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We still hold meetings in the chapter room of the Kappa house. Our President, Treasurer, and House Chairman have been strengthening the relationship with our chapter’s House Board. Two meetings were held between these chapter officers, the House Board, two chapter advisors, and Suzanne Giffen (a specialist of the Housing Committee from headquarters). As the House Board is in its second year of operation, we experienced some difficulties at the beginning, but collaboration and stronger communication skills have allowed for greater success.
==Highlights of 2018==
Delta Delta had another successful and empowering year! We welcomed twenty four new sisters during our Fall 2018 recruitment, who all bring diversity, strength and passion to our chapter. Our membership chairman, Kinza Hart, ensured that we executed our recruitment as effortlessly as possible and ensured that we got the best sisters we possibly could have. This year’s recruitment was as successful as ever, where we filled our chapter to capacity.
Our chapter has continued our traditions of Blue and Blue meeting during Inspiration Period and Black Formal meetings twice a month. We also have continued the tradition of “Lady Minerva”, the “Supportive Sister” bra, the “Fleurs-de-Lys and Broken Keys”, the “Hoots and Salutes” and our wonderful Vice President Academic Excellence, Karys Peterson-Katz, brought in a new tradition of “Smart Tea” and “Smarties of the week”. Our Vice President Standards, Mackenzie Akeson, was hard at work this year, ensuring our women were as supported as they could be and having weekly meetings with those who needed the support. Our VPS sisterhood event was a girl’s night in, with board games, personalizing a mug and a “do-it-yourself” hot chocolate station. Our corresponding secretary, Abby Jakus, sent out our weekly newsletter to our active members regarding our meeting attire as well as any fun Greek and Campus activities happening that week. This improved our attendance at campus events as well as our community involvement. Our Marshal, Kristina Conte, planned a new sisterhood event for Inspiration Week where we all participated in laser tag and she also found a venue where we were able to hold our initiation. This year, the master calendar was sent in by our Vice President Organization, Emily Yang, and we tried out a new way to give out committees. Our amazing LC came by and gave us great tips and pointers for the New Year and helped our Marshal with Rituals. Leadership day is in the works as the last thing our VPO is doing and will be ensuring that the transition will be as smooth and effortless as the previous years. This year some of our positions, such as Registrar, Flair Chair and Corresponding, are being absorbed by other positions so the combination and transition will be important.
The academics of the Delta Delta Chapter have never been better, as shown by the truly inspiring woman who have been working to their highest potential and encouraging their sisters to do the same. This semester our Vice President Academic Excellence, Karys Peterson-Katz, instituted "Kappa Koffee Dates" as a way of utilizing the house for warm group study sessions with coffee and snacks every Thursday. In addition, the women of Delta Delta sent in their 'Aspirational GPAs' at the start of the semester with the idea being that if they achieve their goal they receive a wonderful prize. Furthermore, the Delta Delta women participated in a Library Crawl that allowed them to visit study spaces they had never considered before and expand their views on what habits work best for them! Finally, Karys also held multiple workshops for mental health services and healthy living practices during finals in order to ensure each sister was able to succeed and receive support and guidance. The 2018 year brought new traditions of giving out Smarties to celebrate the woman who studied the most and encouraged others to join her. She also incorporated the specialized Period of Concern terms for each individual to help improve their areas of weakness and to individualize it to the women’s personal life.
This year was super fun for Philanthropy! Our Philanthropy Chairmain, Caitlin Durcan, started off the winter 2018 semester by writing Valentine’s Day cards to the local Montreal Children’s hospital spreading all the love we can. Kappa Kappa Gamma and the Zeta Psi Fraternity also combined our effort and collected clothing and canned foods that helped support Sun Youth Organization, a non-profit organization that helps provide an array of services for underprivileged youth in Montreal. The winter 2019 semester with a bake sale that helped raise over $200 for First Book Canada.
During the Fall 2018 semester, we joined McGill’s “Right To Play” spinathon in which we beat our donation goal and were able to go beyond what we initially aimed for. Our main event of the fall semester was having an event at Spin Energy which is a local spin studio right in our Milton Park community. From our ticket sales and donations, we raised $950! Individual members also participated in other organizations events like Sigma Chi’s Derby Days, Gamma Phi Beta’s Moonball, and other non- Greek activities like volunteering and fundraising for additional charities. The energy and participation from the Greek-community, our kappa sisters and McGill community members has been beyond anything we have seen before and allowed our Philanthropy to go beyond our expectations.