Mom's Day.

This weekend Beta Delta had her annual Mom's Day! It was the perfect spring day for a tea party at the KD house. KD's and their moms showed up to the house in their finest Derby attire (big hats and dresses). Upon arrival, the ladies took pictures by the KD letters and mini tea table (pictured below). A tea and brunch was then served to the lovely ladies. Girls and their mothers donated food for the occasion including brownies, tea scones, cucumber sandwiches, veggies and cupcakes! Following the brunch, Beta Delta and the mothers heard from VP Community Service Samantha Burrows about our philanthropies and what exactly Beta Delta does for the community. VP Standards Chealsey Leach then spoke about the standard of academics BD is held to. Wrapping up the speeches was President Kayleigh Shaughnessy who then gave a mini run down of the year and special events.
Girls and their mothers then got to CRAFT! (A Kappa Delta favorite pastime). A local scrapbooking retailer, Basic Grey, donated tons of crafting supplies as well as gave BD a deal on frames to craft.
The mother daughter bonding continued throughout the day with pictures, fun and more food!

We love our moms!

Beta Delta's 75 Anniversary~

This past weekend Beta Delta celebrated our 75 year anniversary~

     We had several alumnae from all over come to join the celebration!  On Friday the 13th, our active members were busy at work preparing the house for later that evening when our alumnae would begin their walk down Kappa Delta memory lane.  When Alumnae arrived they were greeted by our actives who led them into conversation and took them on house tours.  We go to know so many wonderful, accomplished, women that had several great stories to share of their times as active Kappa Deltas.

On the morning of Saturday the 14th, our active members held a mini pref party at the chapter house for our alumnae where we serenaded, mingled, and demonstrated our newer chapter traditions.  We gathered our alumnae and took them into the road and sang "Pat" hand in hand in a large circle!  Our fellow Alpha Chi Omega girls came out on their patio just to watch, and we also had spectators in cars and by the schools student center!  We definitely gave an impression of our love and spirit for Kappa Delta no matter the generation gap.

After our Pref Party, Alumnae and Actives relocated at the Marriott Hotel Conference Center where we had a luncheon.  We heard speeches given by Judy Lawton a member of our Chapter Advisory Board, Kayleigh Shaughnessy our current Chapter President, Heidi Smith our Vice President Membership, and other Alumnae.  Kappa Delta - Beta Delta was also fortunate enough to receive one of our founding Chapter alumna's pins, #4, that will be kept and displayed at the chapter house. Most of all we were very lucky and happy to have Julie Landgren Johnson, former National Kappa Delta President, as our special guest.  She gave a wonderful speech and also later that evening held a lecture for sorority women on campus.

Our 75th Anniversary was a complete success and our actives learned so much from the wonderful alumnae that were able to come and relive their Kappa Delta experience with us. We are thoroughly looking forward to our 100th Anniversary so that we, actives, can come and see the changes and relive our Kappa Delta experiences.

Shamrock Week!

Kappa Delta Beta Delta has been so busy lately!  The week of March 26^th – the 30^th we held our annual Shamrock fundraiser events!  These were the events that took place:

Our girls gathered a large crowd for the Wild Bill Comedy Roast by representing our event at the basket ball game that evening of the 28^th. 

Our Greek Service Auction also went really well with the support of our fellow Greeks biding and providing services!  Thanks to all of you that participated!

We had a lot of support from our fellow USU Aggies and locals during Shamrock so it was a great success!  We raised over $4,000 for our philanthropies, Prevent Child Abuse America & The Child and Family Support Center, and we hope to raise even more next year. 

Spring Formal

A few weeks ago, KD's attended their Spring Formal at Castle Manor in Logan. Socials chairs Sarah Blakely, Lucy Wachtor, and CeAnn Carpenter did a great job with planning, decorations, food and fun extras (including a photo booth and slideshow).  The theme was masquerade and girls spent many hours crafting masks for the occasion. The ladies arrived with their dates and took tons of pictures upon arrival (mostly with each other instead of their dates, haha). The KD's and their dates ate a nice dinner and then heard a mini presentation from the seniors. Following the senior recognition, New Member of the year and Member of the year were announced.
Congratulations to Sam Burrows (pictured right) who won New Member of the Year, and Chealsey Leach (pictured left) for receiving Member of the Year.

 

The ladies spent the rest of the night in the photo booth, mingling, laughing and talking. Great job socials chairs! 

 

Get your Shamrock on!

     We just want to say sorry in advance for not posting for the past few weeks!  Utah State University's Spring Break recently passed and all of our sisters were off on their own adventures!  However, we are all back and ready to work hard to complete not only our academic responsibilities of this semester, but our Kappa Delta responsibilities. 

     Next week we will have our Shamrock events to support the Child and Family Support Center & Prevent Child Abuse America!  So all week long our girls have been hard at work spreading the word across campus about our events!  This year we will be having a comedy roast of a very "famous" figure here at Utah State University - Wild Bill; all of our sisters have put in time this week to work at a booth trying to bring in donations for Shamrock revolving this event.  We also will be having a dodge ball tournament, the annual Greek Service Auction (where we Kappa Delta's and others in our Greek community will be donating services for our cause), and a Fox Pizza Den fundraiser!  There has been a lot of preparation for Shamrock week thanks to the hard work of our Shamrock Committee and our VP Community Service Samantha Burrows, as well as others that have volunteered!  We are hoping for only great outcomes so that we can give our best to the Child and Family Support Center & Prevent Child Abuse America!


     We also have our CDC visiting and we are so happy to have her here to give us insight on what other chapters are doing and what we can do to improve our programs!  We have had 1 chapter workshop with her so far and it was very helpful regarding recruitment!  Currently, individual groups and appointed officers have gotten together with her to talk about specific responsibilities and innovative ideas to better improve each section that encompasses our chapter!

National Convention and Shamrock

On the 13th Beta Delta welcomed back our council from the Nation Convention.  Our Vice President of PR, Jenna Black, stated this after her return:

            “Beta Delta council attended the very first KD National Collegiate Training Academy in Atlanta this past weekend. We had the opportunity to hear from amazing speakers such as former National President Corre Stegall and National President Beth Martin Langford. We met many other chapter councils and swapped advice and ideas. There's nothing more powerful than a room full of 1600 KD's. We truly are a part of something bigger than ourselves and will be for life. Thank you so much to each one of you, both collegiate members and alumnae, for everything you have ever done for Beta Delta. This is truly a magical sisterhood and it's comforting to know we are never alone.”

            Our council has returned to Utah State with an amazing new drive to launch our sisterhood to the next level.  We are all excited to proactively work together, even more, to make our sisterhood stronger.

 

            On Monday we also held a fundraiser event on Monday at one of Logan’s local pizza parlors called Fox Pizza Den, where 15% of all proceedings went to our Shamrock efforts.  That evening Beta Delta had a representative come from the Child and Family Support Center to educate us regarding their programs and why they do what they do.  It sincerely touched our hearts, making us appreciate how lucky we are to have grown up without experience what other children have.  This year, Beta Delta has chosen to sponsor the Child and Family Support Center through our Shamrock events, so it was beneficial for us to better understand what we are supporting and to take pride in that.

Sisterhood Event

     On February 3^rd the Kappa Delta Beta Delta chapter members met for a sisterhood activity.  Although it was a Friday evening many of our sisters arrived with the anticipation to unwind from a week of school and to rekindle our bonds of sisterhood.   

     Together we ate a catered meal provided by one of our own sister’s, father’s, catering companies; it was very delicious and a great time for us to catch up.  After we all finished dinner we headed to the chapter room where the activities then commenced. We were brought closer together through different exercises such as Cross the Line.  During this exercise we learned things about each other on deeper and more meaningful level.    

 

     Sometimes we get lost in the daily grind and forget the true meaning of our sisterhood, but our love for Kappa Delta and each other was certainly amplified during this event. Kappa Delta isn't a label that we carry during just our college experience, it truly is a sisterhood bond that one feels and loves. 

 

AOT,

Beta Delta