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Alpha Kappa Chapter - Florida in Tallahassee
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Chapter Events 
CHAPTER PROJECTS Hope Community Project services homeless families, children and adults (specifically homeless veterans). AK will collect books for all age. The materials for Hope do not have to be new. Nikki Abels will collect the books and they can be brought to chapter events. FSU Southern Scholarship Foundation House, the Lundquist House. We plan to meet at the house with the residents, bring meals to them and enjoy getting to know them. The chapter provides supplies to "pack their pantry" and other items the ladies have on their wish list. . They refer to AK members as their "House Champions". Please select from the items on the Lundquist House Wish List. Other items may be selected from here. Nancy Watson is our contact member. Supplies for AK Educators - members submit their supply needs list on Amazon. Please help support our AK teachers as they prepare for this new year. The list is linked and can be found on the AK Facebook page. Stacy Thompson is our contact person. The Second Harvest of the Big Bend "Back Pack" program (3rd year) provides 1,200 bags of nutritious food to food insecure students every week. Donations grow their ability to feed more students this school year. Without this important program, students may go hungry over the weekend and return to school distracted and struggle to reach their full potential. Since 2010, the Backpack Program has provided more than 1,000 bags of food weekly to children in the Big Bend Area. In Leon County alone, over 30 percent of our children in Tallahassee are food insecure. World Fellowship - DKG promotes professional and personal growth of its members and excellence in education. The World Fellowship Fund was established to provide opportunities for women from foreign countries to pursue graduate studies in Canada and the United States. We collect coins at each meeting to give to World Fellowship. Last year we gave $295.00. Thank you Alpha Kappa members! EVENTS
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Program on Scams March 26, 2024 Alpha Kappa Chapter Business Meeting Minutes Minutes Submitted by Connie Lewis Prior to the business meeting, a very informative program on Scams was presented by Chris Green, Public Relations Manager, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Consumer Services. Details of the program will be reported in the next newsletter. Call to Order: Monica Hayes called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Members Attending: Pat Gilleland, Connie Lewis, Rhonda Work, Nancy Watson, Monica Hayes, June Townsend, Pat Scott, Stacy Thompson, Jean Williams, Diane Johnson, Nancy Henning, Ginny Densmore, Patti Brownstein, Vicki Rhodes, Lane Matthews, Dawn James, Patte Casey, Laura Casto, Susan Vinson, Catherine Connor, Nancy Rosenbaum, Vikki Shackelford, Guest: Shannon Biassou from the Lundquist House. Minutes: Previous minutes are on the website and will be approved by the membership at the next meeting. Treasurer's Report: Patti Casey Cash Balance, March 14, 2024 - 804.25 Income .00 Disbursements
Cash Balance, March 26, 2024 - $685.56 Note: Rhonda Work who has been our treasurer for 23 years commended Patte Casey, our new treasurer on the good job she has been doing. Cudos to Patte! Membership/Recruitment: Monica Hayes reported for Lisa Phillips that we had 3 potential recruits. Catherine Connors announced that she had a potential recruit. Monica encouraged the members to look for additional members. Connie Lewis will remind members via email by sending out the invitation letter and application form. This information is also on the website under chapter events. Monica reminded members to consider participating in the FSU Teacher/Mentor/Adjunct Teaching opportunity. Gale Workman is our contact person for this project. If you have an interest in the adjunct teaching a resume will be required. Lundquist House Update: Nancy Watson encouraged members to look at the needs list. She reminded members that this is not a sorority house but a scholarship house for needy students who have excelled academically. Our support helps to reduce the out-of-pocket cost for the Lundquist house members. We have also provided them with information about where to shop for good they may need, places that have reasonable prices. We will be honoring the 4 house members who will be graduating. We will take them out to eat on April 14th and will give them a $25.00 gift card. One of the house members, Shannon Biassou attended the program tonight. It was great to have her join us. New Business: Disaster Preparedness Program: Nancy Rosenbaum announced this program will be Thursday, April 25 at 5:30 p.m., at the Leon County Public Safety Complex located at 911 Easterwood Dr. " Monica announced that the Founders' Day Meeting will be Saturday, May 11th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the St. Stephen Lutheran Church. The BBCC will meet on April 7th to plan the program and discuss other details. " Stacy Thompson said that summer social is being planned and that members will be encouraged to bring a prospective member to the social. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m. Minutes Archive |