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For a few years now, our Epsilon Epsilon chapter has worked with Girls Academy, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), and Our House. For Girls Academy we do this program every other year. We have mentoring events each semester with the same girls, which include attending basketball games, a pen pal program, and a weekend sleepover. For RIF we organize Reading is Key once a year with a book drive and we donate most of our money to this organization. Reading Is Fundamental has been an organization that our chapter has supported for years and our girls are continuously supportive and love helping out with RIF. Some of our programs that we do with Girls Academy are new and are girls really love them! Last December we had a weekend sleepover event at the school, and I think our girls loved it just as much as the middle school girls did. We have another similar event coming up in March like this one. With Our House, we typically volunteer with the kids at this homeless shelter every other week and organize other events, like holiday parties, with them.
==Highlights of 2018==
Overall, this past year has been an exceptional one for the ladies of the Epsilon Epsilon Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma.We started the year off welcoming 35 incredible young women into our sorority. After an incredible semester filled sisterhood events, philanthropy events such as girls academy, and new member education chapters; these young women were officially initiated into the organization. Since welcoming our newest sisters, the women of Kappa have been leaders across campus both within Kappa and in their own endeavors. From Emily Sharp organizing an incredibly successful Girls Academy, Lauren Karr and Chelsea Leversedge representing our chapter at convention, and Ellie Dunnigan having an incredible time at Leadership Academy, our sisters have truly shown their dedication and excitement towards our organization as a whole. Outside of Kappa, these women are leaders in research with our graduated seniors having completed exemplary theses in their areas of expertise. The Epsilon Epsilon Chapter as a whole is incredibly active on Emory's campus. From starting their own organizations on campus, being leaders for Emorys community service programs, being student ambassadors and orientation leaders, and lighting up the stage in Emory Dance Company performances, these women are exceptionally talented and passionate individuals who constantly are making a difference on our campus. That being said the passion of these women is not solely limited to happenings at Emory; with an incredibly important election taking place this semester, we witnessed many women not only exercising their right to vote but also canvassing and interning with local governors and officials.
As far as chapter goals and challenges are concerned, our main goal this year was to improve communication within the chapter, particularly between Chapter Council and the rest of the organization. We did so by increasing transparency by announcing projects that were in the works during weekly chapter meetings, having open chapter council sessions, in addition to relaying more work to each of our committees in order to increase involvement and enthusiasm in chapter procedures. This year as a chapter we became much more enthusiastic about chapter events due to an increase in our prioritizing of committees. Each officer truly utilized their committee to the fullest and ensured that everyone in the chapter felt that they were needed and valued.
Ultimately, this year was one of great growth for the chapter and I am truly constantly in awe of these incredible women. I have incredibly high hopes for what the chapter can accomplish and cant wait to see what lies ahead for the spectacular women of the Epsilon Epsilon Chapter in the coming year.
[[File:Epsilon Epsilon Sisterhood Event.jpg|thumb|Epsilon Epsilon Sisterhood Event]]
'''Philanthropy'''
Reading is Fundamental, Winship Cancer Institute, and Radloff Middle School (Girls Academy)
==Highlights of the 2020s:==
