June Happy Hours

The CAKD social committee has planned weekly happy hours for the month of June! Please meet at the following locations at 5:30pm. Check outside first, if the weather is nice.

Friday, May 29th - Creegan's Irish Pub --301 Main St, North Little Rock

Thursday, June 4 - Cajun's Warf --2400 Cantrell Rd, Little Rock

Friday, June 12 - El Porton --12111 W Markham St, Little Rock

Thursday, June 18 - Boscos --500 President Clinton Ave Ste, Little Rock

Friday, June 26 - West End Smokehouse & Tavern --215 N Shackleford Rd, Little Rock

If you have any questions, contact Amanda Pace at bemanna@hotmail.com.

June Lunch Bunch

The Central Arkansas Kappa Delta Alumnae Association is having its June Lunch Bunch on Thursday, June 25. This is a family-friendly event that will take place at the Chick-fil-A (http://www.cfawestmarkham.com/) 6201 W. Markham, Little Rock, AR 72205.

With school out for the summer, and many MDO programs out as well; CAKD thought this might be the best way to get together. We'll meet up starting at 11:15 (before the crowds start coming in), but will be there through 12:30. For questions about this event, contact Rachel at centralarkansaskd@hotmail.com

Kudos for our KD Sisters

For each monthly newsletter we will try to focus on a couple of our CAKD sisters doing great things in their community and career fields. Feel free to share your or a sisters accomplishment by sending an e-mail to centralarkansaskd@hotmail.com.

Kelly Givens Harbert (Delta Zeta)– was in the paper for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society Guild’s Symphony Designer House. She serves on the board of directors of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.

Cristina Broomas Easterling (Zeta Gamma) – her student pharmacy group, which she has served as president, won the best collegiate pharmacy group at their recent convention.

Summer Events

- June (TBA) – Happy Hour
- June 27-July 1 – Kappa Delta National Convention, Orlando, FL
- July 29th – Recruitment Goodie Bags / Reference Meeting
- July 31st-August 2nd – Zeta Gamma Early Years Reunion in KD house in Fayetteville (contact Stephanie Chaney for more information at kdhousecorp@hotmail.com).
- August (TBA) – Lunch Bunch and Happy Hour
- TBA -- Longwood Event (AA’s from Zeta, KD, Alpha Sig, and Tri-Sig). Preliminary thoughts are to have a family event at a Little Rock area pool. The Zetas and KDs are trying to get the other sororities interested in the event.
- September – National Women’s Friendship Month / Secret Sister
In celebration of NWFM, CAKD with help facilitate a secret sister exchange for the active CAKD members (and others who would like to participate). We’ll send you 4 postcards to send to your secret sis during the month of September, and you can do other things to let your sister know that you are thinking about her. We’ll have a secret sis reveal party at the end of the month

May 2009 Newsletter

Rachel’s Ramblings
If you are like me, you can’t wait for summer to get here! Heading out for vacation, taking the kids to the pool and some relaxation are on my agenda for this summer. The CAKD officers hope that you have a nice, relaxing start to the summer – but don’t forget about your beloved Kappa Delta. I’ve attached a quick update on all things Central Arkansas Kappa Delta. As always, feel free to get in touch with my by e-mail at centralarkansaskd@hotmail.com.

May Lunch Bunch
5 KDs met for lunch at Pei Wei in Little Rock on May 14th for a quick bite to eat. We hope that you can come out to one of our future lunch bunch or happy hour events.

UALR
CAKD has no new report from nationals about the upcoming colonization at UALR. However, we expect to hear more throughout the summer, and especially after convention and the new CDC’s begin their duties.

The Scholarship committee has begun discussing the UALR scholarship that the Central Arkansas KD AA is going to help get started. We have completed the criteria, and now will begin the process of finding ways to fund the scholarship. There is still room on the committee for you, so please let us know if you are interested in helping us with the scholarship.

Panhellenic Tea / Little Rock Potential New Members
The panhelleic tea was held on April 26th, and that can only mean one thing for us – The reference book will start to be filled up with the potential new members from the Little Rock area. Please send an e-mail to centralarkansaskd@hotmail.com if you are able to help us out with references from specific schools, churches, or community groups.

KD Magazine Agency
You may have received an e-mail about this, but the Kappa Delta Foundation is wrapping up sales for year end on June 30th. They are still short of their $500,000 goal, and would love some help from the Alumnae. You can help out our local Alumnae Association by using the pull down menu and finding “Central Arkansas,” or you can help support any other chapter (but all the money raised goes to the Kappa Delta Foundation, and not individual chapters or AA’s) Click Here for a link to all the magazines that are available.


CAKD Officers
During the past month we added two new officers to the CAKD board.

Secretary – Mimi Mangrum
Social Chair – Amanda Pace

Mimi will help keep the records, and stay current with mailings. Amanda will help coordinate the happy hour events, among other duties. Welcome Mimi and Amanda to the officer board! Thank you for your willingness to serve!