Arrowmont Update

Pi Phi Posts Arrowmont Lease Update

Confusion resulting from a recent Arrowmont press release has prompted the Fraternity to issue the following clarification regarding the lease extension. Log into eSisters to read it now!

League of Women Voters celebrates 90 years

Ninety years ago, Carrie Chapman Catt* first proposed a League of Women Voters to "finish the fight" and work to end all discrimination against women. And so the League of Women Voters was founded on Valentine's Day in 1920, six months before the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.

More information on how the League is celebrating this anniversary milestone can be found here

*Carrie Chapman Catt, Iowa Gamma (deceased)
Suffragist. One of the driving forces behind the 19^th amendment and founder of the National League of Women Voters.

"To the wrongs that need resistance, to the right that needs assistance, to the future in the distance, give yourselves."

~Carrie Chapman Catt (Iowa Gama) from her commencement address to Iowa State University's graduating class of 1921

North Carolina Triangle Alumnae Club – Holiday Heritage Tea

Group Photo: NC Triangle Alumnae Club wrapping up a great afternoon tea (12/13/2009)
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Renee Rosiek (in the back behind piano), Amy Dailey, Lori Haight, Margaret Forbes, Diane Woodard, Elizabeth Chacon, Theresa Sprain, Amy Lorenzen, Kim Van Horn, Ginger King

The North Carolina Triangle Alumnae Club hosted its third annual Holiday Heritage Tea at The Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, NC on December 13, 2009. The afternoon was filled tasting new teas, sampling sweet and savory treats and socializing with sisters.

Philanthropy and Literacy was the theme of the event and there was a fun corresponding program for the attendees. The Pi Phis were arranged into teams, with a team captain, and then participated in a Pi Beta Phi Literacy Timeline “Scramble”

Each team captain was given a list of dates and scrambled Pi Beta Phi literacy initiatives. The women were asked to match-up the literacy program with the correct date. After the team captains presented their answers the entire group discussed the dates with the matching initiative. It was an interactive way to highlight Pi Beta Phi’s commitment to literacy. For almost 100 years, Pi Bet Phis have been helping children and families read. It is an incredible feat and one that continues to grow. The literacy timeline was pulled from the Pi Beta Phi website and the Fraternity Heritage Manual: Arrows, Angels and Admiration.

The tea was a lovely event. The women enjoyed the Pi Phi Fellowship and it was nice time to reflect on Pi Beta Phi’s dedication to literacy and it’s almost century of innovative programs.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to all Pi Phi angels...

and a very happy birthday to Region 2 Alumnae Director Sande!

Louisville Alumnae Club shares literacy with community

The Louisville Alumnae Club (above) donated over 100 books to Churchill Downs Learning Center.

Please share how you are helping spread literacy throughout your community. Leave a comment or send us an email.

Leadership and Nominating Committee Identified

Pi Beta Phi has chosen nine women to serve on its pilot Leadership and Nominating Committee: Chairman Kim Durand, Jody Al-Saigh, Jeannie Bickhart, Madalyn Jones, Rebecca Jones, Jennifer Perfetti, Katie Perrine*, Leigh Thiedeman and Brenda Wirth. These women possess a wealth of past Fraternity experience. Professionally, these women work in event planning, human resources, retail management, ministry, student life and legal capacities. Please join us in welcoming these women!

*editor's note -- It has been a pleasure working with all of the talented alumnae volunteers throughout Region 2. I will continue to work with Sande and Marilyn until the new Programming Specialist is identified.

~Katie Perrine

How will you celebrate Chapter Loyalty Day?

January 9, the birthday of Iowa Gamma Carrie Chapman Catt, was designated as Chapter Loyalty Day at the 1946 Swampscott Convention. The day is set aside in special recognition of the example Carrie set for the Fraternity in her deep, lifelong loyalty to her chapter. On this day, each alumna is to remember her own chapter.

Pi Beta Phi invites you to join us in celebrating this year by wearing narrow wine and blue ribbons under your badge .