Kappa Delta State Weekend

We had a great state weekend! Thank you to everyone who attended. Deidre and I set up on Thursday night and we had an interesting time learning about the house's speaker system and wireless internet, but we figured it out! It was great to be back at the house and have the chance to visit with Mom MiMi and some of the girls. Friday we both ended up getting to the house a little early to set up. We had some blue baloons for the chairs to represent the make you smile campaign, We had handouts and candy for each table. We also set up a table to collect purses for the Peace at Home Women's shelter as part of a new National KD Confidence Coalition Projet. We ended up donating over 45 purses to the shelter and were able to give a donation to the shelter in the name of Chanceler Gearheart for speaking to us that night. We even were able to get Chick Fila Delivered for everyone - yum! Funny story - imagine Deidre and I setting up for the weekend, getting everything cleaned, etc, etc....now remember Big Little? Did any of you use the string? That's right...we picked the same night as Big little for our Alum event...ahh! 5pm rolls around and here come the girls - string everywhere. Deidre and I are trying to finish setting up stepping over the string, getting chairs stuck in the string, getting ourselves stuck in the string, wondering how much of the string was still going to be there when the alums showed up, etc. We laughed ( and ate a lot of candy corns) the whole time. Than we peek out in the front yard - the girls are having a white out PAINT event! girls and paint everywhere - oh my...It was so funny becuase Jennifer Adkins, AShley Dillard, Jesi Riley, Kama Marsh, and Darcy Jackson all showed up early to all of that! We definatley got a kick out of it for sure. Brought back many memories! We had a tailgate on Saturday and the turnout was the best of any event our Associate has seen. So many families showed up to cheer on the hogs. Sunday we had the house open for tours and Mom MiMi stories. What a great weekend. Thank you for your support and we look forward to another one in 2 years!

NWA KAPPA DELTA STATE WEEKEND!

LESS THAN 2 WEEKS!!!

NWA KAPPA DELTA STATE WEEKEND!

We will be having a weekend to celebrate all Kappa Deltas statewide! Alums, family, students, and friends are welcome!
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Please mark the following days on your calendar:

Friday, September 24th, 2010: Alums only please
Kappa Delta House - University of Arkansas
404 W. Maple, Fayetteville, AR 72701
6:45 - 7:30 - Meet and Greet on the front lawn of the KD house
7:30 - Dinner Catered by Chick Fila
7:30 - 8:00 - Welcome by Zeta Gamma House Mother - Mom MeMe and Annoucements for Central Arkansas Alumnae Chapters and NWA Alumane Chapters
8:00pm - Special Guest Speaker - Chancelor of The University of Arkansas - David Gearheart will speak about Alumnae Relations
8:30 - Talk about Confidence Coalation and Philanthropy of the Weekend.
Please bring a gently used purse to donate to a local women's shelter. We will be collecting throughout the weekend.

Saturday, September 25th, 2010:
11:00 AM Get ready to call those Hogs!! The Kappa Deltas will be tailgating for the Arkansas vs. Alabama game at the Gardens, located on the U of A campus. Gametime has been confirmed to start at 2:30! We will start our tailgate at the Gardens at 11am with food coming off the grill at Noon. Plan for hotdogs, sides, cookies, and drinks (Non -Alcoholic provided, other please BYOB) Please feel free to bring family members and friends to this event. We will have a tent with a big banner - you can't miss us - but just in case - Kama will speak Friday night about directions - and a map with directions should be posted soon!!

9:00PM - Out on the town. Meet up at Sideways on Dickson ( Near the old Different Strokes and near Wasabi) Significant others and friends welcome!

Sunday September 26th, 2010:
OPEN HOUSE - The Zeta Gamma Kappa Delta House will be open for visitors from 11 - 1pm. Light Refreshments will be served. Please come and go as it is convenient for you with family and friends welcome. There will not be a planned activity during this time, but House Mother Mom MeMe will be available for House tours.

RSVP - We know several of you have said yes to this weekend event. If you are a yes - or even a maybe - can you please write on this wall, email nwakd@gmail.com OR message Deidre or I what event you will attending - and if it's the tailgate - approximately how may total. This way we can count on food. If you forget to RSVP or you say no and decide to come at the last minute, please still come - there will be plenty of food and we would love to see everyone.

Thank you to Deidre, Ashley, Kama, Jesi, Misty, and Darcy for helping with the details - we are all so excited and looking forward to a great fun relaxing weekend and catching up with all of you! Please message with any questions - don't forget to RSVP - and see you in less than 2 weeks!!!

Congratulations Seniors & Barbara!!

We had a great day at the KD House yesterday. The NWAKDAA inducted 38 graduating seniors into our alumnae organization. We also had a Circle of the Emerald Ceremony for Barbara Ann Trumpeter Pintar, celebrating her 60th year as a KD. We had a cake and punch reception and took pictures with the honored guests. Thank you to all of the Alumnae that were able to attend this special annual event. For those of you who didn’t make it we hope to see you at our social event this Thursday, April 29th, or at our big Family Fun Day at the Park on May 23rd - Details about the Day at the Park coming this week as soon as we reserve the location. Be watching your email this week. If you have any questions about our events please feel free to contact Ashley Lamb or Deidre Leonard at nwakdaa@gmail.com

Please enjoy some pictures that were taken over the weekend. If you have any pictures that you took yourself please feel free to email them over to us so we can post those as well!

Thank you and see you all soon!!

Busy Weekend!!!

Race for the Cure, Razorfest, Circle of Emerald Ceremony & Senior Induction Ceremony

Hope all of you have fun with your friends and family on this busy but fun weekend we have for April 24th and 25th here in NWA!! We hope to see you all this weekend at one or all of the events!

Officer Meeting

Thank you to all of our New Officer and Chair volunteers! We will be having a meeting soon to all get together and go over what we all will be doing. If you are still interested in in volunteering for an open position, please email us at nwakdaa@gmail.com and we will get something worked out for you!

Save the Date!!

Our Family Fun Day at the Park Date has been set for Sunday May 23rd. We will rent out a Pavilion at a local Park. The AA will provide food and drinks. Plan to attend this event with your family!! We will make sure to get one next to a playground, with other adult games such as Baggo will be there as well – and feel free to bring your own to share. More details will be emailed out at a later date with a place and time. We are all looking forward to the event!!

Congratulations all Seniors!!

On Sunday, April 25th at 2pm we will be holding a Senior Induction Ceremony, where we will invite all Zeta Gamma Graduating Seniors to join our Alumnae Association. We hope you can make it!

Emerald Circle Ceremony

Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 2pm NWAKDAA is holding an Emerald Circle Ceremony to officially honor Barbara Anne Trumpeter Pintar, Beta Theta Chapter, Penn State 1950, and to welcome her into the Circle of the Emerald, a blessed group of members who have shared and cared for Kappa Delta for 60 years.

Born June 14th, 1930 in Monaca, Pennsylvania, Barbara was a descendant of one of the pioneer families who settled in Pennsylvania in 1803 and founded the town which was later named the Borough of Monaca. It is located 24 miles north of Pittsburgh, PA, on the Ohio River. Barbara was initiated in the Beta Theta Chapter at Penn State in January 1950. Her National Honor Societies included Phi Sigma Iota - Romance Languages, Pi Pambda Theta - Education, and Phi Kappa Phi - Scholastic. Barbara Graduated in January 1952 with a B.S in Secondary Education with a double major in French and Spanish. She was married on December 23, 1950 to A. Lawrence ( Larry) Pintar, also a Penn Stater. Barbara and Larry will celebrate their 60th anniversary later this year. The two have 2 sons, Douglas and Blake, and have been blessed with 5 grandchildren. Over the years they have lived in Texas, Delaware, Illinois,Ohio, and now reside in Bella Vista, AR. While teaching Barbara loaned her KD pin for the initiation of a former favorite student at the KD chapter of U.C.L.A and also has a niece, Julie Pintar, who joined KD at her University in West Virginia.In Akron, Ohio, Barbara joined the Kd alums and served as their Pan-Hellenic representative. Upon moving to California she became a member of the Ventura County KD Alumnae Association, and assisted with memberships into The Order of the Pearl. Within the past year Barbara has lectured on Diabetic Nutrition, The Plastics Industry and Potentially Dangerous Products, Spanish Literature, and Mexican History. Barbara also enjoys giving book and theater script reviews, in addition to serving as a volunteer tutor in English and Spanish. In May 2010, Barbara will retire after 9 years from volunteering to teach Spanish at the local Bella Vista Community Church in order to pursue a review of French language studies at the local NWACC college. Barbara also enjoys playing the flute in her Bella Vista community Concert Band, playing bridge, and being an active member in several area clubs and organizations. Barbara has been a member of the Northwest Arkansas Alums since the late 1990’s when she first moved to Bella Vista. We are so thankful to have her as a part of our Alumnae Association and are excited to welcome her in the Circle of the Emerald.

Congratulations!!!

NWAKDAA would like to congratulate Zeta Gamma Alum, Kelley Van Es on her recent engagement to Granville Callahan. Visit their webpage below for more details on the event!

http://weddings.theknot.com/pwp/pwp2/view/MemberPage.aspx?coupleid=8727028643428993&pid=8399509

Meet your Co-President - Ashley Lamb

I also am a member of 2001 Zeta Gamma Pledge Class. I agraduated from The University of Arkansas in 2005 with a Journalism Degree with emphasis in Advertising and Public Relations. After Graduation I started my job as a Marketing Manager for Lindsey Management Co., Inc for the Northwest Arkansas Apartment Communities. this is my 5th year of working with Lindsey. I met my husband, Mike, in 2003 while attending the U of A. We got Married in August 2006 and bought our first house where we currently live in Springdale, AR ( technically in Johnson). We welcomed our first son, Maximus Warner Lamb on February 16, 2009. He has completely changed our lives in the best way ever. Me and Mike also started a blog this past year, and if you ever want to visit it - feel free - it's cantsilencetheselambs.blogspot.com This past December when the president position came open, I knew it was a great time to step up and become more activie with other NWA KD Alumnae. I had a slight setback in January when I was hospitalized with blood clots in both of my lungs, but have recoved and have a new outlook on life for 2010. I just feel extremly blessed and am excited about all of the events we have planned for 2010 and getting hang out with more of you!!

Ashley Lamb

Meet your Co-President - Deidre Leonard

I am a member of the Zeta Gamma 2001 pledge class. I graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2005 with a Degree in Human Development and Family Sciences with a concentration in Child Development. This is my fourth year as a Pre-K Teacher for the Fayetteville Public Schools at Owl Creek. My husband, Jonathan Leonard, and I were married in April 2007. In November of 2008 we celebrated the birth of our first child, Jack Andrew Leonard. In August of 2009 Jon, Jack, and I bought a new home in Fayetteville and have been spending the last six months getting settled and making it “our home”. I am looking forward to all of the things to come in the upcoming year as well as getting to reconnect with and meet more Kappa Deltas!

Deidre

Shamrock Shopping Event

A big Thank you to everyone who attended the Shamrock Shopping event yesterday at White House Black Market in Rogers, and a big thank you to Deidre for getting all of the refreshments together. We have not gotten the total yet of the donation to the Children’s safety center, but we did have a great turn out for the event. Thank you to those of you who introduced yourself to Deidre and I, we enjoyed meeting you and sorry if we missed anyone that came by. Deidre had Jack (15 months) and I had Max ( 1 year) so they kept us occupied as well! I still can’t believe what a gorgeous day it turned out to be. It was just a beautiful day to get out and walk through the Promenade Mall. I think I have been avoiding that place all winter! The White House Black Market staff thanked us for having our shopping event, and were so great to work with. They told everyone that checked out about our Alumnae group and our shopping event, so it was definitely great exposure for both us and the Children’s safety center.

Thank you again for everyone that came. We look forward to seeing you at the next event. We have a Happy Hour coming up at the end of March, and April we have senior induction and Race for the Cure!

Mailout

As promised - we finally got our mailout out! It was mailed to about 225 addresses in Northwest Arkansas that we received from Nationals as local alums. Everyone should get their packets ( unless you mentioned email only) by Monday! If anyone does not get the information - just email us at nwakdaa@gmail.com and we'd be happy to get it to you!! See you at the next event on March 7th!!

US Pizza

We had our first event of the year at US Pizza. It was a lot of fun, and we had a great turn out - we had to keep adding tables! We all had a lot of catching up to do with each other, and we talked about some other event ideas we had for 2010. Thank you to everyone that came! Next event I will take more pictures - but here are a few!

Happy Friday Everyone!!

Happy Friday Everyone!We just wanted to let you know that as we speak a mailing is going out to everyone (unless you have already sent in a membership form requesting emails).

A Few Highlights:March 7th (12p.m.-6p.m.) -We are teaming up with White House Black Market at the Promenade in Rogers for an all day shopping event! KD's as well as family and friends are welcome to stop by and shop for some Spring clothes, and 10% of the profits will be donated to the Children's Safety Center in Springdale, AR. This will last all day, but we will be there serving refreshments and appetizers from 2-3:30. FYI - The Central Arkansas AA is hosting the same event in Little Rock on the same day so we thought it would be neat if we could coordinate to host an event here in NWA and make it a statewide Shamrock event!Events at the House:The girls in house have extended an invitation to their annual Spaghetti Dinner. It will take place March 10 from 5-8 and costs $5. Along with the Spaghetti dinner the KD's will be hosting The Shamrock Talent Show on March 17. It will take place at 6 p.m. in the U of A Union Ballroom.Happy Hour:There was also a demand for some sort of KD Happy Hour. Our hope was that we would have a set day, time, and place for anyone who was able to make each month. It is hard to coordinate a time that works for everyone but right now it is looking like it will be taking place the last Thursday of each month from 6:30-8:30 at the Wine Cellar in Fayetteville (off of Spring St.).

We will continue to send out news and reminders through email! Don't forget to check out our group on Facebook!

Hope everyone has a great weekend and don't forget to come out March 7 for the shopping event (and bring your family and friends!)

Deidre and Ashley

Congrats!!

NWA Kappa Delta Alumnae would like to congratulate Zeta Gamma Alum, Courtney Williford, on her recent engagement to Jared Dutton. Congrats Courtney & Jared!!

Do you have a special annnoucement, engagement, or birth that you would like to share? Please email them to us at nwakdaa@gmail.com. Pictures welcomed!

Haiti Earthquake

A Message below from Nationals

Kappa Delta has long been known for its commitment to helping those less fortunate, so on the heels of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, it comes as no surprise that members are asking, “What can I do to help?” At this time, Kappa Delta encourages members to support those immediate-relief organizations that are currently operating in Haiti to provide medical care, food, water and housing. The online Network for Good, www.networkforgood.org, offers links for individuals to make donations to a variety of charitable organizations, including the American Red Cross, CARE, Doctors Without Borders, Partners in Health, UNICEF and more.
After other recent natural disasters, KDs have rallied to support the KiDs Need to be Kids effort to provide toys, books and games for the youngest victims of these disasters. While the sorority believes strongly in this program, we also recognize the more urgent needs faced by Haiti’s citizens. The sorority will consider the need for the KiDs Need to be Kids campaign once health care and living conditions improve in Haiti; until then, Kappa Deltas are encouraged to support the relief efforts of their choice.

The First Alumni Event of 2010!

We would like to invite everyone to U.S. Pizza (basement) on Disckson St. on Thursday February 11 from 6-8 p.m. As we continue to get things settled, updated, and organized we wanted to go ahead and plan a get together for anyone interested! So if you are available, come and join us for some pizza, and socializing! *We will also be taking canned good donations for the Bread of Life Food Pantry in Springdale, so please bring a canned good item.*
We are brainstorming other event ideas and will hopefully have a variety in different locations around the NWA area, as well as some daytime and evening events. We thought pizza would be a nice casual way to kick off the new year!
We have received feedback from many and really appreciate everyone's input, keep it coming if you have any other ideas. Also some of our contact information is a little out of date for some alums. If you know any alums that do not receive these emails and would be interested in coming pass along the invite! As mentioned before we will hopefully have a mailing sent out in the very near future, so keep your eyes open for that.
We are excited to get things going and look forward to seeing everyone soon!
Deidre Leonard and Ashley Lamb