lambda sigma newsletter december 12

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LAMBDA SIGMA NEWS

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society InternationalTexas State Organization Lambda Sigma Chapter

Missouri City, Texas

Volume 31, Number 5 December, 2012Area IV, Number 282

President: Linda Russell Editor: Kathy [email protected] [email protected]

The Delta Kappa Gamma MissionStatement

The Delta Kappa Gamma SocietyInternational promotes professional and

personal growth of women educators andexcellence in education.

Fun Times at DKG Meetings

I know our busy schedules dont always

allow us to attend the fabulous DKGmeetings we have every month, so hereare a few pictures to celebrate the firstsemester happenings. Enjoy!

New Members and their Sponsors

October Meeting

Barbeque Fundraiser at Old Hickory

November Meeting

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Delta Kappa Gamma

Appetizer BuffetFriday, December 7th

6:00pm-9:00pm

Where: Dawn Westfalls home30 Sierra Oaks DriveNew Territory SubdivisionSugar Land 77479(Gate Code-3124)281-265-9284

What to bring:your favorite homemadeappetizer (this is our dinner). If you havebaked cookies you are welcome to bring dozen to share.

Beautiful Poinsettias again!This yearbring $5.00 for the chance to win in eitherof the two drawings and at the same timeyou will be adding to our Grant-In-Aid.

Hope to see you there! Great evening tobring a prospective member.

Directions:Go south on 59 to University- Turn Right

Make a Left on New Territory Blvd.Turn right onto Homeward WayTake the 1st right onto Pecan OrchardDrive (Gate access 3124)Turn Left onto Orchard Falls DriveTake the 1st right onto Sierra Oaks Drive30 Sierra Oaks Drive is on the right.

Approximate schedule for the evening 6:00-7:00 People arrive and start

eating appetizers. 7:00-7:30 Contest with members

pictures 7:30-8:00 Sing- a- long Carols 8:00- 8:15 Drawings for poinsettias 8:15- ? Social time

Anytime through-out the evening peoplecan address cards for World Fellowshiprecipients

Holiday Drawings

If you will not be able to attend our HolidayAppetizer Buffet and would like to

participate in one or both drawings that willbe available at the party for $5 a ticket,send money with a member who will begoing or Make a Pledge for howevermany tickets you want. Let Linda Russellknow before December 7th by e-mail howmany tickets you want to buy anddesignate which drawing. You can pay heror Dale by the Jan. 12th meeting. You donot have to be present to win. Someonewill notify you the next day if you

win. Ladies, this is a great time to offerothers you know the opportunity to win bycollecting money from co-workers, familyand friends. E-mail out information tothem. The following are the items listed foreach of the two drawings. As a name ispulled from the first drawing, that winnermay pick any item they want from thatgroup of donations. This format willcontinue until all items from that group aregone. Same procedure will be followed with

the second drawing. Gift items may still beadded to each group. There will be at least23 winners and possibly more.

DRAWING # 11 large outdoor metal Santa plant stand

from Home Depot1 large outdoor metal Snowman plant

stand from Home Depot18 assorted poinsettias from Home

Depot and Lowe's

DRAWING # 2LONGHORN Steakhouse $50 Gift CardFADI'S Mediterranean Grill $25 Gift

CardLa Madeleine French Bakery & Caf

$10 Gift Card


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President's Message

Dear Lambda Sigma Sisters,

Hope each of you ladies had a well deserved restful and fun- filled safe Thanksgiving aftercooking, shopping and visiting with family and friends. After attending multiple bazaars andshopping for store bargains, I believe I have completed my Christmas and December birthdayshopping. Now to the wrapping! I cant believe that Im ahead with my purchases this year.

That extra week following Thanksgiving was helpful.

After attending Mary Prines November presentation, Schools for Africa, I realized howmuch I am unaware of what life is like elsewhere. I was also blown away with all that Maryand her family contribute to improving peoples lives and giving hope to those who strugglewith little. Christi and her lions entertained us with a pre-show. An abundance of drawingsthat were held, helped to add to our treasury as did funds from the DVD donations. LambdaSigma voted to donate $50 to the Schools for Africa International Project as we met morethan our monetary goal that we had set earlier in the year. The last military book collectionended at this meeting and was this past week given to the USO. They are very grateful forthe books and stuffed animals donation we gave.

With 2012 coming to an end, I started reminiscing about all that Lambda Sigma membershave accomplished the first half of this school year. After installing new officers this year andappointing new committee chairs and members who learned about their upcomingresponsibilities with Delta Kappa Gamma, many attended the Texas State Convention, theSouthwest Conference and the Area IV Workshop in order to learn how to keep our chapterremaining strong. We ended the summer initiating four new enthusiastic members and beganthe fall season recommitting to Delta Kappa Gamma. Chapter projects and variousfundraisers kept us running and working together to accomplish our goals. We wererecognized in the local papers and on the Fort Bend Stars web page. Our Area IVcoordinator, Barbara Anders, visited at the October meeting where we enjoyed an interactivereading from an author and learned about steps to getting published. Sadly, in October, welost a dear sister, but were grateful to be able to join in the celebration of her life.Now December is upon us with all the holiday activities beckoning us to participate. We hadnineteen for the Brookwood field trip. One of the items we forgot to bring with us was a box ofKleenex to use while watching the Christmas Pageant. We watched the performance of theNight Before Christmas. Not only was this entire fieldtrip educational, it was very heartwarming. We took a tour of the facilities and we were given a card that was stamped at eachlocation. When we arrived back at the restaurant where we ate a delicious lunch, we weregiven a free ornament. Youll see pictures next month. Hopefully, each of you will be able toattend our Christmas Holiday Appetizer Party at Dawns home on December 7th.

This will be the last Presidents Letter this year. Looking back over 2012, we find it has sped

by and we are anticipating what the future year will bring us. Now is a good time to startthinking of who you would like to extend the honor of being a member of Delta Kappa Gammain the year 2013.

My wish for you as this year ends is to be able to slow time down and be able to really visitand enjoy your family and friends. Think about all you have accomplished this past year andwho have embellished your lives. May God bless all of you with a beautiful Christmas and aHappy New Year!

Linda


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Very Successful DKG Fundraiser

We had a successful fundraiser at PaneraBread where they donated 10% of thesales from 5-8 P.M. to our grant-in-aid. Plus, we had two drawings in which

we were able to sell tickets to thepublic. We made around $250total. Congrats to Sue Sowell for winningthe $25 gift card to EdibleArrangements. Special thanks to all whowere able to participate by stopping by toeat, helping to sell tickets, buying tickets,cleaning tables and helping to deliver foodto the tables

Diehards from beginning to end of theNovember Panera Bread Fundraiser with Linda

Russell, Brian Reisner (Manager) and CarlaMeuth. We received $117.48 from 10% ofsales from 5-8 P.M. and $130 from drawing

ticket sales which totaled $247.48.

Here are 6 of our 11 members who stopped bythe Sugar Land Panera Bread to eat and

to help with raising funds for Lambda Sigma'sGrant-In-Aid. A portion of dinner sales from 5-8 P.M. on November 16th was donated along

with money collected for a chance atdrawings. L to R: Members seated-- CarlaMeuth and Linda Russell; standing-- JoanEubanks, Sue Sowell, Pat Caldcleugh and

Christi Chrisman. Vicky Hemme is not picturedbut had helped collect donation monies.

Linda Russell cleaning tables at PaneraBread to earn tips and percentage of sales

donation for our Grant-In-Aid.


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Birthday Girls

November Meeting

If you missed the November meeting, you

missed a fabulous presentation by Mary Prineand a wonderful performance by our own DKGchoir!

Interested in Graduate Study?

Check out the scholarship application onthe http://www.dkg.org/website. Deadlineis February 1st.

November Angel Award

I never had a sister, but this specialperson has been like a sister to me for over30 years.

She was there to welcome Phil and mewhen we joined the church.

She was there for our first baby,Matthew's shower; then again for Jimmy'sbaby shower 5 years later. He's now 24years old. She was there with a DKGinvitation at the door to my temporary bldg.

She bought our Matthew a t-shirt to wear toDisney World that said "I'm a Great Guy!"He wore that shirt ragged.

She's my Miss Manners, myparliamentarian and my debate coach; shehas kept me out of jail as, I am not knownfor my tactfulness as many can attest.

When we lost our 8 yr old Matthew fromLeukemia 21 years ago, this special sisterborrowed our house key and cleaned ourhome while we buried our child in another

town. There were fresh flowers on thekitchen table when we got home.

Friends are the angels that lift us upwhen our wings have forgotten how to fly.

Thank you, Peggy Norman, for beingsuch a precious angel to me.

Pat Caldcleugh 12/4

Lana Petrizzo 12/15

Dale Araujo 12/16

Mary Ann Dolezal 12/20

Mary Prine 12/20

Julia Hamilton 12/22

Denise Lofton 12/25

Louise Hall 12/27
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Chapter News

Mary Crochet went on her first DisneyCruise (36th cruise). It was FANTASTIC. Itwas geared to adults as well as familiesand children. Enjoyed seeing all of theDisney characters..almost like being atDisney World. Goofy was the first one togreet us soon after we boarded. I also hadto have my pic made with some of thehandsome ship officers!!!!!!!

Vicki and Reynolds Delgado arecelebrating their 50th Anniversary on

December 26, 2012, with a trip to SanJuan, Puerto Rico.

Vicky Hemme and her husband will becruising from Galveston to the Bahamas inJanuary with some friends from their oldchurch, and just wish it could have beenthe same cruise that some of our DKG

sisters are taking

Cathie Ritchie is a grandma again! RobinPolk Ritchie III Tripp decided not to waitfor his due date and come on November29. He weighed in at 5 lbs. 15 oz. and was18 inches long. Mother and son aredoing well.

Linda Russell was selected as aparticipant for the 2013 Texas StateOrganization Leadership Seminar whichwill be held February 8th-10th in NorthDallas.

Lone Star News Winter EditionYou can read the Winter Edition of theLone Star News athttp://www.alphastatetexas.org/. You canalso find on that site a nominations form forstate elected officers and electedcommittees. Anyone interested or havesomeone in mind to nominate? January 1,2013 is the deadline.

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

Saturday, December 15th, 10A.M.at

The Houston Junior League
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Calling all writers!!!

Check out the Fall 2012 quarterly DeltaKappa Gamma Bulletin InternationalJournal for Professional Educators. Youshould have received this last month in themail. This edition has a call for submissionon page 4 which outlines types of

manuscripts you can send in forconsideration to be printed in theBulletin. You'll also find deadline dates setthroughout this next year. Take time toread the informative articles.

DKG Membership

Now is the time to start thinking about whoyou would like to recommend for

membership in DKG.

Remember, members may includeeducators in both private and publicsectors such as teachers, collegeprofessors, administrators, supervisors,corporate trainers, librarians, nurseeducators, educational specialists, oranyone else who has a direct link toteaching children, such as daycareteachers, piano teachers, Sunday school

teachers, etc.

Personal Growth and ServicesCommittee

We have many projects planned for thisyear.

There is a form to fill out if you wish torecommend someone for membership.The sponsor fills out the form, not theprospective member.

1) Supporting Early Career

Educators - We will be collecting

supplies in the spring to make

Welcome Boxes for new teachers.

More details will be given later. When considering prospective members,remember it is an honor. Try to think ofsomeone you feel would enhance ourchapter and readily participate.

2) Schools for Africa We want to

raise money to contribute to this

worthy cause. Please bring used

DVDs and games to every function. The nomination form is attached to thisnewsletter and copies will be available atthe January meeting as well. Between nowand then, start looking around you andthink about who you think might be anasset to our chapter.

3) Parks Youth Ranch We will be

supplying bulletin boards for the

youth. We are a looking for business

partners to help us fund this. More

details will be given to you soon.Julie would like to have all nominationforms in by our February meeting, so thatwe can vote on them at our April meeting.

4) Addressing Christmas Cards for

World Fellowship Recipients We

will address Christmas cards to our

World Fellowship Recipients at ourChristmas party on December 7th.

Forms can be sent back to Julie Gehring [email protected]

5) Cinderella/CinderfellaContact

Eva Fackaday, founder,

([email protected]) to make

contributions. We will send out

information in the spring about how

to sponsor or volunteer.

November Minutes

The November minutes will be included in

the January newsletter.
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