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Epsilon Phi also participated in Children’s Miracle Network Dance Marathon, and throughout the year, our ongoing philanthropy projects in the Gainesville community were volunteering at the Alachua County Humane Society and the local Terwilliger Elementary School. We support Reading is Fundamental and volunteer at Terwilliger Elementary School because we understand how important it is to educate children and ensure they are confident readers. Working with the children at Terwilliger is a very rewarding experience for our chapter. We volunteer at the Humane Society because we feel that all animals should be loved and cared for. It is wonderful to actually see the impact we are making in our community by hands on volunteering. And finally, we support Dance Marathon because helping the Children’s Miracle Network is so close to our hearts. We love to help give kids the best opportunity to succeed through this great event.
==Highlights of 2017== The year of 2017 was definitely a successful one for Epsilon Phi chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma! We achieved many of our primary goals of increasing chapter unity, and motivation to increase campus involvement, service and improve our image around the school. Our chapter is growing and evolving with each New Member class that comes in. We are working continuously to improve ourselves by working towards our goals and always keeping the chapter morale and spirit high.We maintain positive, ethical principles and pledge members who are both womanly and true. We achieved our goals by creating more sisterhood events as well as new member class bonding experiences through additional sisterhood events primarily in the Fall semester after recruitment. Our main Fall sisterhood event was a trip to Disney’s Animal Kingdom on the same day as Big/Little reveal so our new families could spend time together. Throughout the entire year, we strengthened the bonds of our sisterhood with a variety of sisterhood events such as Total Body workout classes, yoga classes, Kappa Kafe, Kappa Kappa Jamma Key Sister event, and movie nights. For Academics, we continued our tradition with New Member Study Hours as well as Smarty Pants, which allows sisters to shine by logging study hours and recent A’s on exams. We also continued with group study sessions called Kappa Kafe at the house with lots of coffee and snacks. Epsilon Phi holds its chapter meetings in our chapter room in our house. The room was a part of the new addition added to the house in 2014. Epsilon Phi is very grateful for the addition to the house that gives them so much space to hold chapter meetings. When we are not holding chapter, the chapter room functions as a living room where sisters get together for sisterly bonding. Our goal of increasing campus involvement throughout 2017 is clearly seen. Kappa’s further enhanced our chapter’s presence by becoming involved in the following organizations: Florida Cicerones, CRU, Doulos, Navigators, Panhellenic Executive Council, Junior Panhellenic Council, University of Florida Women’s Water Polo, Dean’s List, Teaching Assistants, Florida Bright Futures Scholars, Women’s Student Association, Florida Equestrian Team, ACCENT, AMSA, Model UN, College Youth in Government, Campus Diplomats, Warrington College of Business Diplomats, Dance Marathon, Danza, Student Government Senate, Action Student Government, Gators March for Babies, honor societies, and many more. '''Chapter Honors/Awards''' 3rd Place in Sigma Nu dodgeball, 1st place in TEP hoops (3rd year in a row!), 2nd place in Sigma Chi Derby Days, Morgan Kendrick won campus involvement award at Miss UF pageant, Gabby Torres won Delta Tau Delta’s Miss Greek Pageant, Grace Downey, Natalie Barkat, Kathryn Dowling, Erin Sweeney, Morgan Kendrick, and Ali Bowlby were tapped into Florida Blue Key, Shelby Buchannan became the Director of ACCENT speaker’s bureau. '''Special Events''' Socials: Phi Kappa Tau, Kappa Sigma, Alpha Gamma Rho, Delta Chi. Date Functions: Roaring 20’s, Woodser Date Function, “Be My Date”, Tampa Bay Lightning Game, 90’s Dave and Busters. Other events: Ghouls, Goblins, and Greeks, New Member Lip Sync with Sigma Chi, Homecoming Pageant, Mom’s Weekend, New Member slumber party retreat, Family Weekend, Founders Day, Homecoming with Kappa Sigma, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Big/Little Trip, Kappa Kappa Gamma Semi Formal at The Warehouse, Kappa Kappa Gamma Formal at Jumbolair. '''Philanthropy''' Historically, our chapter always raises money and participates in Children's Miracle Network Dance Marathon and raises money for our philanthropy Reading is Fundamental, as well as finding some local charity to volunteer at. Epsilon Phi continued its support for Reading is Fundamental this year with two philanthropy events. In the spring, we hosted our first annual "Kappa Kickball" in place of our "Kappa Kasino" event to cut costs, raise more money, and create a livelier event to raise money for Reading is Fundamental. Organizations across campus made teams and donated funds and books to Reading is Fundamental up until the event. In the fall, we hosted our second annual "Kappa Con Queso" as a new fall philanthropy to raise more money for RIF. The event consisted of a nacho and taco bar. We received a lot of support from the University of Florida community, and the event was sold out. Epsilon Phi also participated in Children’s Miracle Network Dance Marathon and throughout the year, our ongoing philanthropy projects in the Gainesville community were volunteering at the Alachua County Humane Society and the local Terwilliger Elementary school. We support Reading is Fundamental and volunteer at Terwilliger Elementary School because we understand how important it is to educate children and ensure they are confident readers. Working with the children at Terwilliger was a very rewarding experience for our chapter.
==Highlights of the 2020s==