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==Highlights of 2014==

Zeta Iota supported our local philanthropy, Susan G. Komen for Breast Cancer Awareness, by hosting Breast Cancer Awareness Week in October 2014, which included passing out lollipops with breast cancer facts, ribbons, baked goods and stickers to promote awareness. We received many donations and hosted a 3 on 3 Basket Ball Tournament appropriately called “Hoops for Hope” on campus where members of other chapters and organizations played and donated to the cause. Our sisters also worked to support Reading is Fundamental by sponsoring a Book Drive, the Monmouth Duo, with Pi Beta Phi.

Zeta Iota has encouraged the planning of a sisterhood event every month to promote bonding with sisters and to grow closer as a chapter. Prior to Breast Cancer Awareness Week in the fall, members of Zeta Iota gathered together at a sister’s house where we decorated cupcakes, tied ribbons, and bonded over the excitement of the upcoming week. In the spring of 2014, our outgoing Pledge Class Mom held a retreat for the new members. During this retreat, the new members grew closer together as sisters and learned more about what it means to be a member of this sorority. In the fall of 2014, the members of Zeta Iota attended a sisterhood event at Linvilla Orchards where we picked apples and went on hayrides, enjoying each other’s time together. With an LC visit in the fall of 2014 we carefully looked over the feedback later after her departure. It was stated that Zeta Iota’s strengths were Philanthropy, seeking advice and embracing change, and our Kappa pride. We were commended for our newly implemented and successful tutoring program where we traveled into Philadelphia every Friday during the Spring of 2014. Here, we helped the children prepare for their upcoming state exams and built relationships while doing so. Our areas of focus, or challenges, were Ritual and Sisterhood. In light of this, we have been embracing Ritual at every Chapter and thinking of new ways to engage and educate our members on the founding principles, ceremonies, and traditions that outline what it means to be a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. We continue giving special tokens at Chapter to members who have exemplified true Kappa sisterhood through the members favorite “Polished Kappa,” an award in which a member receives a nail polish for exemplifying a true Kappa. We continue to implement rewards like this for the girls' efforts, to emphasize the importance of sisterhood, and to let our members know that their actions do not go unnoticed.