Tuesday, September 7, 2010

September Newsletter

Meal for Eta Sigma Recruitment –
CAKD is providing a meal for the ladies of Eta Sigma Chapter during their formal recruitment on Thursday, September 23rd. We are planning on getting a Chick-fil-a Chicken Nugget Tray, potato chips, cookies, and drinks. A sign-up e-mail for paper goods, food items, and people to drop it off at the MSS location that night will be sent later this month.

KD State Day – various times/places, Friday, September 24th – Sunday, September 26th. Make plans to participate in the KD state day, sponsored by the NW Arkansas Alumnae Chapter.
Here is the schedule:
Friday the 24th – Dinner at the KD House – 7-10 PM
Saturday the 25th – Tailgating at the Gardens – TBD
Sunday the 26th – Brunch at the KD House – 11-1 PM

For more information, contact the CAKD contact Jessica Holcomb at kdjesi570@hotmail.com or Arkansas State Day Coordinator Kristi Callaway at callaway3@sbcglobal.net.

Race for the Cure –
8:00 AM Saturday, October 16th in downtown Little Rock. Central Arkansas Alumnae Chapter and Eta Sigma Chapter have teamed up to form a Kappa Delta team for the upcoming Race for the Cure. To join our team, follow this link http://arkansas.infokomen.org/site/TR/RacefortheCure/LIT_ArkansasAffiliate?fr_id=1815&pg=entry. Next click: "Join A Team". The team name is Kappa Delta and the team division is School. The password is UALR2009 (if needed). The registration fee is $26.00 and a $5.00 shipping and handling fee. Deadline to sign up with the KD team is October 1, 2010.

Founder’s Day Event – TBA. Kappa Delta Founder’s Day is October 23rd, and a joint Founder’s Day event with Eta Sigma chapter will be scheduled for either the week before or week after this date. Plan to join us as we celebrate our 113th anniversary of the sisterhood.

Announcements
Call for Nominations – Order of the Emerald and Order of the Pearl. CAKD is encouraged to nominate one alumna for the Order of the Emerald and the Order of the Pearl, to be presented during the 2011 National Convention in late June 2011 in Tucson, Arizona. Kappa Delta is proud to recognize women who have achieved prominence within their community through their professional and/or volunteer work (Order of the Pearl) or whom have given extraordinary service to Kappa Delta (Order of the Emerald), all while exemplifying the ideals that Kappa Delta represents. Please send in your nominations by October 1, 2010 to be considered as the CAKD nominees. In addition, each individual member may nominate one alumna for the Order of the Emerald and Order of the Pearl. Check out the KD website (www.kappadelta.org) for more information.

CAKD Directory – CAKD officers will be putting together the 2010-2011 CAKD Member Directory during the month of October. CAKD is at about ½ of our goal for membership this year, so please consider sending in your 2010-2011 Active or Mailings only dues this month to be included in this year’s directory and support Kappa Delta in Central Arkansas and beyond. The membership form can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bw_o1msD5zEIMjUzYzA4YWQtM2JiMS00NzI0LWE5YTAtOWExY2I0MjhmMDNl&hl=
en&authkey=CJeMwIYN

KiDs Grant Deadline Moved – The Kappa Delta Foundation has recently announced that the deadline date for Alumnae Chapters to apply of KiDs Grants has been moved to January 15, 2011. They are making changes to better serve KD alumnae chapters and the orgaznizations that will receive the funding. If you have an organization / program that you think would be a good fit for a Central Arkansas AC application, please contact Rachel Lipsey at centralarkansaskd@hotmail.com or 501-413-0954.

Alumnae Magazine News – KDHQ sent word that total sales for the 2009-2010 Magazine Sales Campaign were $483,016.00, with alumnae chapter orders totaling $9,703.98. CAKD sold $97.00 last year. The KD Chapter House fund reaped the benefit of 50% of these sales this year.
There are several ways to support the KD Chapter House fund through magazine sales this year. You can find an alumnae or collegiate chapter to support by following these instructions:
1. Go to http://kd.efundraising.com.
2. Type the name of the alumnae or collegiate chapter where it asks for “Chapter Name”
3. Click on the “Find Button”
4. When “Search Results” are displayed, click on the name of your alumnae chapter.
5. Click on “Shop for Magazines” to take you to your AC or CC’s online store.

Each collegiate chapter has a minimum sales requirement per member, so please consider helping out one of the lovely chapters in our sisterhood. Generally 50% of total sales go directly to the KD Chapter House Fund.

Greek Licensed Vendors – Kappa Delta wanted to remind us that licensed vendors assure a quality product at a competitive price, with a portion of the proceeds directly benefitting the programming and guidance offered by Kappa Delta. Visit http://GreekLicensing.com to find Greek Licensed Vendors.

Zeta Gamma Recruitment – The University of Arkansas Kappa Delta offered bids to 105 young ladies this past month.