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Our biggest areas for improvement last year were ritual and philanthropy. Ritual was a focal point for our chapter, especially Initiation ritual. We are continuing to strengthen ritual by reviewing a piece of ritual at each chapter. We have made a lot of progress and look forward to Initiation this month. We also worked on our philanthropy, Kappa Klassic, in an attempt to raise more money for Reading is Fundamental. Unfortunately our philanthropy is not as profitable as we would like due to circumstances including students not knowing how to play golf, as well as the poor condition of Indiana University’s golf course. We haves started brainstorming of new ideas for this upcoming fall philanthropy event in order to challenge our chapter to raise as much money as we can for Reading is Fundamental.
==Highlights of 2012==
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Last spring we went to Rodgers Elementary School in Bloomington and read to some of the children there. We will also be doing that in the upcoming weeks. Kappa Kickoff was a flag football tournament hosted this past fall, and was a new event for Delta chapter. Since our big annual philanthropy event is always in the fall, we are brainstorming new ideas now, and figuring out whether we want to expand on Kappa Kickoff, or go with an entirely new idea. At our fall retreat, each member brought a book and we did a book drive for Reading is Fundamental. We will do another one this spring before the year ends. Members of the Delta Chapter also participated in Indiana University Dance Marathon in October, helping to raise over $2,100,000 for Riley Children's Hospital.
Recent changes on Indiana University's campus include the addition of two new chapters to the Greek community. As a house, we have made an effort to reach out to these new chapters to show them our support and make them feel welcome. In terms of our own chapter, it is evident that our house includes a group of hard working, determined women who care deeply about maintaining a positive reputation in the Greek community and on campus and continue to have a strong academic performance.
==Highlights of 2013==
2013 was a great year for Kappa Kappa Gamma. Starting on January 1, 2013 Delta chapter welcomed 41 new Kappas into our home after a great recruitment. A member in the new pledge class was a contestant in the Miss Greek IU pageant which raises money and awareness for the Jimmy V foundation. We put on our annual Mom’s weekend where we had a lovely catered dinner for all of the members and their moms in the student union building along with a silent auction. We had girls go to the elementary school in Bloomington, Indiana to read to the students as well as other service activities. Our Little 500 bike team, which had 4 members, came in first place during the qualifications for Little 500! The registrar created a display to show many old archives for all of the members to see for Founder’s Day in September.
During the fall semester of 2013 we put on our philanthropy event, Kappasta, for the first time and it was very successful. We raised over $5,000 for the American Cancer Society. Throughout the semester we had members participate in other sorority and fraternity philanthropy events such as Pi Beta Phi’s event called Pi Burger Phi. All of the members in the freshman pledge class were dancers for the Indiana University Dance Marathon and danced for either 18 or 36 hours and also contributed to raising over 2.1 million dollars for Riley’s Children hospital. We had our Dad’s Weekend where we set up a catered tailgate before a football game for all of the members in the chapter and their fathers to enjoy.
The Delta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at Indiana University is a well-known name around campus. We are known for our diverse group of intelligent, unique, and fun young women. The majority of our members are involved with many organizations outside of the chapter. Many members are involved with the Indiana University Dance Marathon. We have multiple members who are committee directors and who are members of different committees. Also, multiple members are a part of the Indiana University Student Foundation, Women In Business, multiple honor societies, and much more. One major change we have made this past year is to get all of the members of our chapter more involved in other sorority and fraternity philanthropy events.
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