Changes

Summarize the previous calendar year, scholarships, group honors/awards, Convention awards, traditions, special events, philanthropic involvement, chapter goals, and how your chapter operations changed because of COVID-19 (e.g., how did it affect recruitment, initiation, etc. Were events/activities held virtually?). In January, the year began with meetings with the whole chapter regarding Greek Week, and recruitment practices. Chapter meetings were held on each Monday at 7 pm and the Council met at 6 pm before the chapter meetings.The chapter participated in watching a movie together in the house in January as a sisterhood event. The chapter held a sisterhood event in Febuary February at Title boxing in East Lansing for sisters to join together in a kick boxing class. In FebuaryFebruary, the chapter purchased and donated books, writing supplies, and tools to The Boys and Girls Club in East Lansing for part of our philanthropic involvement. In March, Pre-COVID, the chapter held a fundraiser at Foster Coffee to raise money for our philanthropy. There was also a Zumba class for seniors to attend. Pre-COVID, the chapter joined together for Greek Week, where we joined up with two fraternities to raise money for The Boys and Girls Club. Sisters participated in rehearsing for song fest which is a campus tradition where members in Greek life pair together and come up with dances for many weeks, before it was cancelled due to COVID. Sisters also were eager to donate and participate in The Greek Day of service in March, before it was cancelled, but continued to donate. The chapter also planned and organized Kappa Carinval Carnival which is our chapters Philantrhopy Philanthropy event that other sororities and fraterntiies fraternities come to at the Kappa house to raise money for our philanthropy, but was not able to happen due to COVID. The chapter had planned for a Mom’s Day at the end of March which was cancelled due to COVID. During the COVID-19 lockdown, the council continued to meet to work together and plan for a virtual semester and for the upcoming Fall semester. In May, the chapter sent in videos to make one large video for the seniors who were graduating, and gifted them a basket with gifts inside. During this time, the chapter had virtual meetings to discuss recruitment, rirtual ritual training, and Bid Day for the fall semester. The chapter decided on a theme of Hello Kappa, and began preparing for recruitment by learning about how to talk with girls, the ritual songs of Kappa Kappa Gamma, and how to present yourself. In August, when the chapter returned to campus, we began preparing for recruitment by having several virtual meetings. With virtual recruitment, there came a lot of changes.The president and recruitment chairs came up with guidelines, rules, outfits, and advice for this new way of recruitment. The chapter prepared to use Zoom while in bump groups to talk to the girls who were in recruitment. The chapter also created videos from girls living in the house to show around their rooms and favorite parts of the house/Kappa. Our philanthropy chair also created a virtual scrapbook video to show off our philanthropy. In September, Kappa Kappa Gamma welcomed 43 new members. The process of recruitment went very smoothly. In October, our chapter worked with another fraternity Phi Gamma Delta in a competition to raise money for our philantrhopiesphilanthropies, where we would all participate in a 5k race. The race was cancelled because of COVID, but thousands of dollars was raised. In November, the 43 new members were intiated initiated virtually where alumnai alumnae joined as well. The intiation initiation process lasted about an hour long and was done by the Chapter President, The Marshall, and The New Member Chair.The 150th anniversary of Kappa Kappa Gamma was celebrated with a virtual zoom call to share experiences In November, we also installed our new council for 2021.

Why did the chapter choose this organization? The chapter chose these organizations because we support all three philanthropies throughtout throughout the year in different ways. We support The Kappa Kappa Gamma foundation because they encourage the sisters to get involved and fund aid to sisters and who need financial support. We support Reading is Fundamental because as sisters we can make a difference by helping underserved undeserved kids learn to read and provide them with books. We are able to provide kids with support with their literacy issues and provide proactive solutions. We support the Keifer Foundation because it is very personal to one of our own sisters whose family created the foundation. We support this foundation because it helps spread awareness for the dangers of distracted driving and this foundation brings the sisters together.

Diversity, Equity, and InclusionHow did your chapter include diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in your programming this year? (e.g., adding a DEI officer, philanthropy events, social media awareness campaign, chapter training, etc.). We included diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatuves initiatives in our programming this year by having a diversity, equity, and inclusion chairwoman on our council. She will be working alongside her committee of members from each grade and class in the chapter to bring the chapter closer. She will be having conversations and holding meetings regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is coming up with ideas for educational lessons for the chapter. We also participate in the campus community programs regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Our chapter celebrated Kappa’s 150th anniversary by having a zoom meeting with alumni Starting in January Sesquicentennial Celebration2021, the new council of Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Gamma Chapter took on their new roles. Our How chapter was put on probation in December, so it was a big transition in beginning our journey towards creating a stronger chapter and getting off of probation. Our council had zoom meetings with Nationals within the first couple weeks of January going over our action plan for the semester. We had goals for our chapter to create a more respectful environment, working on following rules and creating guidelines, working together on exercises and activities, to build our communication skills, and creating sisterhood events to make our chapter more united. Within January, we started having meetings regarding Greek week and recruitment practices for spring recruitment. Our recruitment was held at the end of January where we were able to add 7 members to our chapter. This was done on zoom. Chapter meetings were held on zoom each Monday at 7 pm. Council meetings were held at 6 pm on Sunday’s. Our chapter collected donations of books, writing supplies, and food for the boys and girls club of East Lansing. The chapter had a sisterhood event during the semester where the chapter went bowling together. The chapter joined with Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity by creating sweatshirts for Team Continue to raise money for one of their philanthropies. The chapter joined together for Greek Week where we were paired with two fraternities to raise money for the Boys and Girls club. Sisters participated in making blankets with the fraternities to donate and rehearsing for song fest which is a campus tradition where members in Greek life pair together to come up with dances for many weeks and raise money for philanthropies. Another important philanthropic event our chapter hosted was the drive in movie for one of our Philanthropies The Kiefer Foundation which is very special to our chapter because it was created by two sisters in our chapter. The drive in movie was in East Lansing and the movie was the parent trap. Sweatshirts for the foundation were sold, alongside tickets that were available for anyone to purchase. Many people attended this event with people in both Greek life and not. In March, the 7 new members of Kappa Kappa Gamma were initiated on zoom, with the president, new member chair, and marshal. In April, we had the senior send off event held outside of the Kappa house with food and their senior gifts. It was very special and the seniors all had matching hats and enjoyed their time. When the semester was finished, the chapter continued to have zoom calls regarding our upcoming fall recruitment, sisterhood zooms, and planning for our upcoming year with philanthropy events, and other events we wanted to have at Kappa. The chapter council continued to meet every week to discuss our action plan and our goals for the upcoming year while trying to get off of probation. During this time the chapter continued to meet and work together to plan our recruitment schedule, bid day, and have ritual trainings. Our chapter decided on our bid day theme as 1800-Kappa, text me when you go Kappa and we began having virtual recruitment practices with learning about how to talk to PNM’s during recruitment, the ritual songs sung during recruitment, and how to present yourself. In August, we began having in person recruitment practices held at the Kappa house. We were preparing for virtual days and in person days. We practiced talking to other girls, learning and singing the songs, the layout and orientation of where everyone would be during recruitment, and organizing our bump groups. Our philanthropy chair created a video used during our virtual philanthropy day to show off our amazing philanthropies. During our recruitment practices, we did your a lot of team building activities and had a workout with a trainer during our practice to allow our sisters to stay active and let out some stress. Our chapter celebrate also attended the virtual zoom recruitment speaker session to prepare for recruitment. In September, Kappa's 150th anniversary? Share Kappa Gamma welcomed 54 new members. The recruitment process went very smoothly and we did not get fined at all during it which was very awesome for our chapter. In September, our chapter held a fundraiser and philanthropy event at the LugNuts baseball stadium in Lansing for the Kiefer Foundation where tickets were sold to anyone who wanted to come, and hats were sold with the Kiefer Foundation logo on them to raise donations. The two sisters in our chapter who created this philanthropy were able to be on the field with their parents to talk about their foundation and it was very special. It was a huge turn out for the game which was amazing. In October, our chapter attended other philanthropy events for other chapters to show our support. We also had a virtual sisterhood event on zoom to get to know the new members. In November, the inspiration week began for the chapter preparing for initiation. In November, the 54 new members of Kappa Kappa Gamma were initiated in person at the Kappa house during two days. The first day was the fireside service, and the second day was a combined service of the red and white room. In November, our council sent in applications for the awards for the Greek life gala where we …… In November we held a philanthropy event at an art studio for our chapter along with anyone who bought a ticket to raise money for our new philanthropy Mental Health America. In late November the council prepared for the slating of the new council where applications were filled out by chapter members for each position. The New council was slated.Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, The Kiefer Foundation, Mental Health America. The chapter chose to support these organizations because we support all three philanthropies throughout the year in different ways. Our chapter loves supporting multiple philanthropies because we believe there is a lot that we can do and help create changes in different ways for different organizations. We support the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation because it encourages sisters to get involved within the chapter and nationally for Kappa Kappa Gamma, and fund aids to sisters, and provide financial support. We think It is very important to help our sisters and provide the care and assistance for them. We support the Kiefer Foundation because it is a foundation that was created by the family of two of our sisters which makes it even more special. We support this foundation because it helps spread awareness of the dangers of distracted driving and the consequences that can occur because of distracted driving. This foundation brings our chapter together because we support our sisters very much and want to do as much as we can to prevent distracted driving and make people aware of what you have done negative effects occur from it. This year we began supporting a new philanthropy, Mental Health America. We chose to support this philanthropy because mental health is so important for people and we as a chapter agreed that a lot of people are struggling in their lives, and we want to help those people in any way we can to make people feel better again. We are very excited to be supporting this yearnew philanthropy because our chapter values staying connected, asking the hard questions about how we are doing, and being there for one another to make sure our mental health is good. Our chapter celebrated supports Kappa’s 150th anniversary Philanthropy by funding aids to sisters to support and assistance them financial support. .We included diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in our programming this year by having a zoom meeting DEI officer on our council. She worked alongside her committee of members from our chapter in each pledge class to bring the chapter closer together and have an understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion in our chapter and in life in general. She has had many conversations and held presentations during chapter for all members regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion by providing facts and examples. She attends meetings with the University to gain more knowledge on these subjects and to bring more information about it to our chapter. She has come up with many educational lessons for the chapter and has had our chapter go through training. Our chapter participates in the campus community programs regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. She also posts on social media on our Kappa Instagram to further people’s awareness of these topics. Our chapter operations were affected by COVID-19. Our events and activities were held with a mixture of both in person and virtual. Our spring recruitment was done virtually along with the initiation of the new members. It went smoothly on Zoom. Our recruitment in the fall was held both virtually and in person. I believe it went very smoothly for both virtual and in person. The in-person recruitment was very special with singing the ritual songs, doing the door chant, and being able to talk with alumi PNM’s face to face. All chapter members and PNM’s had to wear masks at all times. Our initiation service for the new members in the fall was held in person in between two days. The fireside service was held on Friday night, and the combined service of the red and white room was held on Saturday Morning. The combined service was split into two groups of about 25 members in each service because of COVID-19 guidelines and to make the space less full so people were most distanced. It was a very special service for the new members and I believe having it in person really gave the new members a true understanding and importance of our chapters ritual. Our philanthropy events have been held in person which has made attendance numbers very high. We have followed and current members of the chapter to celebrate Kappa Kappa Gamma and share our experiences and the memories we have made. We also posted on our social media accounts with current members and alumni sharing our best memories of Kappa Kappa Gamma, why we love Kappa, and what Kappa has brought to our lives. People were able to speak about the friends they have made and the opportunities it has brought them.