU!

Learnmoreinside!

Kappa Kappa Gamma Newsletter OCT 2016.indd 1 10/31/2016 9:41:52 AM

Fort Worth Alumnae of Kappa Kappa GammaPO Box 100554

Fort Worth, Texas 76185-0554

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PAIDFort Worth, TXPermit No. 508

Fall 2016 Update:The Epsilon Alpha Chapter has had a wonderful start to the 2016-2017 school year:

This summer, 5 women were sent to the Kappa Convention inSan Diego and the Chapter was awarded 2 honorable mentionsof “Standards” and “Alumnae Relations.”

They were also proud to receive 2 amazing awards from TCU, “Outstanding Alumni Engagement”, as well as the “Outstanding New Member Development Award” (pictured right.)

65 beautiful new members were added to the Chapter in August and will be initiated on October 22.

Lastly, the Chapter is excited to be a part of the planning for the new Chapter facility coming in August 2017.

Please see inside for the new babysitting list and the picture ofour beautiful new member class.


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Kappa Kisses…To Laura High for the hours she has spent updating our Galley Sheets

…To Vivienne Mays, Lindy Eubank, Anne Wright, Shelby Crawford, Mandy Johnston, Christy Pevato, Julie Anderson for serving on the membership committee. Your follow up and willingness to help me is SO appreciated!

…To Vivienne Mays; House Board President, Lauri Lawrence; “Keys To Our Future” Campaign Chair, and their Steering Committee: Susan Doyle, Lindy Eubank, Sally Mooring, Dana Porter, Jackie Prowse, and Missy Rodgers for all their hard work on the new Epsilon Alpha House.

…To Christy Peveto for producing the Directory

…To Julie Anderson for processing our dues and keeping us on Budget

…To Julie Clark for keeping our By Laws current

…To Melissa Huffman for publishing an informative newsletter

…To Elizabeth Sparks for planning our programs

…To Paige Pate for posting Facebook pictures and announcements

…To Summer Riney Riley Donovan and Alicia Kiel for an Amazing Founders Day!

…To Vivienne Mays and Lauri Lawrence for all theirhard work with fundraising for the new Greek VillageKappa House

…To Kristin Carmichael and Shannon Berndt for handling the references for all our Fort Worth girls

…To Paige Pate for receiving Camilla Beall and Laura High for receiving the Kappa Service Award

…To Heather Magruder for getting us started withGin system

…To Lindy Eubank for answering all my questions about being a president XO, Mandy

RecruitmentTHANK YOU to everyone who submitted

recommendations online and wrote letters of support for Recruitment this fall! We had a fantastic group of young

women from Fort Worth who participated in Formal Recruitment, and our committee is grateful for all of your support. You made our job easier, and all of your time &

effort proved successful with an outstanding group of new members this fall, as of 9/1/16.

Please help us welcome these ladies toKappa Kappa Gamma!

Texas A&M UniversityCaroline Cameron (FWCD), Kristin Dickerson (FWCD)

& Mimi Ryan (FWCD)

Texas Christian UniversityMarguerite King (All Saints)

University of OklahomaEmily Addington (Paschal) & Kennedy McKibbin (Paschal)

University of TexasJane Buell (Paschal), Madeline Brentlinger (All Saints),

Avery Tanner (All Saints/UT Sophomore) &Grace Tracy (All Saints)

GeorgetownPeyton Tempel (Paschal), pledge

University of MississippiKarlee Mansfield (All Saints), pledge

Katie Ripple (Nolan), pledgeLauren Lucht (Nolan), pledge

And THANK YOU to this year’s committee for helpingus get through the transition to online recommendations

and the changes that brought to our process! We couldn’t have done it without you… Laura Barclay,

Marsha Gabriel, Marcee Henderson, Jenni Jones, Heather Magruder, Dory McGinnis, Paige Pate, Christy Peveto,

Jackie Prowse & Nan Riddle.

Calling all Kappas to keep connected! Please keep your ears and eyes open, letting me know of any Kappa news—a special celebration, award recognition,

illness, birth of a child, marriage, loss of a family member, a graduation, a special need for encouragement etc.I will write notes and would be glad to make house or hospital visits, if necessary.

I will bake and deliver a treat, etc. I can be reached at (915) 422-8793 cell or (915) 532-6880 home. Thanks in advance for your Kappa spirit of outreach!

Loyally—Sally Rutledge Souers, Lifetime Certified Professional Counselor, serving as your Fleur-de-Lis Chair


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TCU has committed $139 million to the creation of the New Greek Village and will oversee the design, management and funding for the construction ofthe buildings.

This summer work began on the new sorority houses and completion is scheduled for Fall 2017.

Kappa has retained acclaimed designer Joe Minton to do the interior design work. Joe and his team are busy creating a lovely first class interior that will ensure Kappa has the most beautiful house on campus.

Fundraising has commenced and the response tothis “once in a lifetime” project has been verywell received.

Construction of New Greek Village on TCU Campus has begun!

worth hills village

GREEK HOUSING

As a loyal Kappa, we hope you will consider a gift to the “Keys To Our Future” Campaign and will encourage your Pledge Sisters and Kappa Friends to do the same.

A gift to the campaign will ensure the future of the Epsilon Alpha chapter and leave a lasting legacy.

Your contribution makes a difference and gifts ofANY amount are greatly appreciated.

Donations of $1,500 or more can be paid out over athree-year period.

What a special way to honor what Kappa has meantto you!

Please completethe enclosed

Pledge Form andmail today!

* Chapter letters indicate the direction the front door faces


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Lindsay Jones Chapter Advisor andEpsilon Alpha President Caroline Jones

Kappa’s Fort Worth Alumnae Association is a mighty group! I am happy to report that at the time of this update, we are 346 strong! That is a great group and I feel certain more will join as the year progresses. There are simply too many great events, programs and opportunities to get involved this year! Perhaps even more exciting than our solid membership numbers is the number of PATRONS. We have a total of 92 members who opted to support the Association as a Patron. That is a 25% increase over last year!! Patrons are anyone paying $100 or more for membership. The additional funds raised from our Patrons make a real difference in the Association’s ability to provide special and meaningful programing and perks to our members. Thank you, ladies, for your generosity and support!

Finally, as you may be aware, we are in the process of moving to the standard Kappa website and on-line system (called GIN.) This should make it easier to update your information with both our local Association and National simultaneously. As we get completely up to date, and even after that happens, please feel free to send me any changes to your information and I will be happy to make those updates for you. Your membership in the Fort Worth Alumnae Association isgreatly appreciated!You make thisAssociation GREAT!

MembershipUpdate:This year’s Founders Day dinner was held at Rivercrest Country Club on

October 13th. We had around 275 Kappa members join us including members of the Epsilon Alpha chapter to help us celebrate and honor our award

winners and pin recipients. We had 27 amazing women attend to receive their pin for either their 25, 50 or 60 -year pin celebration. A big thank you for the

Epsilon Alpha Pickers and New Members for providing us the entertainment.

Founders Day

Kappa Service Award - Laura High Camilla Beall Outstanding Alumna Award - Paige Pate

25 year pins

50 year pins

Suzanne Watkins with Lindy Eubank

Award recipients

Laura High and

Paige Pate


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A Word from the President

Dear Kappa Sisters,I am writing this letter to you thinking of many fond memories of my Kappa days in the 90’s, yes, the 90’s! I love everything about Kappa--the owl, the key, the fleur-di-lis and that good old Blue and Blue!! More importantly, Kappa has brought to me a lifetime of best friends, and new ones that I’ve had the opportunity of bringing into my life as well! The Kappa ideals that we learned about in college are still in my life today. It is an honor and a privilege to be able to serve this organization that has given so much to me and many other Kappas too!Our board consists of women ranging in all age groups and their leadership has been working hard to plan and organize programs that we know Kappas will all enjoy.

Elizabeth Sparks, VP of Programs has put together an exciting calendar of events which began with the Fall Kick off, which was in September at Times Ten Cellars. It was a beautiful evening with a great turn out of Kappas! For our new graduates and alums ages 35 and younger, there is a Night Owl Group cochaired by Ashley Hamm and Brianna Washechek who have scheduled monthly socials. A couple of luncheons are being planned for the Klassic Kappas, chaired by Alicia Wagner Brown. This is a group open to Kappa ladies who have been Kappas 40 years and more.

Founders Day was a great success! Summer Riney and her awards chairs, Riley Donovan and Alicia Kiel, arrangedanother memorable evening! Many Kappas received 25, 50, and 65 year pins! Paige Pate received the Camilla Beall Outstanding Alumnae Award, and Laura High won the Kappa Service Award. A big congratulations goes out to thesetwo well deserving women!

We are blessed beyond measure to have our steering committee raising funds for our new, beautiful Kappa House at TCU! We cannot do it without you! If you’d like to make a donation of $1500, this can even be paid out in three years!! But....every big or small contribution is welcome. Please contact Lauri Lawrence or Vivienne Mays with questions. Find it in your Kappa heart to give!

We are looking forward to one of our very own sisters, Jane Scott Hodges, speaking at Design Inspirations, 2017! This fundraiser will be held March 1st and 2nd at Ridglea Country Club. Kappa Chairs are Anne Wright and Nicole Shelton.We are honored for Gill Children’s Services to again be our charity beneficiary. Gill Children’s Services uses 100% of the funds raised from Design Inspirations to directly purchase medical services for Tarrant County children birth 18 years of age when all their other avenues of assistance have been exhausted and no other resources are available.

Kristin Carmichael and Shannon Berndt have done an amazing job as our Reference/Recruitment Chairs. I had the honor and pleasure of going to Kappa Convention in June, where our very own TCU won a recruitment award--thank you, Kristin and Shannon!! This is quite an honor. We are blessed to be a part of the Fort Worth Alumnae of Kappa Kappa Gamma. I hope you can find a little part of all we are planning that you can join and be involved in! Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions–[email protected].

Loyally,

Mandy Smith Johnston President


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Kappa Convention inSan Diego

Kappa Babysitting List FreshmenKaitlyn Anderson (713) 494-0010 [email protected] Elliott (316) 258-6016 [email protected] Hubbard (214) 738-3870 [email protected] Little (865) 291-8180 [email protected] Penning (816) 914-0810 [email protected] Windham (512) 970-0827 [email protected]

SophomoresMaria Alzaga (512) 925-0902 [email protected] Eck (804) 338-0030 [email protected] Kuykendall (956) 970-2554 [email protected] Kish (214) 536-0366 [email protected] Long (832) 390-8068 [email protected] Mauze (314) 630-7464 [email protected] Robertson (405) 640-6770 [email protected] Margaret Sanford (985) 714-2151 [email protected] Sarni (626) 235-2644 [email protected] Waldman (314) 532-5147 [email protected] West (979) 293-8560 [email protected]

JuniorsAmelia Abernathy (903) 424-2800 [email protected] Cullins (214) 930-8271 [email protected] Dorsett (630) 408-8755 [email protected] Fuhrmann (210) 687-4775 [email protected] Gregory (903) 521-9677 [email protected] Hill (903) 241-6389 [email protected] Jones (830) 446-2567 [email protected] Laster (281) 460-4213 [email protected] Maloney (903) 360-8153 [email protected] Pevahouse (501) 231-2393 [email protected] Redmond (925) 407-7589 [email protected] Remchuk (918) 933-9846 [email protected] Shea (303) 990-0829 [email protected] Vinson (619) 417-2670 [email protected] West (512) 423-2171 [email protected] Zellers (719) 330-0273 [email protected]

SeniorsTaylor Anderson (949) 939-4857 [email protected] Fussell (918) 520-3315 [email protected] Schroeder (325) 660-2040 [email protected] Wang (469) 826-8826 [email protected]

~ SAVE THE DATE ~Fall Luncheon

November 10

Valentine TeaFebruary 12

Design InspirationMarch 1 and 2

Senior DinnerApril TBD


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Gracie Amiss Kaitlyn Anderson Caroline Angell

Alex BellandElodi Bodamer Caroline Bondy

Remanjon BourqueKylie Brown

Hattie Browning Sarah Calhoun Emily Carvell Marie Ciprari Katie Clancy Julia Collins

Megan Correia Kendall Cosenza

Paige Cribbin Sarah Cunningham

Amelia Davis Megan De Muth Hannah Dickson

Cameron Dorman Jacque Dukes

Jacey Elliot Teresa Finucane

Jenna Belle Fuhrmann Rachel Funk

Sophie HibbardHaley Hogan

Elizabeth Hubbard Maddy Jones

Amanda Kiefer

Marti King Sarah King

Abbey Kliewer Carlie Knightly

Carlen Little Frannie Littlejohn

Katie Lund Mallory Lyon

Megan McSweeney Lain Miller Katie Morse Sara Mueller

Katherine Patrick Paige Penning Molly Purcell Macall Rempp Ally Robertson

Jessica Sarni Emily Souder Caroline Spalt Chloe Stanford Claire Sullivan Halle Sullivan

Avery Vanechanos Tessa Volpitto Alexa Wallen

Audrey Warren Stephanie Webb

Hannah Windham Erica Yaguchi

Alex Yasko

Bid Day!

Kappa Kappa Gamma ~ Pledge Class 2016

Condolences to...Jan McWhiter Fescenmeyer

for her mother, Barbara McWhirter,who passed away Saturday, May 7, 2016.

Mrs. McWhirter was a member of theKappa Moms club.

Ann Lawrence Harwood Niemiecfor her husband, Don, who passed away

Tuesday, May 17.

Sandy Gowanfor her mother, who passed away this summer.

Alicia Brownfor the passing of her husband.

Kim Paynefor the passing of her mother.

President Mandy Johnston President Elect Shelby Crawford VP Programs/Programs Elizabeth Sparks Secretary Laura Barclay Treasurer Julie Anderson Past President Lindy Eubank Founders Day Summer Riney Key Correspondent Heather Magruder/ Elizabeth Jacobsen Facebook Liaison Paige Pate Newsletter Melissa Huffman

Kappa Kappa GammaBoard Members

2016-2017 officers


Documents

Fall 2016 Fort Worth Alumnae of Kappa Kappa Gamma Non-Profit Org. PO Box 100554 …s3.amazonaws.com/advancedcms/wHofqIF3T2OHLBgUf2rF_204782... · 2016-12-13 · PO Box 100554 Fort