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==Highlights of 20142015== The Fall Semester of 2015 brought a new year for Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Eta Eta chapter at the University of Central Florida to thrive and reach new potentials. Kappa women represented our chapter eloquently through formal recruitment both affiliated and unaffiliated. Our Chapter was highlighted throughout the Panhellenic community through numerous representations. Michelle Weber, Payton Grandquest, Emma Anderson, Delaney Ridgway, Jennifer Bayes, Lexie Bell, Grace Bennett, Eve Niles, Madison Skonie, Cailin Cooney, Rachel Additon, Emily Reed, and Sam Holsten are sisters who chose to disaffiliate and shine light on our chapter through the roles of Rho Gammas and Panhellenic Executive Board. Eta Eta welcomed new faces during formal recruitment which started the morning of August 17th and came to an end with Bid Day on August 22, 2015. We celebrated our new members, Chi Class, with a golden theme of ‘Take me Home Where My Dreams are Made of Gold’. Our chapter enjoyed an early dinner together at Margaritaville followed by an entertaining night enjoying the Blue Man Group’s performance at Universal Studios. On September 10th we hosted Sundae Funday at our house where we served the Greek community ice cream with a choice of toppings. Followed by Kickin’ it with Kappa held on the 12th. Kickin’ it with Kappa is a kickball tournament where different fraternities and sororities had the opportunity to compete against one another. Our tournament and Sundae Funday event support Reading is Fundamental (RIF), which helps the community grow and support our younger generations. Alpha Tau Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha placed first in the kickball tournament and Theta Chi and Delta Zeta placed first overall. Family Weekend kicked off on September 19th with a family barbecue, buffet style, where food and company were enjoyed. Families heart and stomachs were full as they wrapped up their meals and headed over to enjoy the football game against Furman. We ended the September calendar with a Kappa Lunch on the 23rd where our house chair Kaitlin Yutzy arranged for Chick-fil-A catering. And finally our Grab-A-Date where we all dressed as tacky tourists and geared up to go to Wonder Works. Our chapter and our dates spent the night doing interactive games, and pushing our comfort zones on the ropes course and roller coaster simulators. On October 1st, Kappa participated in Zeta’s annual philanthropy event Zeta Lip Sync. We worked hard and performed an excellent routine while being supported by the rest of our chapter members. Shortly after we participated in Phi Hoops placing first overall! We ended our exciting week celebrating Kappa Kappa Gamma’s founders day with a Sunday brunch at Ceviche Tapas restaurant. Initiation Week took place on October 12th. We started off the week with events full of sisterhood. During the week we had a night for family dinner, a Movie on the Lawn where we watched Hocus Pocus and indulged on snacks, and later in the week we all put on our game faces and played laser tag at Hard Knocks. Ending with our chapter initiating 54 new members on October 17, 2015. We also had a new member from Florida State University’s chapter join us for initiation with her big. Following I-Week was UCF’s annual Homecoming week. On Monday UCF hosted Comedy Knight featuring Damon Wayans Jr. and Jimmy Tatro. Tuesday was Concert Knight with performers Big Sean and Dan + Shay. Along with other events throughout the week such as Kids Carnival, Skit Knight, and Movie Knight. Ending the festive week with Spirit Splash, a campus wide pep rally, where students parade into the campus’s reflection pond and get ready for the big football game against Houston. Spirit Splash was awarded Best Campus Tradition in 2011 by the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA). Our sisters won third place at Skit Knight and enjoyed participating in the week long events. Two of our sisters Rachel Additon, and Hannah Starner were on Homecoming Executive Board and helped plan and execute a fun filled week. Before Halloween weekend, we had a Halloween party at the house where we watched scary movies and munched on a lot of candy! This week was also Panhellenic Pride week. Our sisters participated in numerous events and even won 1st place overall. We hosted a book drive with our Monmouth Duo, Pi Beta Phi! It was a great activity to do together. On November 4th we hosted the weekly Panhellenic meeting at our house, welcoming all twelve Panhellenic chapters. After, had another Kappa Dinner catered by Little Greek. The next day Kappa participated in KD shakedown coming in 3rd place with our routine. Friday, we had our Sisterhood Retreat at the Orlando Science Center! The night was filled with fun games, laughter, and sisterly bonding. We also participated in Alpha Xi Delta’s Dodgebrawl event where we placed 2nd and in Gamma Phi Beta’s Moonball event placing 1st. We ended the month with Semiformal and Pack to Attack Hunger. Semiformal took place downtown at The Ballroom on Church Street on November 12th. We enjoyed an elegant evening full of horderves and dancing. Ending the semester with Pack to Attack Hunger. Last year we raised $2,500 and this year we were challenged by Panhellenic to raise $3,000. Exceeding our expectations, we raised over $3,000 and ended up being the 4th highest in Panhellenic donations. We were represented by Haley Mills, Payton Grandquest, Laura Ballesteros, and Bia De Faria on Pack To Attack’s Executive Board and had over 40 girls lend helping hands to package meals. On November 20th, a few of our sisters went to an Elementary School in the area for our Reading is Key event where we donated books to the children. Eta Eta Chapter has had a successful Fall semester and we continue to meet benchmarks as the semester is coming to an end. As a chapter we aim to reach new goals and keep our minds open to new opportunities. UCF’s Panhellenic community is progressively expanding. As a Greek Community we have been actively working on growing our philanthropy events and reaching out to wider audiences for support. As a whole IFC and Panhellenic communities have joined hands and have been doing better at supporting each others events. Attendance for philanthropy events has risen and numbers raised for organizations campus wide have too risen. Eta Eta chapter diligently worked to remove our chapter off of the Academic Focus Plan and have kept our chapter GPA above the All Sorority Average. Chapter Philanthropy: What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community? Eta Eta Chapter annually raises money for Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), Kappa Kappa Gamma’s National Philanthropy. In the Spring as a chapter we raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support? We support Reading Is Fundamental because we are sisters of this organization and support our National Philanthropic traditions. As a chapter we believe in motivating and inspiring children to read and providing books to families and children who need them the most. This gives children the opportunity to follow their dreams and achieve their full potential. We want to provide them this opportunity they may not have had otherwise. We support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in honor of our sister, Alison Callum, who passed away from Cystic Fibrosis in 2003. This past year we raised over $50,000 to help families pay for medical treatments and also to fund research to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis.
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