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Epsilon Pi choses to support this organization because it gives us the opportunity to work hands on with the youth in our area. It is amazing to see our service and donations impact the the lives of the future of our community. Epsilon Pi prefers the face to face interaction that we get from our events such as Day in The Life and Reading is Key, rather then simply just raising money and handing in a check. It is so rewarding to see how our philanthropy affects these young students for the better.
Epsilon Pi typically meets once a week for chapter meeting in a larger classroom or lecture hall on campus.
==Highlights of 2017==
In 2017 Epsilon Pi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma achieved many things and participated in many philanthropic and social events within our greek community and the real community surrounding Riverside. At our Pillars Award ceremony, hosted by Panhellenic, we were rewarded with the award of Best Chapter Management honoring our Chapter Councils hard work in managing our chapters affairs. Starting slow in January with fewer events following our winter break, we kicked the year off with the Scholarship Dinner which was held on January 26th. Our Scholarship Dinner was put on by our Vice President of Academic Excellence with the help of her committee. It was held at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Downtown Riverside. Every girl was provided with dinner along with our advisors and various alumnae who attended. Throughout the night the Vice President of Academic Excellence gave out awards based on members' various academic achievements the previous year. This event celebrated members who may have had great academic improvements ad promoted the importance of academic achievement in our chapter.
In the following month Epsilon Pi was a bit more busy. The first event in February was a sisterhood event which was put on by our Vice President Standards. This sisterhood was held at Build-a-Bear where members each made two bears. One for the member to take home and one to donate to Loma Linda Children’s Hospital. This sisterhood was a good way for members to get together and bond as well as do something good for the community. The following weekend on February a team of Kappa sisters participated in Gamma Phi Beta’s annual Moonball which is a volleyball tournament that helps raise money for Gamma Phi Beta’s philanthropy. Not only did members play in the tournament, they also came out to support and cheer on their sisters who played in the tournament. February 10th is when Epsilon Pi held their annual winter philanthropic event, Reading is Key. During this event the chapter went to a local elementary school, Madison Elementary, and decorated their multipurpose room up to the theme which was carnival. First grade classes got to come to the MPR throughout the day and the chapter facilitated many activities for the kids to do. These activities were things such as face painting, coloring, and the final station being chapter members reading a book to the children. At the end of the day each child got to go home with a book of their own. Also, the chapter donated books to the school as well. The final event Epsilon Pi held in the month of February was a sisterhood with Gamma Phi Beta. The chapters came together and decorated cookies for Valentines Day. The chapters also did Ice Breaker games and just bonded. Lastly, in the month of February chapter elections were held. The new chapter council was elected and joint Chapter Council Meeting was held the last week of February.
March of 2017 kicked off strong with a sisterhood held with the girls of Delta Gamma. Our chapters got together and tie dyed shirts together and hung out at a local park. This sisterhood allowed our chapter to bond with a Panhellenic sister which we don’t often get to do much with strengthening our Panhellenic bonds. On March 3rd a group of Epsilon Pi members volunteered for Read Across America at a local elementary school. They got to spend the day reading and promoting literacy to the children in our surrounding community. Later that evening on March 3rd, we held our Semi Formal put on by our Event Chairman along with the help of her committee. It was held at a local country club and many Alumni joined and it was a successful event barring a few mishaps along the way. Following Semi Formal Leadership day was held for the new and old Chapter Council members on March 5th. Leadership day was planned by our Vice President of Organization in order to allow the time for old Chapter Council members to teach new Chapter Council members what their new job entailed and all the responsibilities their new job required. At the event all the advisors for the various Chapter Council positions were there and also met with their new officer. Also the new Chapter Council got to discuss goals that they wanted to achieve in their time in office and all the things they wanted to improve within the chapter. Many things were discussed that day and the new Chapter Council got a great start and great motivation from each other and the advisors to start their position strong and make some good changes within the chapter. The following meeting the new Chapter Council members were installed into their positions.
Throughout the next couple of weeks Epsilon Pi was involved in a philanthropy called Miss Minerva held by a fraternity on our campus, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. This was a pageant type fundraiser that helped raise thousands of dollars for their philanthropy with the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Kappa helped in this by having one girl volunteer to represent our chapter and do various fundraisers throughout the weeks leading up to the competition. Epsilon Pi also participated in a similar philanthropy held by another fraternity, Delta Tau Delta, titled Delta Queen this philanthropy helped raise money for the City of Hope Cancer Research Foundation. Both the representatives for both events held many small events to raise money for each chapter’s philanthropies. These events varied from holding fundraises at local restaurants to coming up with small clever fundraisers to do on campus at letters. One example of a small fundraiser held by our Delta Queen was titled Kolor a Kappa where people paid money to throw paint at members of our chapter. Although it doesn’t sound very eventful it was a vey successful event help on our campus. Epsilon Pi itself helped raise a large amount of money that we donated to each chapter’s philanthropies. These events also strengthened our ties within our Panhellenic community because every chapter had a representative and all the chapters competed against each other hopes to win the pageant.
April was a rather slow month compared to March aside from the various activities going on with both Miss Minerva and Delta Queen. April 22nd Epsilon Pi held a social event with fellow Fraternity on campus, Delta Chi. Members of both organizations got together on Earth day and volunteered at our campus garden the R’garden. Members planted plants and tended to the garden at our school. The following week Epsilon Pi had a visit from a Leadership Consultant. She stayed with our Vice President of Organization. While she was here she attended our chapter council meeting and visited with each member of Chapter Council to see how they were adapting to their new position. The Leadership Consultant was very helpful to our chapter giving the Chapter Council guidance onto how to deal with the problems in our chapter. On April 25th Epsilon Pi held another sisterhood event which was a kickboxing class held at the local UFC gym. The members of Epsilon Pi all joined together sweated and laughed while working out all together. On April 29th Epsilon Pi was involved in Alpha Chi Omega's annual philanthropy the Carnation Carnival. Epsilon Pi held a both making Kappachinos and a both doing a coin toss at the event. Sisters volunteered to work both booths throughout the day. The following day Epsilon Pi participated in Delta Gamma’s annual philanthropy titled Anchor Splash. A group of girls got together to compete in various competitions throughout the day. Epsilon Pi winning one of the events which was synchronized swimming. All in all the busy weekend was a success for Epsilon Pi.
May 2017 was a very busy month for Epsilon Pi starting off with Salads with Seniors an event for the seniors and alumnae to get together and to have a lunch starting the seniors' transition from active member to
an alumnae. On May 5th Epsilon Pi participated in a powderpuff football tournament held by Fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. A group of sisters got together and formed a team competing against other chapters in a football tournament. On May 11th Epsilon Pi’s annual Sapphire Ball was held at a local venue in Downtown Riverside. This event was thrown by our Event Chairman throughout the night seniors got recognized and celebrated as this is their last formal Kappa event of college. On May 17th Epsilon Pi held another philanthropic event called Day in the Life. At this event Epsilon Pi bused over 6th grade students from Madison Elementary, the same elementary school that was collaborated with for Reading is Key, and did many activities with them. The 6th graders were given a tour of our campus and done various smaller activities with. This philanthropy is very near and dear to our hearts because it allows us to promote higher education to kids who may have no knowledge of what college is like or why it is important.
Parents' Day was held on May 21st at Indian Hills Golf Club. Thrown by the Public Relation Chairman, Parents' Day was a brunch for both members of Epsilon Pi and their parents. During the brunch, awards were given out to outstanding members of our chapter. Also, during the brunch presentations were given to the parents from various Chapter Council members, such as registrar and education chairman, about the history of Kappa Kappa Gamma as a whole and Epsilon Pi Chapter itself. Overall Parents Day was successful in showing the parents why Kappa Kappa Gamma is such an important organization and what it does for their daughters. The week of May 22nd was Pillars week where our whole Greek community comes together to do various activities throughout the wee, some competitive activities and others to raise money. At the end of this week a banquet is held to give out awards to chapters for various achievements throughout the year. Epsilon Pi was awarded with Best Chapter Management celebrating our Chapter Council's recent achievements. On May 24th the Education Chairmen held a final sisterhood for the seniors. This sisterhood was held at a local trampoline park, Skyline, where the seniors were allowed to jump and hang out with each other one last time all together. The sisterhood retreat was held on May 27th and 28th at a house in Corona. Sisters got together and had a giant sleepover at a house. During this sleepover sisters bonded doing various ice breaker activities and watching movies and such. It was very successful in the bonding of our chapter.
The next week starting May 30th through to the beginning of June was sports week for our Greek community. Epsilon Pi participated in many of the sports such as football, soccer, and volleyball it was very successful having teams in every event throughout the week. June 3rd was another philanthropy that Epsilon Pi held in order to raise money to donate to Reading is Fundamental. This philanthropy was a Kappa Karwash. Sisters got together at a local burger joint and washed cars in order to raise money for Kappa’s national philanthropy. The next few weeks of June events died down because it was the end of the quarter and finals were nearing but our Vice President of Academic Excellence did hold a Kappa Study Party on June 11th for all our members. She rented out a study room at one of our campus libraries and held a study party for all our members. At the study party she provided many things for our sisters such as scantrons, blue books, and pencils sisters might need for their finals.
During the moths of July and August sisters were home for the summer, yet the recruitment chair along with the help of her committee started to prepare for recruitment. In September the week before school started recruitment workshops were held September 21st through the 26th. At these workshops sisters learned songs and practiced all the things that needed to be perfected before formal recruitment. Formal recruitment was held October 5th through the 8th. Bid day was then held on October 8th at a fellow sister's house welcoming home our new pledge class Beta Zeta. That following Monday, October 9th, the new pledge class was formally pinned and their new member education began. October 14th our Founders Day brunch was held at Canyon Crest Country Club. It was a brunch held by our Education Chairman in which celebrated our Founders Day. It was a very successful first event with our new pledge class setting the tone for them for the rest of the year. In the following weeks new members got to meet with the sapphires weekly leading up to big and little week which occurred the week of October 23rd. That Friday, October 27th, big and little reveal was facilitated by our New Member Chairman on campus.
Following reveal the new members were driven to an active's house where they had their first sleepover as a pledge class. They bonded with the New Member Chairman and with each other throughout the night. Sunday October 29th was Epsilon Pi’s October Sisterhood which was held at The Pumpkin Factory, a local pumpkin patch. Sisters got to bond with their new littles and with the new pledge class. The Week of October 29th through November 3rd Epsilon Pi was visited by another Leadership Consultant who checked up with Chapter Council’s progress that they have made this year. The Leadership Consultant also was able to come to chapter meeting to meet with new members and give a presentation to the whole chapter on the importance of attendance. The Leadership Consultant visit was successful in that she was able to help out chapter council with any guidance they needed leading their way into initiated the new pledge class.
On November 4th Epsilon Pi participated in a philanthropy held by fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon. This philanthropy was a soccer tournament for the various sororities to compete against each other and raise money Epsilon Pi had two teams competing in the event and took both second and first place in the tournament. On November 10th Epsilon Pi competed in another sports related philanthropic event held by Phi Kappa Sigma. This event was titled The Phi Kap Olympics in which teams competed in various activities and games. Epsilon Pi also took first in this philanthropic event as well. Inspiration Week started on November 13th, this being the period before initiation where girls sit back and think about Kappa and the true meaning and values that Kappa instills in each of its members. Throughout that week our Philanthropy chair held Epsilon Pi’s first philanthropy event for the school year being a Kappa Canned food drive. Epsilon Pi collected cans and donations from various greek organizations on our campus with an incentive that the organization that donates the most cans will get a $100 check written out to their philanthropy. This however was a bigger success than our philanthropy chair had expected with around two thousand of cans donated and around $350 raised. On Thursday November 16th Epsilon Pi held their Big and Little Night put on by our Marshall. Big and Little Night was held at a local ice rink, IceTown, where sisters skated and bonded with their family lines. November 17th Fireside was held for the new members followed by initiation the next morning. On November 27th chapter elections will be held for the new Chapter Council. On November 30th Epsilon Pi held their Date Party at a minor league basketball game. On December 3rd Epsilon Pi’s Vice President of Academic Excellence planned a Kappa Study Party so sisters can get together and study before finals in our on campus library. On December 6th the Education Chairman held a senior sisterhood where the seniors meet at a sisters house and decorated ornaments and cookies to celebrate the holidays. Through all these success for Epsilon Pi Chapter throughout 2017 the chapter’s morale has gained strength. All in all 2017 was a good year for Epsilon Pi.
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