Have You Marked February 5th on your calendar? Here is your reminder!

Alumnae Panhellenic of Tallahassee, Inc.

2011 Scholarship Awards Luncheon & Benefit Auction

Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 11 o’clock in the morning

Delta Zeta Sorority House * 749 West Jefferson Street

Bid on fabulous gift baskets, merchandise, edibles, live plants and more! After a delicious luncheon and awards ceremony, enjoy the exclusive live auction. Please respond no later than January 30, 2011 by mailing your check for $25.00 to:

Alumnae Panhellenic of Tallahassee, Inc.

Attn: Shelley Green

11387 Turkey Roost Road

Tallahassee, FL 32317

Note: Please indicate your sorority affiliation and if you would prefer a vegetarian meal.

Alumnae Chapter, business sponsored themed gift baskets and donations for the auction are needed. Contact President, Kathy Dilworth at Kathy.A.DilworthATgmailDOTcom

Florida's State Day

On years when we do not have our National Convention, states and regions gather to enjoy the society of their sisters, do a bit of training and, most importantly, have fun!

Let Amy or Jenn know if you can attend State Day for Florida this year. We can carpool if you like. We know all 7 collegiate chapters in the state will be there and we hope all 18 alumnae chapters will attend as well.

Save the Date!!!
2011 Florida State Day

Alumnae and collegiate chapter Executive Board members are invited to attend this fantastic event to meet or reunite with Alpha Chi’s from across the state and share ideas!

February 19, 2011 ★★★ 9:00am until 4:00pm

Ocala, Florida

Everything You Need to Know About State Day 2011

★Registration cost - $30 per person (including lunch and training materials)

★Registration deadline - Friday, February 4, 2011

★Overnight accommodations are available at
Holiday Inn
3600 SW 38th Avenue
Ocala, FL 34474

★Attire: Business or chapter attire

★Honor someone special in your life by donating to the Star Booth. Proceeds from the Star Booth will go to the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation.

★In honor of Hera Day (which is March 1), we will be collecting toiletries and baby supplies for the local Ocala domestic violence shelter.

★The Alpha Chi Omega Carnation Booth will be available. If you or your chapter have goods you would like to sell, please contact Amanda Causey, PCC or Lorraine Franckle, PAC.

DV and the workplace? Yes, there is a connection.

We talk about domestic violence shelters helping DV survivors; women & children trying to escape domestic violence; and signs for identifying and avoiding dating violence, but do you know it affects the workplace?

Kim Wells serves as the executive director for the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence, and her group won a fantastic donation last month from Hopeline© from Verizon to address this issue.

"According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), intimate partner violence victims lose a total of nearly 8 million days of paid work a year, the equivalent of more than 32,000 full-time jobs, and the cost of domestic violence to the U.S. economy is more than $8.3 billion. A 2005 national telephone survey by CAEPV found that 21 percent of full-time employed adults were victims of domestic violence and 64 percent of them indicated their work performance was significantly impacted." (from the CAEPV November 30, 2010 press release)


Amy and I were introduced to Kim Wells through her blog, http://domesticviolenceworkplace.blogspot.com/ and her tweets @kwells2416.

Personally, I'm thinking we should talk to Kim about alumnae initiation into Alpha Chi Omega. She embodies the ideal Real.Strong.Woman.

Thanks to Kim, we know today is a super important day on the calendar for Domestic Violence Awareness.

Today is Liz Claiborne Inc’s seventh annual It’s Time to Talk Day.

If you follow Twitter hashtags (#) you will find tweets about this day marked thusly #ITTTD

The website asks, “TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.”

We hope you appreciate AXΩ – ETE taking the opportunity to inform you about CAEPV, Kim Wells and #ITTTD.

Hall of Commitment = win ... Photos = fail

One of the great joys and honors for an alumnae chapter is to host Hall of Commitment (Third Degree of Initiation) for the senior and transfer collegians.

When opportunities arise for sisters to share in ritual, they remember The Bond that unifies them and the values they strive to uphold. One of our alumnae said it best on Sunday, "Every time I hear this ceremony I learn something new." How refreshing and exciting to remain inspired by ceremonies envisioned more than 100 years ago.

Sorry we forgot a camera to document the event, but we do want to recognize our sisters!

Thanks for giving of your time to help cultivate our future alumnae!
Barbara (Gamma Iota, UF)
Chelsie (Iota Psi)
Erin (Iota Psi)
Kim (Beta Eta)
Jenn (Theta Lambda)
Jennifer (Iota Psi)
Tara (Beta Eta)

Welcome to the Third Stage of Membership!
Julia A
Lindsey G
Sarah L
Katie W
You will be missed.

We hope this blog post inspires YOU to remember your pledge to Alpha Chi Omega. Live with Wisdom, Devotion and Achievement today!

Gifts for Alpha Chi Omega Bakers

With thanks to Iota Iota alumnae chapter (Seattle) and Lexi of Dishin with Edna, here are some gift ideas for the Alpha Chi Omega bakers in your life.

Cookie Cutters:

copper lyre cookie cutter from Aunt Holly Cookie Cutters $16

Greek letter tin cookie cutters from cheapcookiecutters.com $14.99 for the set

Individual cutters from BakeGreek $4.99 each or $94.99 for the whole Greek alphabet

Cookie Molds

One of four lyre mold designs available from Springerle Joy $26-39 each

Embellishments:

Star decorations from King Arthur Flour $4.95 for 8

White sugar pearls from King Arthur Flour $3.95

Do you know of other items we should include? Please let us know! Comments welcome and encouraged!

Steve Ellis Memorial Scholarship Run - Save the Date

Save the date for the Steve Ellis Memorial Scholarship Run, which will be held on Saturday, May 21st 2011.

Steve, a senior writer for the Tallahassee Democrat and Pi Kappa Alpha alumnus, died in November 2009. His wife Alpha Chi Omega Karen (Beta Eta, FSU) and his friends at the paper have joined together to honor his memory with a scholarship in his name at FSU. It will help deserving students studying sports journalism.

The run will be held on campus the weekend of the FSU-Clemson (Steve's alma mater) baseball series. Please mark your calendars and plan to run, walk or volunteer at the event!

Stay tuned for more information here or you can join the scholarship's Facebook group here.

Donations can be made at any time by sending a check to

Steve Ellis Memorial Scholarship Fund
Florida State University Foundation
2010 Levy Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2739

Turkey Trot - Run, Volunteer, Make a Difference for DVA

What could be more meaningful on Thanksgiving than incorporating family and helping others?

Fulfill that urge by running or walking in the 35th Annual Turkey Trot. Want to help "behind the scences"? They need volunteers also.

From the Gulf Winds Track Club website:
Since 2001 the main beneficiary of Turkey Trot proceeds has been the Refuge House. More than $70,000 has been raised for the Refuge House since that time. The mission of Refuge House is to provide direct services to battered women, their children and sexual assault survivors, as well as to work to eliminate the conditions in society that allow such violence to continue.

Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010

Turkey Gobbler 1 Mile Run/Walk - 8:00 a.m.

5K, 10K and 15K - 8:30 a.m.

November 21, 2010

Music Fest – 2:00 – 5:30 p.m. at Chez Pierre

A Musical Short Cut to the Starting Line Register and Pick up Packets