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On Friday, November 3rd, we had our “Kappa Con Queso” philanthropy, when we sold nachos to support Reading Is Fundamental. Then, the next day we held our first annual "Kick it with Kappa" kickball tournament philanthropy. A week later on November 11th, we had a formal with Delta Gamma at Stubblefields in Pullman. The next Friday, November 17th, Kappa closed as everyone went home for fall break to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families. Then after the break on Sunday, November 26th, we welcomed members back to the Chapter House.
'''Highlights of 2019'''
On January 7, 2019 we welcomed back our members. Then on January 9 our Spring Semester classes began. January 12th was Leadership Day for our outgoing and incoming officers. Then the new officers were installed during Formal Chapter on January 14. We had a ball at our Sapphire Ball on January 25. As January came to a close, Hannah K planned our scholarship banquet on February 11. On February 12 Delaney T. planned our Flowergram Philanthropy to raise money for the Lemhi County Animal Shelter. Kappa National provided a program called "Behind Happy Faces" on February 24. We celebrated Beta Kappa Founders Day on February 26 with cupcakes and taking fun pictures with each other.
February came and went and we studied hard the week of March 4 for our midterms. March 5th we had our Skate Date at the Palouse Ice Rink. We had spring break from March 11-15. March 22 and 23 were a busy few days with our UIdaho Bound weekend. March 25 through the 30th we hosted Leadership Consultant, Claire. We had another UIdaho Bound weekend on March 29 and 30. We started off April with our Mom's Weekend Brunch and Basket Auction on the 6th. On April 15th we had a "Sex Pops and Blow Pops" presentation. On April 17th we teamed up with Pi Beta Phi for a Spelling Bee Philanthropy. We had a fun-filled Greek Week, April 22-26. On the 28th we had a fun carnival themed SYRD. Dead week was April 29 through May 3 and we started studying hard for Finals week, which was May 6-10. Kappa closed for the summer on May 11.
August 9th was move in day and the first day of work week to prepare for Recruitment. Along with Recruitment starting, we also hosted our Leadership Consultant, Hannah Cho. We welcomed our new members on August 19th with a Blue and Blue Bid Day. Our first day of Fall Semester was August 26. With the Fall Semester in full swing, we had our Kappa Krush Date Dash before a football game on September 7th. September 12th through the 15th was our Kappa Klassic Philanthropy. We raised money for RIF. We had events all week, like Kappa Karaoke, Chips and Cheese with the KKGs, and Kappa Kickball. On September 26th, we had our Big Sister Little Sister reveal. We started October with our Inspiration Week on the 7th. We had our Initiation Ceremony and Banquet on the 12th. Homecoming and Mid-terms fell on the week of the 13th. On October 28th we had a LGBT+ program after our chapter meeting.
On November 9th we co-hosted our Anchor and Key Formal with the Delta Gammas at Stubblefields. We had Parent's Weekend the 15th-17th. Kappa closed November 25th-29th for Fall Break. We welcomed our members back on December 1st. December 2nd-December 6th was our December Duo Philanthropy that we teamed up with Fiji for. We will be doing a Gingerbread House competition between chapters along with Pancake and Hot Cocoa sales and a musical light show. December 9th-13th is Dead Week and we are studying hard for finals week. On December 10th we have a Cookie Decorating Sisterhood with our Sister Chapters, Kappa Alpha Theta and Lambda Theta Alpha. Finals Week follows Dead Week December 16th-20th. Kappa will close for Winter Break on December 20th.
On campus, ground was broken to start building our ICCU Basketball Arena. At our facility, several rooms were renovated and hardwood floors were put in on the second floor. Our front door was painted blue as well.
For Founders Day, our chapter set out posters of each founder and a small biography of each one. There were also blue and blue cupcakes provided. We all celebrated by learning more about the founders.
For the Sesquicentennial, we are creating an alumnae outreach spreadsheet in hopes that alumnae''will come to the house and celebrate with us. There are ideas of having a dessert bar and drinks available. We want to be able to have an open house for the alumnae in hopes of getting to know them better.''''
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