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We chose these organizations because they are directly related to the community that we are a part of in San Diego. Most importantly, it gives our chapter the opportunity to interact with the children of the center and make a bigger impact than just writing a check. It allows us to create lasting relationships with the centers and foundations as well as with the victims that are a part of it. By having and fostering this relationship, it motivates our chapter to work harder to get the best possible outcome. It is such a privilege and an incredible opportunity to meet those we help. Also, there is an added bonus of being able to spread youth literacy amongst the San Diego Youth Services children as well. We also give them a book in their goody bags when they attend Kappa Karnival and we are planning to set up a tutoring program where women in the chapter visit the SDYS once a month to read to the children. We will continue to work with these organizations and look forward to what 2016 will bring.
==Highlights of 2016==
This past year at UCSD's Greek awards, we won Panhellenic President of the Year, and Outstanding Panhellenic Chapter of the Year. Also, we won Philanthropy of the Year for all our hard work put into Kappa Karnival! We are very proud of our members and our chapter, and honored to be recognized by our Greek community.
At Kappa Convention, we also won the Panhellenic Award for having such positive panhellenic contact in our Greek community, and we got honorable mention for our academic excellence and our recruitment.
This past year, some of our chapter goals were to have a better understanding of our chapter's rituals and traditions, as well as utilize our committees for different officer's positions. We accomplished those goals this year by starting "Marshal-mellow of the Week," where our Marshal would have a fun quiz or fact about our chapter's history. It was a great way to engage the members of our chapter and get them excited about all of Kappa's history. We also engaged in several ritual reviews throughout the year to better familiarize ourselves with Kappas traditions. Our chapter council officers reached out to their committees and delegated tasks to the members of each group, which made event planning and organizing much smoother. Each committee would meet one a week or once a month to discuss the issues, deadlines, and tasks they needed to complete.
Additionally, one of our members, Andrea, had the opportunity to work on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign over the summer in Ohio. She applied her knowledge and experience in Political Science to pursue something she is very passionate about. We are very proud of her for following her dreams and aspirations at a national level!
Overall, it was a very successful year for our chapter and we are looking forward to another year of memories and achievements!
University of California, San Diego is an incredibly diverse school, with students from all over the world involved in different campus wide organizations. Recently, our campus has been over admitting students and the freshman classes are starting to get much bigger. We have women in our chapter involved in residential life, serving as resident assistants that help those new students get acclimated to college life. We also have women serving as orientation leaders, who guide freshman through a seminar, teaching new students everything they need to know about our ever growing university. Since our school is one of the lead public research universities in the country, and is making more and more discoveries through research and experimentation, we have numerous Kappas involved involved in research labs on campus, working side by side with professors who are conducting studies in all areas of math, science, social science, and the arts and humanities. For the past two years, Kappa has also participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade held in downtown San Diego. Our chapter is proud to march with other members of our university and our community to show our support and appreciation.
Our chapter has been historically known for supporting San Diego Youth Services, which is a center in San Diego that helps at risk youth by providing them with food, shelter, and educational services. Our chapter pairs with SDYS for Reading is Key, as well as our philanthropy Kappa Karnival. For Reading is Key, the women of our chapter took a day trip to SDYS, and donated books to the children. We spent the day reading and writing with the kids at the center, helping to get them excited about their future and education. For Kappa Karnival, we invited the families from SDYS to our campus to participate in a stress-free day of fun for the kids, including carnival games, face painting, and free food provided by Kappa Kappa Gamma and the Greek community as a whole at UCSD. A large portion of the money we raised from Kappa Karnival went to benefit the children of SDYS. This year, we also held our first annual GIRLS Academy, and we partnered with the Preuss School at UCSD. The Preuss school is a middle school for children of low-income families, who are planning to be the first members of their family to go to college. We spent an amazing weekend with the girls of Preuss, and did hands on work with the young girls covering an array of different topics, such as beauty, self confidence, and education. The women of our chapter were moved by the growth they witnessed in those girls that weekend, and we are looking forward to our next successful GIRLS Academy experience.
Our chapter chose to support SDYS in order to help promote youth literacy for kids who don’t always have the opportunities or resources to better their education. Youth literacy is a cause that is very important to our chapter and our organization as a whole. We were honored to partner with Preuss Acadamy as well, since their school is right on our university's campus. We value education and strive to inspire others to achieve any goals they may have, especially the young ladies of Preuss.
Our chapter meets on campus, either in classrooms or the main recreational center on our campus. We usually meet in a large conference style room in UCSD's Rec Center, called Rimac. The Green Room is very accommodating, providing eighty plus chairs for our chapter's use, as well as a projector and screen to show the powerpoint slides our chapter council uses to present important information to the rest of our chapter.
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