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The Nehemiah Center of Navasota is our local philanthropy and where most of our time,
fundraising, and effort goes. We have 5-10 actives volunteering at the after-school program every
day of the semester. AdditonallyAdditionally, we host Kappa Kolor 5k Run and Kappa Kookout to raise money
to help provide better facilities, equipment, and books for the kids at Nehemiah.
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==Highlights of 2017==
The spring semester was an awesome one for Kappa. We kicked off the beginning of the new year with
a chapter favorite, Kappa's Semi-Formal where member's danced all night long. To begin March, Kappa
hosted our annual Kappa Dad's weekend. Dads and daughters attended lunch, took tours of Kyle Field,
and finished off the weekend at a Texas A&M Baseball game. The following weekend, Kappa was awarded
the Loyalty Award at the Aggie Greek Banquet. Loyalty is one of A&M core values and it was an
incredible honor to receive this award. Later in March, our chapter hosted our annual spring
philanthropy event, Kappa Kookout, which was a huge success! We raised $6,703 for our local
philanthropy, The Nehemiah Center of Navasota, and we even had the Aggie Ranglers come and perform
for some live entertainment. In addition to the money from Kookout, Kappa raised $14,000 for
Nehemiah by participating and winning first place in Paddy Murphy, a philanthropy fundraising
competition hosted by the men's fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. In April, a few of our Chapter
Council members attended the Kappa Leadership Conference in St. Louis, Missouri and got to meet
Kappas from all over the nation. To end the semester with a bang, Kappa paired up with Pi Phi to
host Monmouth, our formal party where members brought dates and got to celebrate the end of a great
semester.
The fall semester was an eventful one to say the least. Due to Hurricane Harvey, a major hurricane
that devastated the city of Houston and many surrounding cities with record-breaking floods, Bid
Day was cancelled and the girls received their bids via phone call or FaceTime from their Rho
Gams. Fortunately, a couple weekends into school, Kappa was able to recreate bid day at the Kappa
House and celebrate our lovely 88 new members! The next couple of weeks were full of fun and
excitement for the new and old Kappas. At the end of September, Kappa had their first date party of
the year, followed by big little reveal, and then we got to initiate our fantastic new members in
October. Following initiation, Kappa teamed up with Chi Omega to host "Owloween" where members got
to dress up to celebrate Halloween with their dates. In November, Kappa raised
$24,442 for Nehemiah through our annual Kappa Kolor Auction. In December, Kappas and their dates
two-stepped the night away at our final social event of the year, Ranch Party, in celebration of
our many accomplishments in 2017 and in anticipation of a great year to come.
As mentioned above, Hurricane Harvey devastated the city of Houston. Unfortunately, many of our
members and their families were affected by this natural disaster. Thankfully, Kappas were able to
reach out and to receive help from the Rose McGill foundation. The moments like this when we are
able to help out our loved ones in time of need is what makes our chapter proud to be Kappas.
The acceptance rate at Texas A&M has grown exponentially in the past couple of years which has
increased the number of participants in recruitment, allowing each chapter to welcome more members.
Chapter Philanthropy:
The Nehemiah Center of Navasota is our local philanthropy and where most of our time, fundraising,
and effort goes. We have 5-10 actives volunteering at the after-school program every day of the
semester. In the spring, we raised $15,000 for RIF and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation.
Our chapter chose to support this organization due to previous relationships and the many
opportunities it provides us to encourage literacy, or Reading Is Fundamental, to children
attending the after-school program.
The chapter room in the Kappa Kappa Gamma house.