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We hold our chapter meetings in our chapter owned facility. Our chapter owns two houses that give members the opportunity to live together. The first house is what we call the main house. This is where Monday night dinners are held, it is where the kitchen is, and where our chapter meetings are held. The main house is mainly where freshmen and sophomores live, but also occasionally juniors. The second house is what we call the annex. Opposed to the main house which fits 21 members, there are 19 girls who live in the annex. The annex is mostly filled with juniors and occasionally seniors. Both of our houses are owned by our chapter.
==Highlights of 2015==
Chi Kappa Kappa Gamma has had an exciting year full a new events and challenges. This year Chi chapter was awarded the Chapter Excellence award. We were also very happy to come in with the 3rd highest grade point average out of all the houses here at the University of Minnesota. Our grade point average requirement is a 2.7, and our current grade point average is 3.43. Also, Panhellenic elections were recently held and two members of Kappa Kappa Gamma were voted on to the PanHellenic Executive Council taking the positions of President and Vice President of Recruitment.
Another event that we are very proud of is our recruitment process. This year, the University of Minnesota had the largest number of girls go through recruitment since Greek life began at the University. We, along with other chapters, received our largest pledge classes with 56 girls, and initiated 54 girls. We were also very proud of our recruitment process considering we had 100% retention rate after open house. This year, our recruitment chair started the position of new member recruitment assistant, which has never been done on campus. Our assistant worked along side our recruitment chair to help with any problems, learn the ropes of the process and be the liaison between the members going through recruitment process for the first time, and our recruitment chair.
Our chapter has also had a lot of fun this year putting on and going to philanthropy events. This year we held our second annual Kappa Klassic where family and fraternity gentlemen signed up and gave money to play 18 holes of golf. Along with playing golf, there were raffle prizes donated from local businesses and restaurants. This year we raised over $6,500, which is almost triple the amount of our first Kappa Klassic.
Another big event was Breakfast at Kappa where friends and family bought tickets to come and eat breakfast at the house. All proceeds from both of these events went towards Reading is Fundamental, and Girls Academy. We also participated in smaller events such has Kappa Karnations, Feed My Starving Children with other houses, fundraisers at local restaurants, book drive, food drive, and working with the salvation army.
Girls Academy was also a highlight of our year. Some girls gave up their entire weekend to be small group facilitators for a group of girls, while some took shifts and prepared meals, and others simply donated supplies and food for the weekend. We were lucky enough to be the pilot chapter for this great program and to be continuing it for many years to come.
One change this year on our campus is the bus routes. They installed a bus stop at the bridges apartment, which is very convenient for girls who live in the house going to West Bank. Vikings games are continuing to be played at TCF stadium which makes Sundays here on campus much more fun, exciting, and crowded. The streets fill with Vikings fans and it’s great to be able to hear the roar from the stadium whenever you’re outside.
Our chapter can be described as a diverse group of girls who have different personalities and interests, yet form one cohesive group that makes for a funny, caring, intelligent, goal-driven, friendly and diligent chapter. The differences between every individual are what make our chapter unique yet exciting.
Chapter Philanthropy:
What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community?
Locally, we have done book drives for Marcy Open Homes School and for a semester girls would visit this school during an after school program and hang out with the kids, play games and do crafts. We also used a large amount of the money we raised to help us put on the weekend for Girls Academy.
Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
Marcy open homes is a school very close to our campus, therefore the Chapter feels as though it is our responsibility to help this school reach it’s full potential. We hope to be able to supply this school with the tools and supplies they need to give these kids the education that they deserve.