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The Greek community in McGill University continues grow. This Fall Semester Sigma Alpha Epsilon established a colony on campus and the women of Delta Delta are proud to support the Fraternity’s expansion to Montreal.
==Highlights of 2016==
Delta Delta had another amazing year together, with our chapter continuing to expand in numbers with each recruitment season. We recently welcomed 35 new members into our chapter, spurring on conversations about potentially moving to a bigger house in the future to accommodate our growing numbers. With campus interest in Greek life increasing, our Panhellenic Council has decided to bring in a new sorority, with girls from Kappa sitting on the committee to help bring about this change.
Our chapter has continued with Delta Delta specific traditions such as Blue and Blue during Inspiration Period, and we’ve incorporated new ones as well, such as our usage of the GIN system to track our study hours. We have since incorporated suggested study hours into our weekly meetings, recognizing a sister each week for the most amount of hours logged. Similarly, we created a points system to reward sisters for being consistently involved within the chapter; sisters gain points for participating in sisterhood activities, having a good attendance record at events, amassing study hours and the like, with the top scorer announced at the end of each month.
In conjunction to the implementation of study hours, Kappa was named the sorority with the top overall GPA this semester. This shows a huge improvement from the last round of rankings, showcasing our dedication to academics. We were encouraged by our VPAE via fun, month-long library crawls, nerd of the week contests and sisterhood study sessions held throughout the semester.
A challenge we faced as a chapter was our involvement with rituals. We’ve worked hard at improving our knowledge of rituals, using help from our LC and Marshall to guide us. The results were seen in the fact that Delta Delta was able to execute both our fall and winter initiation ceremonies flawlessly. Similarly, we also worked towards improving communications between officers during the year, receiving a communication workshop from our LC and discussing strategic ways to improve on it during chapter council meetings.
'''Chapter Philanthropy:'''
In February, Delta Delta held a Chili for Charity event with the brothers of Phi Kappa Pi that truly tested the chapter’s cooking abilities. With the help of some inspirational Pinterest posts and a few hours spent in the kitchen, we were able to raise $400 for First Book Canada. It was a great night filled with hearty chili, crispy garlic bread and sisterly bonding. Towards a similar cause, sisters went to a local primary school to read to first and second graders later that month, leaving the children with new books in hand and smiles on their faces.
In November, KKG gave back to local charity initiatives by donating 11 Christmas boxes to the Montreal Shoebox Project, with the total equivalent to all the boxes valued at $550. These boxes will be given to women shelters across Montreal during the holidays, a tradition we hope to continue in coming years.
Along with supporting our own, philanthropic ventures, Delta Delta members also made an effort in participating in charity events held by other greek members. Kappa ladies were well represented at Theta’s Touchdown football tournament, Gamma Phi’s Moonball competition and AOPi’s archery tag. In addition, Delta Delta members participated in Sigma Chi’s weeklong Derby Days event, helping the brotherhood raise money for the Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Not only do we participate in philanthropy events hosted by fellow Greek organizations, our chapter also contributes to our campus’ many other charity driven events. This is the second year in a row that KKG has participated in Right To Play’s Spin-a-Thon, with sisters from Delta Delta representing the first Greek organization to join in on this charity event last year.
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