Summer, 2010
Hello Tri Deltas!
Wow - I can't believe it is already mid June!
This is long overdue, but I wanted to send a quick message to all of you.
First of all, THANK YOU to everyone who attended our events or participated in some way this year. YOU make this chapter! I'd also like to thank all the officers for their hard work & efforts for such a great year!
From our lunch bunch to book club, happy hours, parties, meetings and philanthropy events, we had a full schedule and a great time.
While we will take a bit of a hiatus until the membership coffee in September, we do have 1 summer book club. It's Friday, July 9th at Wildflower Bread Company on Indian School and 44th Street. Even if you don't read the book you are welcome to stop by to eat and/or chat. We eat dinner at 5pm and have a book discussion at 6pm. The book to be read by July 9 is "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett. It's a great book.
We may have a Happy Hour or 2 this summer as well and we'll keep you posted on that. The last happy hour was at RA with proceeds to St. Jude’s and included Happy Hours across the Valley and had a nice turnout at the various locations.
I did also want to update you on a few notable items.
On May 3, I had the pleasure of attending the Phoenix Panhellenic Associations year-end banquet and proudly saw our very own Suzy Burger win the PPA Woman of the Year award! Congratulations Suzy! This was a well-deserved honor for Suzy after the countless hours she has spent devoting her time to Tri Delta, PPA and numerous other charitable organizations. We are very proud of her.
The Phi Omicron alumnae may have already heard this, but I wanted to let you all know that the Tri Delta Phi Omicron Chapter was named Sorority of the Year at the Greek Awards for Northern Arizona University. Fantastic news!
The new Tri Delta Chapter at University of Oregon has a young lady from Scottsdale. Her name is Kim Owens in case anyone knows her.
Kate Steele had her baby! Kendall Meeghan arrived at 9:04am on May 19. 7.24 lbs and 19 1/2 in.
On June 30th, I will be heading to Orlando to represent our Alumnae Chapter at the Delta Delta Delta national convention. This will be my first DDD convention so I am very excited to attend! I will provide you with a recap when I return.
Lastly, I welcome any and all feedback. Ideas? Changes? Want to get more involved? Please contact me at dnariss@cox.net or 602-418-8761.
Sincerely,
Donnelly
FALL 2009 NEWSLETTER-CLICK HERE
Fall, 2009
Hello Tri Deltas!
My name is Donnelly and I am your new Phoenix Valley Alumnae Chapter President. I am very excited to take on this new role and look forward to serving each and every one of you!
We have a slate of new officers that were installed at our Pansy Brunch. We are thrilled to see some new faces in officer positions and greatly appreciate all of the past and returning officers!
2008-2009 was a fantastic year! Between our monthly meetings, happy hours, book club, lunch bunch and more, we all kept very busy.
2009-2010 will prove to be another fun-filled and busy year.
We are thankful for all of the new and loyal active members we have had this past year and hope you will join us again for another great year!
We are always eager to see new people at our events so whether you are new to the area, have never joined the alumnae chapter or haven't been to an event in a while, we would love to see you! I really encourage you all to come check us out. We have an amazing group of women from new graduates, to retirees, to everyone in between. The women in this group are outstanding and I am proud to call them friends. I am very grateful that I decided to take a chance and join this group when I moved to the Phoenix area 5 years ago. I hope that you will do the same.
Our first official event of the new year is the Membership Coffee. This will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2009 from 10am-12pm at Ancala Country Club in North Scottsdale. We will mix and mingle, eat and socialize, and talk about all the fun and meaningful activities we have planned for the upcoming year!
We will be sending out a newsletter and evites on the upcoming events, so if you have not provided us or the national office with an up to date email address please email dddcommunication@gmail.com to be added to our list.
The Phoenix Valley Alumnae Chapter is very proud of all we do. Not only do we have a great time together and have many fun social events, we also have a great philanthropic effort. For many years we have donated funds to childrens cancer charities: Camp Sunshine, which is a retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families, and Steele Children’s Research Center at the University of Arizona. In addition, we support Ronald McDonald House by sponsoring one of the guest rooms and we have also established a Scholarship fund through the Tri Delta Foundation.
I sincerely mean it when I say that I hope to see you at an upcoming event. If you need anything at all, please feel free to contact me at dnariss@cox.net or 602-418-8761.
-Donnelly