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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 the 2020s==