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Starting last year, these women travel to TCU to visit one of our chapter meetings and award Betsy's key to a new member who has
been voted by her pledge class as displaying the ideals of a true Kappa. These women that tell Betsy's story are heartwarming and moving every time they visit and have such a wonderful message to share.
==Highlights of 2019==
This year, the Epsilon Alpha Chapter has worked to get more involved on campus and in the Panhellinic community. We had a record number of Kappa Kappa Gamma members at Panhellinic Events and also increased our GPA. We also received an extremely high score in our value of sisterhood in a chapter wide survey created by Fraternity and Sorority Life. Another goal we had for the year was to improve our relationships with Chapter Advisors. Those relationships have become increasingly stronger and have maximized the benefits of those collaborations. During the Spring Semester of 2019 we started the new year off strong with two social events in February. We had our annual "Best of Both Worlds" formal with TCU Tri Delta and "Kappa Kamo" with TCU Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. We also had our annual Mother's Weekend which included a great event at HG Supply Co. In March we held Kappa Queso where members of the TCU community were able to buy tickets for unlimited Queso from different restaurants. This event benefited our philanthropies Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Foundation. In April we had our 7th Dad's Weekend. We had a Reading is Key event at our partner school Westcliff Elementary, also in April. Our members where able to go to the school to get hands on involvement with students and stressed the importance of literacy and reading. The Cutting of the Ivy event was also held during April. To end the semester we had the semiannual Chapter Babes Dinner where the whole Epsilon Alpha Chapter is able to come together before the end of the school year. After a relaxing summer, we got back to TCU in early August and hit the ground running with Work Week. Work Week consisted of recruitment practice but also getting to dress up in fun themes like Jungle and Mardi Gras. We had a fabulous formal recruitment and got a pledge class of 68 new members. Our Bid Day was August 20 and our theme was House of Blues. In Semptember, we had our "Monmouth Formal" With TCU Pi Phi. Also in September, we held our Parents' weekend for the TCU vs SMU Game. At the end of this month, we had our Big/Little Reveal. Our Initiation was held during the first weekend of October which aligned perfectly with the annual Founders Day Dinner on the October 5. During Inspiration Period, we had a Pizza Night where Seniors were able to share stories about there four years at TCU which has become a tradition in our chapter. We held our Initiation Services in our Chapter house and then a Brunch at the Ashton Depot in downtown Fort Worth to follow the service. During October, we returned to Westcliff Elementary to help out with a Literacy Night were we held Bingo and read to Students. We also had our annual "Owloween" event with TCU Chi Omega. In November, we hosted another Kappa Queso Philanthropy Event. Wrapping up the year in December, we had Chapter Elections and voted on a wonderful new Chapter Counsel for 2020. We also held our annual Kappa Christmas Party that even Santa came to! To finish off our year, we had another Babes Dinner to take some stress of our members during finals.
Texas Christian University is always growing and improving, so there is constant construction on campus. This year the new business school was completed as well as construction for a larger football stadium. Our members disperse themselves through many organizations on campus but also enjoy coming together within our chapter. Our chapter is focused on continual improvement, and we have see increased involvement with Panhellenic Events, an increase in money raised for our philanthropies, as well as an increased over all GPA. This semester we had 33 girls receive a 4.00. What our chapter is the most proud of is the relationships we have developed with each other. On campus we are recognized for our strong sisterhood, and that is something that can be felt in all aspects of our organization.
The Epsilon Alpha chapter supports Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Foundation. We are also very involved at Westcliff Elementary School where we have volunteers from our chapter read to students on a monthly basis.
Why did the chapter choose this organization? We work with these organizations because we are passionate about improving literacy rates and helping students in our area improve their reading skills. Our members get hands on experience with elementary school students and are able to see the direct impact their time is making. We also choose to support the Kappa Foundation because of all the good they do for the members of Kappa Kappa Gamma. We want to be able to give back to the organization we are all connected to so that we can help our sisters all over the country.
Every year the Chapter Celebrates Founders Day by having an event with all the Fort Worth Alumnae. This event is a fabulous dinner held at River Crest Country Club. During the Ceremony our Kappa Pickers sing a couple of songs. Also, badges for 25 years and 50 years are handed out to Alumnae. This dinner is a great time for our Chapter to learn more about our past and meet the women that brought our organization to where it is today. This year, our Founders Day Dinner fell during our Inspiration Period. This was very special because we got to come together and show our New Members was an amazing sisterhood they were about to officially be apart of.
We are extremely excited about the 150th anniversary of Kappa. We had a great time seeing some of Kappa's history when we were visited by the Minnie Stewart Van. In the future we are planning a special Founder's Day Dinner to celebrate the Sesquicentennial as well as trying to provide more history about our organization to the members of the Epsilon Alpha Chapter.