A huge "Thank You" to Mary Ann Akin for hosting our social this evening as well as to Joyce Anne Porter for coordinating this event! We had a delicious potluck dinner and sampled several different chocolates! We learned a lot about the process of making the chocolate - starting from the plant all the way to packaging the chocolate for sale. Finally, thank you to Hallot Parson of Escazu for presenting his chocolates to us.
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Today is the last day to RSVP for our social! - RSVP to Joyce Anne Porter ([email protected] or 919-387-1137) by Wednesday, Oct. 30th On Friday Nov. 8th we will gather for our annual social. Husbands and significant others are invited to join us. This year we will enjoy a potluck dinner together, then hear a presentation from Escazu Artisan Chocolates, and sample several different chocolates. We hope you will be able to join us! When: Friday, Nov. 8th, 6:30pm Where: Mary Ann Akins' home, 11308 Brass Kettle Road, Raleigh (919-676-1022) What to bring: A dish to share (salad, meat, vegetable, bread), $5/person for the chocolate tasting Team Alpha Gamma Delta has raised $640 - that's 64% of our goal. It is not too late to donate or sign up to walk with us! To join the team or to donate, click here! The JDRF Triangle Walk to Cure Diabetes Saturday, November 2, 2013 Time Warner Music Pavilion, Raleigh The walk starts at 10:30am. As in years past, we'll arrange a time to meet at the State Farmer's Market at 9 or 9:30 and carpool over together. T1D by the Numbers: Why Our Efforts Make a Difference 3,000,000 - the number of Americans who may have T1D 85% - the percentage of people in the U.S. living with T1D who are adults (children will not "outgrow" T1D) 30,000 - the number of people who are diagnosed with T1D in the U.S. every year - approximately 15,000 children and 15,000 adults (a new diagnosis happens every 20 minutes) 23% - the increase in T1D incidence in people under age 20 between 2001-2009 $14.9 billion - the health care costs of T1D in the U.S. each year Our fall newsletter is now available! In this issue: Page 2 - Fall Updates Page 3 - Adopt-A-Chapter Page 4 - Alumnae News Page 5 - Dirty Dollars and Support Fees Page 5 - From the Foundation Click here to read The Echo! Our October GRAC meeting will be held Thursday, Oct. 10th, 7:15pm at the home of Jean Burroughs (117 Windswept Lane, Cary). Allison Kenney will update us on the Fraternity reorganization. We will prepare care packages for our adopt-a-chapters. Bring candy or a healthy snack to include. Come enjoy "pumpkin" snacks (pumpkin cake, pumpkin bread, pumpkin dip & fruit) and visiting with sisters. Looking forward to seeing everyone Thursday night! Our team is registered and those that wish to participate can register now too! The JDRF Triangle Walk to Cure Diabetes Saturday, November 2, 2013 Time Warner Music Pavilion, Raleigh The Walk starts at 10:30am. As in years past, we'll arrange a time to meet at the State Farmer's Market at 9 or 9:30 and carpool over together. To join the team or to donate, click here! Team Name: Alpha Gamma Delta/Raleigh Alumnae Team Captain: Carrie Wheeler For more information on the Walk, click here. Thanks, and I hope to have many of you join us for the Walk on November 2! Fourteen sisters met at Biaggi's for Alpha Gam Always on September 12th. Door prizes were given, JDRF walk pamphlets were handed out and we met two sisters who are new to the Raleigh area. We look forward to seeing everyone at our next event on October 10th! (http://www.agdraleigh.org/calendar.html) It's the start of a new year for getting together and we want to make sure we have your correct information! We recently sent an email out asking you to verify your contact information. If you did not receive it and wish to be invited to events as well as listed in our online directory that is only available to members of the Greater Raleigh Alumnae chapter, then please click on the link below: http://www.agdraleigh.org/join.html You can also find the Join Mailing List link on our Facebook group! Johanna Wolf, our new Junior Circle President, is conducting a survey and would like for you to click here to indicate your top choices for Junior Circle events. There will be one event in the winter and one event in the spring. Please have your selections completed by the chapter meeting in September. If you have already responded to the survey, thank you! Hello, sisters! I recently received a letter from Lesley Hubbard, our International Vice President-Alumnae, to congratulate our chapter on achieving Good Standing for the 2012-2013 year. Also, as a result of going above and beyond the requirements for Good Standing, we also earned all five stars in the Five Star program*. I truly appreciate all of the sisters whose efforts helped our chapter to attain this achievement, and I look forward to another awesome year coming up!
Loyally, Dawn *The Five Star program for alumnae chapters and clubs recognizes groups for accomplishments over and above what is required for Good Standing. Stars can be awarded for support to a collegiate chapter, participation in the Adopt-A-Chapter Program, on-time reporting, participation in a community service project, hosting an Alpha Gam Always alumnae recruitment event, participation in Alumnae Panhellenic, attaining a 10 percent or greater increase in membership and support to a House Association. A maximum of five stars may be achieved in one Fraternity year. |