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(Information from Throughout the year of 2018, the Gamma Zeta chapter history reports, scholarship, group honors/of Kappa Kappa Gamma has thrived and been successful in completing a number of goals. This past year we have received a variety of awards, traditionshosted two successful philanthropy events, special and welcomed home an amazing new pledge class. Our social and philanthropic eventsand involvement on campus are very important to our members and we were all very excited for a new semester to begin in January. When we returned back to school, changes spring classes began on January 10th. Our transitional meeting to welcome in the new Chapter Council was held the following Saturday on campus or within January 13th and our first chapterof the new year was held on Monday, January 15th. During the first few months back, our youngest pledge class attended rookie recruitment practices on Sundays beginning in February with our recruitment chair, Claire Gordan, in order to familiarize them with song, rules, overall nature and the do's and don't of formal recruitment in the chapterfall. Our Marshal, Allie Kelley, chapter goalsalso held a handful of ritual reviews that began in February, challenges for the newest pledge class to become informed about initiation and how they were overcome, etcchapter ritual.)
'''Philanthropy:'''==Highlights of 2020==
'''Convention Awards:''' This year our chapter introduced a DEI committee to educate our chapter. They held presentations at chapter meetingto promote diversity and inclusion within our chapter. We educated new members on theimportance of acceptance and love. All members attended the Ross Lawrence presentation whicheducated us on the history of Greek life’s founding. We were educated on the inherent racism in Greek life and how we can work to change it. We also reviewed the importance of accepting the LGBTQ+ community. One of our sisters who is amember of that community, shared some of her experiences with bias against her because of her sexuality and she educated the chapter on the importance of acceptance and inclusion. We also had a presentation on the importance ofmental health. As a chapter we were able to have an open dialogue about our mental health and theimportance of seeking help. This presentation/discussion was led by Zach Westerbeck, a well knownmental health speaker.
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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1920|01|03}}
|College= [httphttps://www.arizona.edu/ University of Arizona]
|Location= Tucson, AZ
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'''University of Arizona, established in 1885'''
Our chapter meets in our chapter room located in the Kappa House. We have one of the largest chapters at the University of Arizona and we are very excited that we can fit all of our women in our newly built chapter room that now has a sound system and a projector for easy hearing and viewing purposes during Chapter.
==Highlights of 2020s:2018==
Throughout the year there were multiple opportunities for volunteering such as Ronald McDonald House, Girl Scouts of America, Special Olympics, and serving at school carnivals. Our philanthropy chair, Kelsey Hodge, encouraged our members and was very adamant about giving back to our local community in Tucson and at the University of Arizona. On February 16th-18th we had our Mom's Weekend where we offered a variety of activities for members and their moms. We offered a mother-daughter spin class taught by one of our members, rented out a restaurant for everyone to mingle, and hosted a beautiful brunch made by our chefs in our Kappa house. The next weekend, on February 24th, we had our annual spring Formal, which was a great success and all of the members were so excited to attend. After returning back from spring break on March 11th, we began the final preparations for our spring philanthropy, Hoops for Hope. Our members were were excited to make basketball teams and promote the hot dog eating contest we held at Kappa the night before the event. This year, we voted to support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention because of the tragic impact suicide had on two of our sisters' family.On March 24th we held our annual Hoops for Hope event which is a 3 on 3 basketball game of the teams that our girls put together and coached. We raised over $30,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
On August 4th and 5th, everyone returned back to school to begin practicing for recruitment during Work Week. Our Formal Recruitment began on August 12th and finished with Bid Day on August 19th where we welcomed 111 lovely new members into our chapter. The theme for this year was "The Ride of Your Life" and was inspired by Harley Davidson. Everyone had a great time taking picture, celebrating, and dancing during the day. Right after the Bid Day celebration, the new members were brought back to the Kappa house where they were given a brief history, rules, and expectations of the Gamma Zeta chapter. The first day of classes began August 20th. No significant changes have happened on our campus during this year, but the University of Arizona continues to be a safe and beautiful campus that we are all thankful to attend. The warm weather gives us the opportunity to take advantage of our campus pool, participate in outdoor sports, or simply sit outside and do homework year round. Our chapter is located in a very convenient spot that is close to majority of classroom buildings, University Boulevard, and the Student Union. This allows all our members, whether they live in or not, to come around often and spend time in our beautiful house before they have to run to class again. While we didn't have any new construction on our chapter's house, we did come back from summer break to find that our living room had been redone and the paint on the exterior of the house had all been made the same uniform color. Nobody knew that these updates were happening to the house and everyone was very excited upon our return. Our chapter also welcomed a new house mom, Kelly, this year. Kelly has been so helpful, supportive, and involved this semester and has had such a positive impact on our chapter and members. We supported Reading is Fundamental because it is our national philanthropy and we host a food philanthropy event every fall to donate money to this organization. We also chose to support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in the spring because two of our sisters had recently been greatly affected by the death of a close family friend as a result of suicide. We were so honored to be able to support our Kappa sisters, the Dusses, by raising money for an organization that could provide the help and resources that their family friend did not have. ==Highlights of 2019== Throughout 2019 Gamma Zeta thrived and was successful in completing a number of goals. We received a variety of awards, hosted two successful philanthropy events and welcomed home an amazing new member class. Throughout the term there were multiple opportunities for volunteering, such as Ronald McDonald House, Girl Scouts, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Spiders and Ciders. In February we had our Dad'Housing:'''s Weekend where we offered a variety of activities for members and their dads. There was a father-daughter workout class taught by one of our members, bowling, and a beautiful brunch at the Kappa house. In March we held our spring philanthropy, Hoops for Hope. Our members were excited to make basketball teams and promote the Kappa Carnival held the night before the event. Hoops for Hope, a 3 on 3 basketball tournament made up of teams our members put together and coached, raised over $32,000. The money will support Lighthouse for Hope, an organization that supports families dealing with pediatric cancer. This is a cause especially important to us because of a member of our chapter who dealt with pediatric cancer.
Our formal recruitment in August was very successful and we welcomed 122 new members. The theme for Bid Day was "Go Kappa! It's Your Bid Day" and was inspired by Kappa blue and blue. In October we held our Krispy Kreme with KKG event, where we sold doughnuts and chocolate milk to raise over $16,000 for Reading is Fundamental and the KKG Foundation. In addition we read to children at a local elementary school and did a book drive for the same school. In November, we held our initiation of our new members.
Gamma Zeta enjoyed our Founders Day brunch with our alumnae, recognizing our 50 and 65 year members. We are looking forward to the Fraternity's sesquicentennial as Gamma Zeta will celebrate its centennial year while the Fraternity celebrates its 150th anniversary.
This year our entire world was flipped upside down. Starting in March, our school and chapter events
went completely virtual. We held chapters on Zoom from March until December. We held a completely
virtual recruitment and gained a new member class of 105 women. Bid day was held over Zoom and so
was Big/Little Reveal. We wore masks around the house and almost every room in the house was
rearranged to allow for more social distancing. For the first time in a long time, the house was not filled
to capacity with live-in members. Sleeping porch rooms were rearranged to allow for less women
sleeping in the same space and were converted to two person rooms. House Board worked tirelessly to
allow us to safely return to our chapter house in the fall semester. Dividers were put in between sinks in
shared bathrooms to allow for physical distancing. Plexiglass was also installed in some sleeping rooms
between bunk beds. Initiation was held completely virtual as well as all Inspiration Week activities. The
initiation ceremony was a 35 minute condensed version of normal initiation. Alumni were invited to
join the Zoom to welcome our legacy members. All 105 new members that we started with were
initiated over Zoom. Our chapter also raised money for one of our housekeepers, Rosa, as her father
passed away from Covid-19 in November. We were able to donate $2,335 to go towards his funeral
costs. Even in a pandemic, we found a way to support one another.
We supported the Joyful Heart Foundation for our philanthropy this year. Our normal event is called Hoops for Hope in which we
host a basketball tournament to raise money for our organization. It was scheduled for late March of 2020 so unfortunately
our event was cancelled. We were still able to donate $12,000 to the organization through jersey sales.
This organization was brought to our attention when one of our dear sisters came to us with this
organization that supports survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. The cause was very near
to her heart and many of our sisters. This organization empowers and educates society to change the
negative perception of survivors of these horrendous events. The organization was started by
Mariska Hargitay, an actress who plays Olivia Benson on the show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
The contents of the script and the work she did to prepare for the role made her realize she wanted
to do more to help women who were victims of sexual assault. The organization’s mission is to
“transform society’s response to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, support survivors’ healing,
and end this violence forever.” As we all may know, on college campuses the
rate of sexual violence is high. This is a cause we can all get behind as many college women
experience this or know someone who has.
This year we held a virtual Founder’s Day celebration over Zoom. We had alumnae attend our Zoom meeting and
we held ritualistic activities in accordance with our bylaws. We also showed the Gail Owen 150 year
video provided by the Fraternity. The video told the story of many Kappa women and what being a Kappa
Kappa Gamma means to them, even after graduation. We had many alumnae attend over Zoom, even
more than we may have had in person. The one good thing about meeting virtually is almost
everyone is able to attend even if they are not in the area.
==Highlights of 2021==
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