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==Highlights of 2021==
This year, our chapter really wanted to focus on sisterhood and coming together as a chapter because the pandemic and being forced to be online really hindered our relationships and connections with one another. We were able to collaborate with other sororities and fraternities on campus through events such as a Mario Kart tournament and an event called “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes”. The Chapter Leadership Consultant, Lauren Pfiel did a virtual visit from January 31- February 3, 2021 and supplied the chapter with many ideas for planning. Two History Archive Presentations were done, one which was virtual on April 20, 2021 and another on November 16, 2021. Various artifacts from the Hinsdale Alumnae Association and from a Chapter Adviser’s personal collection were presented. In the spring we were completely remote except for a few philanthropy events. In the fall, we began to transition into more in-person events and were able to come together as a sisterhood as we had initiation, function, our sisterhood retreat, a Fall Family BBQ, and a philanthropy event in-person!
Our chapter supports the Christopher Lyons Memorial Foundation which is a foundation dedicated to one of our alumnae’s brothers who died by suicide. The foundation is set up to donate money towards the programs that brought him joy, strength, and creativity. This organization is very special because it is extremely close to us as a chapter. This semester, we are hosting an art night where students can share their art forms in dedication of the programs Christopher loved so much, as well as fundraising the week before where we more than doubled our goal and raised over $1,480!
In the spring, we hosted a drive-in movie night to support the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. We also added a mini library to our campus last semester as well in lieu of our philanthropies that are dedicated to literary growth and development. Students were able to enter a raffle to win novels and the proceeds went to Reading is Fundamental, Girls Academy, and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation.
This year we were able to bring in a guest speaker in the spring to speak with us about diversity, equity, and inclusion, unconscious bias, intervention, bystander engagement, identity, and privilege. We were also able to transfer the responsibility of the DEI chair from programming to our Vice President of Member Development in hopes to expand it.
The pandemic affected our chapter as it did everyone. This spring we were completely remote and held chapter meetings, our spring recruitment, and initiation through Zoom. The only in-person events were some philanthropy events. This fall, we were able to transition our meetings to be in-person. We had our first formal chapter meeting in person since the spring of 2020! Formal recruitment was held in a hybrid format. Our first day was through Zoom and the next two days as well as bid day were held in-person. Our FS and initiation services, and our celebration brunch afterwards were able to be held in-person. Our sisterhood retreat, function, and our philanthropy event were also held in person!