Changes

Our chapter has continued our traditions of Blue and Blue meeting during Inspiration Period and Black Formal meetings twice a month. We also have continued the tradition of “Lady Minerva”, the “Supportive Sister” bra, the “Fleurs-de-Lys and Broken Keys”, the “Hoots and Salutes” and our wonderful Vice President Academic Excellence, Karys Peterson-Katz, brought in a new tradition of “Smart Tea” and “Smarties of the week”. Our Vice President Standards, Mackenzie Akeson, was hard at work this year, ensuring our women were as supported as they could be and having weekly meetings with those who needed the support. Our VPS sisterhood event was a girl’s night in, with board games, personalizing a mug and a “do-it-yourself” hot chocolate station. Our corresponding secretary, Abby Jakus, sent out our weekly newsletter to our active members regarding our meeting attire as well as any fun Greek and Campus activities happening that week. This improved our attendance at campus events as well as our community involvement. Our Marshal, Kristina Conte, planned a new sisterhood event for Inspiration Week where we all participated in laser tag and she also found a venue where we were able to hold our initiation. This year, the master calendar was sent in by our Vice President Organization, Emily Yang, and we tried out a new way to give out committees. Our amazing LC came by and gave us great tips and pointers for the New Year and helped our Marshal with Rituals. Leadership day is in the works as the last thing our VPO is doing and will be ensuring that the transition will be as smooth and effortless as the previous years. This year some of our positions, such as Registrar, Flair Chair and Corresponding, are being absorbed by other positions so the combination and transition will be important.

This year was super fun for Philanthropy! Our Philanthropy Chairmain, Caitlin Durcan, started off the winter 2018 semester by writing Valentine’s Day cards to the local Montreal Children’s hospital spreading all the love we can. Kappa Kappa Gamma and the Zeta Psi Fraternity also combined our effort and collected clothing and canned foods that helped support Sun Youth Organization, a non-profit organization that helps provide an array of services for underprivileged youth in Montreal. The winter 2019 semester with a bake sale that helped raise over $200 for First Book Canada.

During the Fall 2018 semester, we joined McGill’s “Right To Play” spinathon in which we beat our donation goal and were able to go beyond what we initially aimed for. Our main event of the fall semester was having an event at Spin Energy which is a local spin studio right in our Milton Park community. From our ticket sales and donations, we raised $950! Individual members also participated in other organizations events like Sigma Chi’s Derby Days, Gamma Phi Beta’s Moonball, and other non- Greek activities like volunteering and fundraising for additional charities. The energy and participation from the Greek-community, our kappa sisters and McGill community members has been beyond anything we have seen before and allowed our Philanthropy to go beyond our expectations.