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From chapter’s History Report: Scholarship, group honors/awards, traditions, special events, changes on campus or within chapter, overall nature of the chapter, chapter goals, challenges and how they were overcome, etc.:
Events in 2011 included: Big Barn Bash and Sapphire Ball. Build a Block (a program to build housing for families of employees of the University)
The year of 2012 was filled with many exciting events and accomplishments for Epsilon Gamma chapter. In January and February, we participated in Spring Recruitment. Dinners at the house, a s'mores night, and a Gossip Girl viewing party were among the different recruitment events. After Spring Recruitment we were proud to gain eleven new memebers. Our spring bid day theme was, "If you're one of us, then roll with us" and the chapter went to a roller skating rink for a night of fun and bonding. The chapter held the Blue and Blue Banquet and Initation for the new members on March 16th and 17th.
In February, many girls in the chapter took part in the UNC Dance Marathon, which is a 24 hour event that benefits the UNC Children's Hospital. On March 23rd, the chpater hosted a philanthropy event with Kappa Alpha Order named "Q for the Cause." A barbeque was served on the quad with live bands for entertainment, and the event raised $700 for UNC's Relay for Life. A team of Kappas represented the chapter during Relay for Life in April, which benefits the American Cancer Society. Due to the chapter's dedication to philanthropy, the chapter was honored to receive the Betty Ann Hancock Award for Community Involvement.
The chapter also enjoyed several social functions throughout the semester such as mixers with Kappa Alpha Order, Delta Upsilon, and Pi Labmda Phi. Other events included a Heartbreaker's themed date function, a Grab-A-Date event at Player's Club, Preformal, and of course, Formal. The Sapphire Ball was held at a very exclusive location, the Blue Zone at Kenan Stadium on March 31st. The chapter continued to strengthen our sisterhood with activities such as making Valentine's Cards for a retirement home in February and a Mardi-Gras themed pancake dinner in March.
On September 27th, we hosted a Kappasta dinner at the Kappa house to raise money for earlier.org. There was a great turnout, and we raised $1,400! The following Sunday, we hosted the 14th annual Tar Heel Trot 5K at The Old Well. Everyone had a great time running together and raising breast cancer awareness. Through race registration and t-shirt sales, we raised over $7,500 for Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test and the Carolina Parents Fund.
October was a busy month for our chapter. Our new member class went on a pledge class retreat on October 5h to Camp New Hope for a night of fun and strengthening sisterhood. On October 13th, we celebrated Founder's Day with a brunch at the house. We had several alumnae join with us in reminscing about the fraternity's history and sharing own personal Kappa memories. The Blue and Blue Banquet and Initiation were held on October 26th and 27th, and we were overjoyed to officially welcome our new sisters. For the remainder of the semester, the chapter continued to participate in both social and sisterhood activities. Our sisters had tons of fun during our mixers with Delta Sigma Phi and Pi Lambda Phi as well as our annual Informal. A sisterhood ice-skating event kept us relaxed during exam week. Also, we painted mugs and wrote Christmas cards for residents of a local retirement home. Our chapter is very proud of our growth and accomplishments of the past calendar year, and we hope to continue growing in 2013.
In the past year, there have been several changes at the UNC Chapel Hill campus. A few key events include our national champion women'''Chapter Convention Awards:''' s soccer team, the resignation of Chancellor Holden Thorp, the approval of gender-neutral housing, and visits from President Obama, Michelle Obama and Jimmy Fallon. There were also unfortunate changes at the UNC campus. The untimely death of fellow Greek student David Shannon devastated the community. The community responded by setting up the David Shannon Memorial Fund in his memory and organizing events to raise money for the fund.
The overall nature of our chapter has been strengthened this past year. One example is the improvement of our academic excellence. For the Fall 2011 semester, our chapter GPA was 3.224. We were ranked 10 out of 11 Panhellenic chapters and 23 out of all 54 fraternities and sororities. However, for the Spring 2012 semester the GPA was 3.330, and we advanced to 4 out of 11 Panhellenic chapters and 7 out of 54 fraternities and sororities. Additionally, our philanthropy involvement has been very strong. In Fall 2012 alone, our chapter completed over 5,000 hours of service and volunteer work.
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