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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1888|02|13}}
|College= [httphttps://www.allegheny.edu/ Allegheny College]
|Location= Meadville, PA
|Homepage= [httphttps://chaptersallegheny.kappakappagammakappa.org/gammarho/ Gamma Rho Homepage]|Media= [httphttps://wiki.kappakappagammakkg.org/index.php?title=Category:Gamma_Rho Media related to Gamma Rho Chapter]
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'''2,065 092 initiates (as of June 20152018)'''
In addition to the Red Zone, sisters participated in National Hazing Prevention campaign. Many sisters took pledges by writing why hazing should not occur. Overall, Gamma Rho strives to ‘kick hazing to the fleur’ because we love our sisterhood; we will always ensure that the strong support system of our chapter stays intact.
==Highlights of the 2020s2016==
The Gamma Rho chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma began their 2016 year by welcoming 14 wonderful new members into their sisterhood in late January. KKG loves to spread positivity and sisterhood throughout campus and the community. At the end of October, Kappa handed out Kappa Koko to students as they were heading to class in the morning as a bright way to start their day. Kappa also celebrated with their role models and loved ones at their Special Persons Brunch in our Alumni Center. At the brunch, sisters shared the achievements of the chapter. Kappa had a blast participating in Allegheny’s annual Greek Week this past fall, placing second overall for the whole week. The highlight, though, was being crowned Greek Sing champions with the unique theme, zombie apocalypse. In November, KKG honored some of their favorite professors at a coffee hour. For every professor that attended, one of the sisters wrote a little blurb about that professor for them to read. It was a fantastic way for the chapter to honor some of their favorite professors. Additionally, KKG strives to support the philanthropies of the other sororities, fraternities, and campus-wide organizations as much as possible. You can always find a group of sisters at almost every fundraiser on campus. Gamma Rho also has a strong focus on academics, and strives to better itself each year. This past year, Kappa’s average GPA was once again higher than the all-college GPA, something the chapter prides itself on. Sisters have numerous ways they stay on top of academics, such as studying with each other, and taking a snapchat to send to a member of the education committee. As an incentive to get and maintain good grades, girls can submit good grades to the VPAE and receive fun stickers and decals. Finally, before tackling finals, sisters participated in a programming event about stress-relief. Throughout 2016, the sisters of Kappa Kappa Gamma have been extremely busy with various philanthropic and sisterhood events. Through these events, the chapter has not only become an even more friendly face on Allegheny’s campus, but has also strengthened its sisterhood. '''Chapter Philanthropy:''' One of the chapter’s favorite new memeber traditions is participating in a lip-syncing competition with other sororities and fraternities on campus entitled SAMS (Students Against Multiple Sclerosis). At the beginning of February, sisters sold Kappa Kisses, a bag of Hershey Kisses, and song grams to students on campus for Valentine’s Day. Allegheny students could buy either of these for their friends, and sisters either delivered the Hershey kisses to their mailbox, or sang a song to the person who received the song gram. All the money raised went toward our national philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental (RIF). In the spring, KKG partnered with Kappa Alpha Theta to host an open mic night on campus. During this event, girls from both sororities, as well as students from all over campus, showed off their musical talents on stage. The money donated was split between Kappa and Theta, and donated to each of our respective philanthropies. This past fall, Kappa celebrated their sisterhood and Greek like as a whole during Fall Run Out in September. During National Hazing Prevention Week, our sisters took a stand against sorority hazing by pledging not to haze. Many sisters took pictures with the phrase “these hands don’t haze” written on their hands. Kappa also tabled on campus during Red Zone Awareness Week and handed out Airhead candies that said “don’t be an airhead about sexual assault” and facts on the red zone attached to them. Near the end of September, about seven sisters participated in Allegheny’s Service Saturday, a campus-wide event where students are sent out into the community to help with various service projects. Our sisters went to a retreat center for combat veterans and their families, and absolutely loved it. Almost all of the sisters that went commented on how they really felt the difference they made, and hoped to be able to go back soon. In October, more sisters participated in Make A Difference Day (MADD), another event similar to Service Saturday. For MADD, over a dozen Kappas worked alongside the mayor of Meadville in one of the local parks. Girls cleared an entire invasive species along French Creek, as well as mulched throughout the park. Kappa also sold Boo Grams on campus, which were lollipops decorated like ghosts. All the money raised from this event went toward the Rose McGill Fund. In November, the chapter tabled for Kappa Kookies, where sisters baked several types of cookies from scratch and sold them to students on campus. The sisters were ecstatic to announce that they sold out of cookies on just their third day of tabling, and all the money went to RIF. Kappa also hosted a jewelry party with jewelry from Chloe and Isabel in the latter part of November. In December, Kappa partnered with Men Of Color Advancement Association (M.O.C.A.A.) for a philanthropy dance party. Donations were accepted at the door, and Kappa and M.O.C.A.A. split the proceeds for each of their philanthropies. Kappas especially love the holidays in December because they get the opportunity to throw a Christmas party for their local Head Start. Children come for food, crafts, dancing, and even a visit from Santa Claus. Sisters love the event because it allows one-on-one time with the kids, and many of the sisters dress up as holiday characters for even more fun. Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support? All of these organizations are one of our three tiers of philanthropy, so we tried equally split up our fundraising for each of the three organizations. ==Highlights of 2017== Our sisters in the Gamma Rho Chapter have not only been involved in their local communities this past year, but the global community as a whole. We had sisters rallying for LGBTQ rights/the Me Too Movement, sisters traveling abroad to Morocco, Moldova, Spain and Italy, local philanthropic involvement with Head Start Foundation, and special events with friends, family and community. Within the Chapter, we had sisterhood bonding events like our annual retreat and events put on by our Education Chairman like a self defense class. During the time the new members were learning about the chapter and its members, the Registrar would pose questions regarding the history of gamma rho using old scrapbooks in chapter on Mondays. By doing this, not only did the chapter have the opportunity to receive a small gift if they got the answer correct, they were also able to reflect and look back on memories from previous sisters. A tradition of our chapter is our Special Person’s Brunch, which we held in November in our Alumni Center where sisters invite a close person in their lives to be honored by our members. Gamma Rho also is involved with other sororities on campus and holds events like Alpha Chi’s and Kappachino’s with the Alpha Chi Omega chapter and a pumpkin smashing event in the fall with Kappa Alpha Theta. In a small community such as Allegheny College and Meadville, Pennsylvania, our chapter strives to be actively involved. Describe the recent changes on your campus and describe the overall nature of your chapter. The Gamma Rho chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma began their 2017 year by welcoming 11 wonderful new members into our sisterhood mid-January. KKG loves to spread positivity and sisterhood throughout the campus and the community. Gamma Rho handed out free hot chocolate to the campus community in December as part of Kappa Koko in efforts to brighten student's week day. Our sisters can be seen doing community service outside of our chapter philanthropies, such as Allegheny College's Make a Difference Day. For this event, sisters went out into our Meadville community and helped do physical labor for residents of Meadville. Our sisters are frequently seen in our Campus Center, tabling to raise money for our philanthropies, such as for Valentine's Day with Kappa Kisses. Our sisters can be seen having fun while participating in Greek Semester events such as Greek Games, Greek Sing, and the Greek talent show. In October we initiated two more amazing members to the 2017 Pledge Class. We took a chapter retreat which served as a wonderful bonding experience especially for the newest members. Our chapter, being around 35 girls during the 2017 academic year, is extremely tight knit and close. We have open study hours in our sweet, frequently get meals together, and spend lots of time strengthening our bonds of sisterhood. Chapter Philanthropy:What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community? One of the chapter’s favorite new member traditions is participating in a lip-syncing competition with other sororities and fraternities on campus entitled SAMS (Students Against Multiple Sclerosis). At the beginning of February, sisters sold Kappa Kisses, a bag of Hershey Kisses, and song grams to students on campus for Valentine’s Day. Allegheny students could buy either of these for their friends, and sisters either delivered the Hershey kisses to their mailbox, or sang a song to the person who received the song gram. All the money raised went toward our national philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental (RIF). Also for RIF, in December Gamma Rho co-hosted a philanthropy dance party with The Men of Colored Advancement Association (MOCAA). In the spring, KKG partnered with Kappa Alpha Theta to host an open mic night on campus. During this event, girls from both sororities, as well as students from all over campus, showed off their musical talents on stage. The money donated was split between Kappa and Theta, and donated to each of our respective philanthropies. Gamma Rho chooses to support our local Head Start foundation as part of our philanthropy efforts. We raise money for and donate time to the foundation. In November, we had sisters take time to go to Head Start to assist families in taking Christmas card photos. The sisters played with the children while the parents made preparations and then assisted the photographer in making the children laugh and smile for photos. One of our favorite events with Head Start through the years which takes place in December, is the co-hosted Holiday party with Head Start on Allegheny's campus. Here, the families with their children get to eat food, decorate cookies, do fun crafts and take cute photos. Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support? We choose to support Head Start because they are an amazing Federal Government preschool program for low income households in our community. They provide early childhood education in addition to offering other services supporting children's health, growth and development. Since Reading Is Fundamental is so dear to our hearts, we love supporting this local organization, which also promotes early childhood education, and improving literacy rates, which can be connected to higher success rates in adulthood. Chapter Facility:In what kind of a facility does your chapter meet? Please attach a clear photo of where you typically hold chapter meetings – whether in a classroom, chapter house or elsewhere. ==Highlights of 2023== Our sisters of Gamma Rho have welcomed the New Year by preparing for recruitment in February. Nationally, we recently adopted a new positional structure. '''Philanthropy''':