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There is no real specific reason that our chapter chose to support these organizations. We do, however, truly love each and every one of the ones that we do spend time with. Many girls, for example, have made it a weekly tradition to deliver the food to More than a Meal and spend time with the children there. With Young life, we have a yearly spaghetti dinner fundraiser with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on campus. This is a great way for students on campus to learn more about the Oxford Young life chapter.
==Highlights of 2016==
This past year has been an exciting time for the Delta Rho Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. We have increasingly become closer as a chapter, introducing a myriad of new sisterhood events, such as ornament painting, scrapbook crafting, a "sleepover" movie night, traveling to the pumpkin patch, and much more. Furthermore, our chapter's local philanthropy, Feed the Hunger, really took off this year - we hit a new record at the annual Pack-a-Thon event, packing a total of 170,160 meals! Pack-a-Thon is a wonderful event that brings together the entire community to pack food that we send with Feed the Hunger to ensure impoverished children around the world are fed.
Our philanthropy chair worked extremely hard putting this event together, and the Public Relations committee, along with entire chapter, worked tirelessly to spread the word and get the entire Ole Miss campus and Oxford community involved in this fun charity night. We even were extremely hands-on in our involvement with Feed the Hunger - 11 members of our chapter traveled to Haiti over spring break with FTH to deliver the meals and extra supplies to the children there. Also, 1 member travelled alone with FTH over the summer to Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka to deliver more packed meals and supplies. We are extremely proud of members who give up their breaks from school to support something much bigger than themselves; we are also very proud of the great efforts our chapter makes from home in supporting our local and worldwide philanthropies.
Furthermore, our national philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental, also hit new records - we donated more books to the local schools this past year than ever before. We also introduced two new philanthropy events benefitting Reading is Fundamental that took place at our chapter house. Last spring we hosted the first Kappa Con Queso, an event sporting a full nacho bar, mariachi music, festive decorations, and a photo booth. This past fall, we hosted the first Breakfast for Books, featuring a waffle bar. We also ran a raffle that benefitted Reading is Fundamental.
All three events were huge successes on our campus and we raised a large amount of money for RIF. One more amazing philanthropic event that began this year was the "Focus Cause of the Month" - each month, one member is selected to talk about a cause that is dear to her heart, and the chapter gets involved in either raising money, donating supplies to that charity, or simply supporting that sister in her endeavors in contributing to her cause. It has been great to watch our chapter come together to support each other in their personal endeavors.
This past calendar year, our chapter won the Civil Engagement Award at Greek Awards on the Ole Miss Campus. We also won the Honorable Mention Signature Event at Convention. Our chapter strives to push members to be involved on campus, and most of our members are involved with an outside club or honors society, or are volunteers in the community through other organizations.
Bid Day this year welcomed 129 amazing new members into our sisterhood! Our membership chairmen, their committee, and the entire chapter put so much effort into making our recruitment this year the best it has ever been, and we far exceeded our goals. Our chapter also had goals of improving and reaching new records in terms of philanthropy, and we achieved those goals by a landslide. Furthermore, our chapter has placed a large focus on improving our academics and our sorority GPA. Our GPA did improve, through the help of scheduled tutoring sessions, monitored study hours, and rewards for logging the most study hours and for retaining the highest grades all semester.
Our campus has seen many changes, in terms of the racial disputes going on around the country. We had several debates concerning the Confederate flag being flown on campus, gaining national recognition for some of these events. Ole Miss has also seen a large increase in enrollment this past year, requiring the construction of several new dorms for freshman; due to this massive influx of freshman women, we have also had a new sorority come to Ole Miss - Alpha Phi.
Our chapter is extremely close and very passionate about Kappa and about maintaining a good image on campus and in our community. We are very supportive of each other, and continually show each other love and compassion in ways that can only be achieved through such a close sisterhood. We challenge each other to be our best selves, and we push each other to do more for the campus and more for the community, not only as a way to improve the lives of those around us, but in order to grow as women in society and to better ourselves.
No matter what our members are doing, whether it's enjoying a delicious meal together in our dining room, attending a sisterhood event, studying all night for an exam, or simply hanging out on the couches watching TV, it is ensured that there is fun and laughter involved. Each of our members is unique, and that is what we all love about Kappa - it is not a one-size-fits-all group; but, because of these great differences, we bounce off of each other's qualities and characteristics, and it makes us a well-rounded chapter. Our chapter is quite large, so that requires a bit more planning and organization than smaller chapters, but we make it work and lean on each other so that we can run smoothly.
We raise money for Feed the Hunger and pack meals for them through the Pack-A-Thon community event each year. We also donated books to our local schools via Reading is Fundamental philanthropy events. Furthermore, we support More than a Meal, an organization in which community members can receive a free meal, toiletries, after school tutoring, and education on topics such as healthcare and wellness. Our chapter donates food each week to be served, and we also have several members that donate their time each week to volunteer at the event. Many members also volunteer with LeapFrog, an after-school tutoring and enrichment program each week.
Seeing as our two chapter organizations are Reading is Fundamental and Feed the Hunger, it only makes sense that our members are extremely passionate about education, literacy, and ending famine, both worldwide and locally. Our sisters love children, and strive to help these children of Oxford gain access to the best education as possible. Many members of our community are also suffering in poverty, and we are committed to doing our part to ensure that all of the people in Oxford can enjoy a hot meal during the week and can receive the basic necessities.
We meet in our chapter house, in the dining room. We are such a large chapter that the dining room is the only place where we can all fit.
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