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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1899|04|28}}
|College= [httphttps://www.uillinois.edu/ University of Illinois]
|Location= Urbana, IL
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'''3,261 336 initiates (as of June 20162018)'''
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==Highlights of 2016==
In the United States this year, we had a very memorable Presidential campaign and election, with Donald Trump winning a tight race against Hillary Clinton. Also in November, many Kappas from the Chicago area also enjoyed watching the Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series for the first time since 1908.
==Highlights of 2018 == 2018 was a phenomenal year for the Beta Lambda chapter. The chapter was removed from Warning of Probation, but the Chapter Council committed themselves to uphold the progress the chapter has made thus far and continue to work on improving ritual as was as other aspects of our fraternity. Members were very involved in many philanthropic events. We were proud to raise our all-house GPA to reach a 3.553 in the Spring 2018 semester. During the fall semester, we hosted our annual Kappatat Volleyball Tournament and Kappasta dinner where we raised money for our philanthropy, Habitat for Humanity. Along with donating money, members donated their time to our philanthropy. For the first time in years, members helped to actually build a house for a family in need. The chapter collected and donated books to donate to schools in the surrounding areas. Some of the members brought the books to children and read to them. We also participated in IlliniThon Dance Marathon where we raised $4,505 for St. Judes Children's Hospital. These members danced throughout the night to help raise money for the kids. In the spring, we held Kappacino on the quad. This Circle of Sisterhood fundraiser helps to raise money by selling coffee and small pastries to other students on the campuses quad. The Chapter was super excited to send some of our members to Illinois State University on December 1st. We initiated the brand new charter chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. It was a great opportunity to see the installation of the Theta Beta Chapter at ISU. Our chapter along with Illinois Wesleyan helped to successfully perform the installation initiation. The University of Illinois Women's Volleyball team reaches the NCAA Final Four. Two famous restaurants on campus closed down, the Clysbourne and Firehaus. President Obama gave a speech on campus regarding the state of our democracy. T-Pain performed the 2020s:Spring Jam's free concert on the quad. The Chapter was able to indulge in some of our favorite events including the Kappa Krush dance, Semi-Formal dance, and Barn Dances. For this first time, our chapter created a family tree event. This sisterhood event invited all pledge-families to create a scrapbook showcasing their whole family. Hopefully future classes will keep the tradition going and continue to add to their family tree book. We held a glass painting event for Mom's weekend and a tailgate cookout for the fathers on dad's weekend. We had a wonderful recruitment and bid day with a Kappa Kamouflage / army theme. ==Highlights of 2019== The chapter was a part of the pilot officer structure trial where we were one of the first chapters trying it out, along with the rest of the Epsilon District. For our philanthropy, we hosted Kappatat & Kappasta (Habitat for Humanity - $6,000), Kappa Kisses (From chapter history reportsRIF & Illini Service Dogs - $1,300), scholarshipKappachinno (Circle of Sisterhood - $755), group honors/awardsand participated in Illinithon (St. Jude's - $9, traditions000). In total, special eventsour chapter raised $17, 055 to benefit various organizations and charities. Our chapter won Month of the Scholar and the Panhellenic Book Drive. Alumnae came back to the house to celebrate their 50t h anniversary with a pinning ceremony.Describe the recent changes on campus or within and describe the chapter’s overall nature.The Illini football team won enough games to be eligible for a bowl game! Lil Yachty performed at the Spring Jam's free concert on the quad.Chapter PhilanthropyOur chapter supports Habitat for Humanity, because Beta Lambda chapter believes that Habitat for Humanity does incredible charity work by providing for families in need. We hosted our annual volleyball tournament, Kappatat, to raise money for the organization. For Founders Day, our chapter did the Founders Day ceremony at chapter that talks about each of the founders. We also ordered a huge cake at dinner to celebrate.Our chaptergot to see the Minnie Stewart van to kick off the celebrations of our 150th anniversary. In addition, overall nature we plan to send members to convention next year. ==Highlights of 2020== "Chapter SummaryThis year started out great for the Beta Lambda chapter. We worked with one of your philanthropy organizations (Habitat For Humanity) to help build a house in campaign. We attended study parties at the house, and participated in other sisterhood events ice skating and bachelor watch parties at the chapter house. 2 new members joined our chapter goals. Sadly, challenges our semester got cut short due to COVID 19 and how they we had to finish our last 8 weeks of classes online. During those last 8 weeks, we were able to initiate our 2 new members during Kappa’s first ever zoom initiation. We returned to school in the fall due to COVID, but our semester looked a little different. We held recruitment over zoom and were able to initiate 43 new member over zoom. Bid day looked very different as well but we made sure everyone was staying safe with masks and social distancing! We were overcomenot able experience this semester like our others, etcbut we were able to have one sisterhood event outdoors at Curtis Apple Orchard. We chose Habitat For Humanity as a philanthropy this year because we are able support the local chapter of H4H in Champaign. We chose Reading is Fundamental because it gives book to underprivileged kids to help give them resources that they would not have otherwise.)
We implemented a social media awareness campaign this year to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. We had a virtual Founders Day celebration over zoom during a chapter meeting. We read the Founders Day script and promoted Founders Day on social media as well.
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--Highlights of 2021--
This year we were still actively in the pandemic and under strict quarantine guidelines. Our sisters still managed to find safe and fun ways to stay involved. In the Spring, we had virtual study hours, virtual sisterhood events (including a fun Kahoot competition to raise money for our philanthropies), and all “normal” chapter activities taking place over zoom. We implemented the first ever “Key Week” in order to still fundraise for our philanthropies since we could not be in-person. In the Spring, we recruited and initiated 1 new member! In the Fall, our university finally began to move towards our new-normal. For the first time in over a year we were finally able to begin to be in person again. With certain precautions in place, we took part in a hybrid recruitment and were able to safely have an in person bid-day! We were also able to initiate 38 new members in an in-person initiation!
The local philanthropy Beta Lambda supports is Habitat for Humanity. We appreciate the incredible work they are able to do for the families in need in our local community. Our chapter supported Kappa’s philanthropy by hosting a variety of events. We hosted a virtual Key Week and had fundraisers at local restaurants around campus! We are excited to begin our fun in-----------------person events in the coming year.