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==Highlights of 2012==
Province Meeting of April 2011 was an amazing experience and it was a great way to celebrate our 80th year as a chapter. Fall Retreat was also a notably remarkable way to strengthen our bonds of sisterhood. We were fortunate enough to move into our new house. The space it affords us was such a blessing during recruitment. Furthermore, we welcomed a pledge class of 18 new members during the fall – the highest pledge class number that we've had in years. Notable Current Events We are all looking forward to the upcoming Spaghetti for Spelling Philanthropy event in February 2012 that aims at raising money for a local literacy organization known as Reclaim. Significant Sources of Pride Officer transitions ran incredibly smoothly and were made possible by the carefully planned and flawlessly executed Leadership Day by the outgoing VPO.
'''Campus:''' There were quite interesting protests with regards to tuition hikes held in the downtown Montreal district, outside of McGill’s gates. McTavish street has become strictly pedestrian in the last few years, which makes it much easier and faster to get to class. It is also a nice place to spend time outside during the warmer seasons, as benches and landscaping have made it more accommodating.
'''Chapter:''' We are excitedly working on instituting a House Board for our new, beautiful chapter facility. III. Chapter Challenges: (Describe them and how the chapter met and overcame them.) Our first big challenge was responding to the growing size of our chapter. With a pledge class of 18, it took a lot of work to re-evaluate our new member program and make it effective for our lovely pledge class Rho. However through much teamwork and quick thinking we were easily able to adjust it as was needed. Our second challenge was the confusion that arose surrounding the Nominating Committee during elections. There was confusion regarding the basis that the committee put candidates forth. To overcome this challenge, the Nominating Committee held a session describing their role, which is to present to the chapter the best-qualified candidate in their opinion. They also apologized for creating the confusion within the chapter.
==Highlights of 2013==
Winter Recruitment was conducted. Unfortunately because of tabulation errors within the chapter, 2 too many bids were issued and then had to be voided. This was very upsetting and heartbreaking for the entire chapter. Due to this, initiation was pushed back to May 1. Once fall recruitment rolled around, we were able to initiate one of the two girls. This made the whole chapter extremely happy! She is back where she belongs.
Initiation went extremely smoothly, but because it was occurring during finals, we were missing our President, VPO, & VPS. Luckily, our hard working VPAE, Ms. Michelle Shames, was able to take the role of leading initiation.
In February, we had a wonderful sisterhood retreat at Ms. Gena Boulay’s accommodating and spacious home. It was a great weekend getaway full of fun, surprises, and an enrichment of sisterhood. Our philanthropy event in February, Spaghetti for Spelling was a major success. We raised money for RECLAIM, a non-profit literacy organization located in Montreal. In total, Delta Delta raised $970 dollars, which was then donated.
In March, Sigma Chi fraternity hosted their first annual Jack Layton Winter ball. It was in honor of the late NDP, leader of the opposition, and Sigma Chi Alumnus Jack Layton. 20 of our members supported the fraternity by attending this event. The fraternity thanked Delta Delta chapter for being their most supportive and “featured” sorority at the event by giving us a beautiful card and a basket of flowers that contained white roses and irises. These two flowers together signify both Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Chi. Having this connection with other Greek members is extremely important to our chapter. Ms. Alysha Fiorio, one of our sisters was elected Sigma Chi sweetheart. Our strong Panhellenic relationships really shows since two other nominations also came from our chapter.
The VPAE, Ms. Michelle Shames, supported all of the sisters through finals period with challenges to go venture off to different libraries and to also meet up with other sisters. This created sisterhood and scholarship. The VPAE also started a “library crawl” and various other challenges to motivate the chapter to study.
'''Fall Semester:'''
Fall Recruitment was an extreme success. It was two weeks of fun and excitement for both new members and active members. Our Panhellenic Executive (Vice-President Recruitment), Ms. Amelia Mounsey worked diligently towards the most successful recruitment yet: with a 200% success rate. Campus quota went from at least 10 new members from passed years to 25 new members. Although we gained many sisters, we were still under quota; therefore we conducted COB the next following week. With that, we finished with a total of 23 new members, which is our biggest pledge class yet!
The House Chairman, Michelle Shames conducted improvements on our beautiful house. The walls were completely repainted blue and we also obtained new furniture for our chapter room. These improvements were definitely recognized during recruitment by all of the compliments that we received. Hard work really does pay off! In the fall, we held our annual Kappa Kuisine philanthropy event. $925 was donated towards the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
A picture of Delta Delta on our Fall retreat was featured in the Fall 2013 issue of The Key.
During a Greek community philanthropy competition, Delta Delta raised the most amount of money out of all of the other sororities and fraternity’s combined. All funds went towards the Canadian Red Cross’s Hurricane Relief Fund in the Philippines.
'''On Campus:'''
Beautiful McGill University is the home to an intelligent student body. Besides for the beautiful campus, McGill is situated in a melting-pot city. This city attracts a multicultural body, making it such a diverse environment.
Having a diverse city to structure our college experience, Delta Delta has sisters from all over the world. From Norway to China and back again, our sisterhood is extremely unique and diverse.
McGill University is full of intelligence and motivation. Inventions such as Velcro & Radon were all founded here at McGill. The initiative that these inventors took really motivates the future students here on Campus. Established in 1821, McGill University strives at being at the top of all rankings for academia as the student body strives for excellence. Our motto-By work, all things increase and grow- describe the origins of where this hard work is attained, our inner strength.
