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==Highlights of 2016==
Overall this year, the Zeta Iota chapter has been very involved on campus. In March 2016 the chapter participated in Women's Empowerment Week by hosting a work out class with another sorority and participating in a feminine hygiene drive. On March 31st we had one of our biggest fundraisors, Hoops for Hope which is a three on three basketball tournament. In the week leading up to this event, we had bakesales in three different locations on campus where students could sign up for the tournament as well as give donations. In April, we paired up with NROTC to host a 5K on campus to benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation as well as many members attended Nova Dance, a 12 hour hour dance marathon that supports the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation. One challenged that we had faced in the past was participation in greek life events on campus. In past years, we had always been in last place for Greek Week in April. However this year, more members really got involved and we were able to improve in our ranking at Greek Week. October 17th-20th was our Breast Cancer Awareness Week which we had bakesales throughout the week raising money for our philanthropy. As a chapter, we also participated in Villanova's Day of Service in September. We were successful again with our goal of more participation as seen by almost all members participating in this event. One special event that we had in the fall was our Ladies Brunch which was an event where every member got to invite a special woman in their life to the brunch. It was a really great way for our mothers, aunts, grandmothers and sisters to learn more about we do as a chapter and to see the impact that we do through our philanthropic involvement. We also support other sororities and fraternities on campus attending their fundraisors and philantropic events throughout the year. We also did monthly chapter dinners at a dinning hall on campus which was a great way for all members to bond with each other and take a break from our busy schedules and spend more time with each other.Describe the recent changes on your campus and describe the overall nature of your chapter.
This Spring the Villanova basketball team won the National Championship which brought a huge change to the campus and overall student spirit. This was a very special time that brought the campus as a whole together. It also brought many of our sisters closer as many traveled to New York City, Louisville and Houston together and they were really able to bond through this victory. On campus, it united all of greek life and really embodied the Villanova Greek Life slogan "No matter the letter we are all greek together."
Our local philanthropy is BreastCancer.Org and we hold several events throughout the year to raise money. In the Spring we have a week in March where we have bake sales everyday in different locations on campus where we have baked goods that can be purchased by a donation. Students can also sign up for Hoops for Hope which was on the Thursday night of that week. This was a very successful event for our chapter this year and we raised about $6,000 from the week. Then in the fall we had Breast Cancer Awareness week where we had the same bake sales and we were able to raise $4,000. Our chapter also supports Reading is Fundamental by sending a group of members to the Chester Charter School of the Arts in Philadelphia every Friday were we read and support the children. We hosted a Ladies Brunch in Novemeber where we raised $6,200 for Reading is Fundamental. We also asked every member and their guest to bring their favorite children's book which we also donated.
Our chapter chose to support BreastCancer.org because it is an organization that is very near to many of our chapter member's hearts. Almost everyone in the chapter knows at least person in their life that had or has breast cancer. We selected this organization because it is based out of Ardmore, Pa which has allowed us to connect with them and even have speakers from the organziation come talk to the chapter. Our philanthropy chair has put in a lot of time and effort this year for our chapter to be more involved with Reading is Fundamental. In the past years, our chapter was not as involved with RIF, however now each Friday, a group of members attends the Chester Charter School of the Arts to read to the children. We chose to support this organization because it is the National philathropy of Kappa Kappa Gamma as well as because it is a very interactive organization where the members really see the difference their work is making in the children's lives.
