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!