Alpha Chapter Meeting - Tuesday, May 2, 2023
2We're meeting in person!!! This would be a great meeting to invite a guest to attend. Do you have a friend or colleague who is a possible prospective member? Consider inviting her to attend with you.
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Alpha Chapter Meeting
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 4:00 P.M. Social, 4:30 P.M. Meeting - note the date change!
Location: West Caldwell Public Library, 30 Clinton Road West Caldwell, NJ 07006
Please request directions from Google Maps or Waze
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 4:00 P.M. Social, 4:30 P.M. Meeting - note the date change!
Location: West Caldwell Public Library, 30 Clinton Road West Caldwell, NJ 07006
Please request directions from Google Maps or Waze
Hello Sisters,
Is it just me, or is the time just flying by? Feels like I just unpacked my bags from Convention and it was time to start planning our May meeting. One day it’s winter, the next summer (but that’s just New Jersey weather). Even in my own life, I just finished putting the finishing touches on my boys’ Easter baskets and one of our sisters lovingly asked…”You mean your men?” Ok! Ok! so they are 32 and 27. I told you time was flying by! Still, they were great baskets! That is what happens though, life keeps happening whether you want it to, plan for it, or just sit back and let it happen. I say let’s make the most of the life we have with every day that we’re given, because we aren’t guaranteed 108 years like Sarah Wilder of DKG Mobile Alabama. Sarah will be 108 years young on May 4 of this year! Happy! HAPPY! Birthday, Sarah.
As for DKGNJ, we had another fabulous Convention. Jan and her team did a fantastic job, once again, making sure each facet of our weekend was in place. Please take a look at the pictures Jan sent out in our most recent Rosebuds email and on our DKG Facebook page. Many of our other sisters shared in making the weekend a great success as well. Thanks go out to Debbie, Laura, Cathy, Ann, and Tammy for their many contributions whether in presenting, preparing or promenading, you “did us proud!” Please forgive me if I’ve forgotten to thank you here, I promise we will recognize everyone at our May meeting. And of course it would not be a convention without the hospitality of our own Cathy Cleenput, our hostess with the most-est!. Last, but by no means least, join me in congratulating Laura Perrius, the recipient of Alpha’s Key Award for outstanding service to education, the community and our chapter.
So I hope to see you all on May 2 at the West Caldwell Public Library 30 Clinton Road West Caldwell, NJ 07006 when our program will be Beyond These Walls: Taking Pride in the Big Picture ~ What we know, want to know, and have learned. In addition, we will be welcoming our newest inductee Gina DiMaggio (inducted at Convention) while also inducting two more members; Emily Blumberg and Andrea Ritacco.
Warmly,
Theresa
PS If you’d like to send Sarah Wilder a card, one of her sisters wrote:
I thought it would be a wonderful thing for her to receive 108 birthday cards from all over. Are you in? Her address is:
Sarah Wilder
1655 McGill Ave.
Mobile, AL 36604
Is it just me, or is the time just flying by? Feels like I just unpacked my bags from Convention and it was time to start planning our May meeting. One day it’s winter, the next summer (but that’s just New Jersey weather). Even in my own life, I just finished putting the finishing touches on my boys’ Easter baskets and one of our sisters lovingly asked…”You mean your men?” Ok! Ok! so they are 32 and 27. I told you time was flying by! Still, they were great baskets! That is what happens though, life keeps happening whether you want it to, plan for it, or just sit back and let it happen. I say let’s make the most of the life we have with every day that we’re given, because we aren’t guaranteed 108 years like Sarah Wilder of DKG Mobile Alabama. Sarah will be 108 years young on May 4 of this year! Happy! HAPPY! Birthday, Sarah.
As for DKGNJ, we had another fabulous Convention. Jan and her team did a fantastic job, once again, making sure each facet of our weekend was in place. Please take a look at the pictures Jan sent out in our most recent Rosebuds email and on our DKG Facebook page. Many of our other sisters shared in making the weekend a great success as well. Thanks go out to Debbie, Laura, Cathy, Ann, and Tammy for their many contributions whether in presenting, preparing or promenading, you “did us proud!” Please forgive me if I’ve forgotten to thank you here, I promise we will recognize everyone at our May meeting. And of course it would not be a convention without the hospitality of our own Cathy Cleenput, our hostess with the most-est!. Last, but by no means least, join me in congratulating Laura Perrius, the recipient of Alpha’s Key Award for outstanding service to education, the community and our chapter.
So I hope to see you all on May 2 at the West Caldwell Public Library 30 Clinton Road West Caldwell, NJ 07006 when our program will be Beyond These Walls: Taking Pride in the Big Picture ~ What we know, want to know, and have learned. In addition, we will be welcoming our newest inductee Gina DiMaggio (inducted at Convention) while also inducting two more members; Emily Blumberg and Andrea Ritacco.
Warmly,
Theresa
PS If you’d like to send Sarah Wilder a card, one of her sisters wrote:
I thought it would be a wonderful thing for her to receive 108 birthday cards from all over. Are you in? Her address is:
Sarah Wilder
1655 McGill Ave.
Mobile, AL 36604
Program: Beyond These Walls: Taking Pride in the Big Picture ~ What we know, want to know, and have learned
Cost: $20 per person - includes a light meal of sandwiches, chips, and dessert.Check payable to “Alpha Chapter DKG” or pay using the "Buy Now" button below.
Cost: $20 per person - includes a light meal of sandwiches, chips, and dessert.Check payable to “Alpha Chapter DKG” or pay using the "Buy Now" button below.
If you are unable to attend, please consider sending a donation to the Grant-in Aid
Outreach: Girls Love Mail, Schools for Africa
Service: Red Hawk Pantry - go to their website and donate directly(scroll down the page)!
For more information on our program of work, check the Program of Work web page >
Outreach: Girls Love Mail, Schools for Africa
Service: Red Hawk Pantry - go to their website and donate directly(scroll down the page)!
For more information on our program of work, check the Program of Work web page >
Please RSVP using the link to Jennie Villanueva ~ villanueva.jennie@cgschools.org
on or before April 27, 2023 - https://forms.gle/aE2uuffQNeGJAefj8
Check payable to “Alpha Chapter DKG” send to 18 Post Brook Rd., N. ~ West Milford, NJ 07480
on or before April 27, 2023 - https://forms.gle/aE2uuffQNeGJAefj8
Check payable to “Alpha Chapter DKG” send to 18 Post Brook Rd., N. ~ West Milford, NJ 07480
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Pay your meeting registration here:
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Please consider sending a donation to the Grant-in Aid
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Service Project
At this time instead of trying to collect items and deliver them to our service projects, we decided at the last meeting to ask people to make their donations directly online. Our projects are the Red Hawk Pantry at Montclair and Strengthen our Sisters, a shelter program for women and children.
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Red Hawk Pantry
You can make a monetary gift online. Please select “Red Hawk Pantry” on the donation form. You also can choose from the Amazon Wish List. Once you have chosen items be sure to request they be delivered to the following address:
The Red Hawk Pantry C/O Sonja Tillman Montclair State University 1 Normal Ave Blanton Hall, Room 1200 Montclair NJ 07043 |
Strengthen Our Sisters
Online donations are now available. Make a secure, online donation to Strengthen Our Sisters using the PayPal link |