ALPHA DELTA KAPPA DECEMBER 2010 - Gedung Kuning

Altruism in Action
wiSCoNSiN fideliS gamma Chapter SupportS little yellow SChool buS
In March 2010, Wisconsin Fidelis Gamma Chapter members made a $400 donation
to the Friends of the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center Board. The money
will be used for the Little Yellow School Bus scholarship program which provides
transportation for students who participate in programs at the Visitor Center.
North CaroliNa zeta Chapter plaNS Support of roNald
mCdoNald houSe
In 2011, the city of Charlotte will celebrate the opening of a new Ronald McDonald
House, the fifth built in North Carolina since 1980. North Carolina Zeta Chapter
sisters are launching a plan to volunteer monthly. Members hope to provide
educational support to school-age children, host holiday and birthday recognitions,
nightly meals and family activities.
“The chapter is looking forward to providing ongoing support to the new Ronald
McDonald House,” said Chapter Treasurer Terry Spisak, “and, hopefully, will
be able to participate in the ‘Hard Hat’ tour of the facility in the near future.”
ohio phi Chapter doNateS booKS
For its 2010 Alpha Delta Kappa Month project, the chapter donated books
to 16 elementary, middle and high schools. Prior to selecting the gifts, members
spoke with the schools’ librarians and then chose the award-winning books to
meet each school’s individual wishes.
miSSouri gamma Chapter SupportS area SChoolS
The chapter donated more than $1,500 to area schools during the past two
years. One of the chapter’s goals during the biennium was to promote educational
and charitable projects that would enrich the lives of students in the Green City
and Milan C-II School Districts. Since members live in both districts the chapter
alternates donating to each school system. The chapter has donated school supplies,
winter outdoor wear and library books valued over $600.
In 2009, Janie Gray received a retired teacher’s mini-grant of $200 to be used
in her Parents as Teachers program at the Green City School. She used the money
for board books, tactile books, materials to be used with the visually impaired, a
CD player and an educational DVD, “Letter Factory,” for parents to use in teaching
letters and sounds to their children.
This year Belinda Essmyer was awarded a $500 mini-grant from Missouri Alpha
Delta Kappa to be used in the Milan C-II Parents as Teachers program. With this money,
116 high-quality traditional storybooks and high contrast books were purchased.
Also this year Nancy Stottlemyre received a retired teacher’s mini-grant of $200 for a reading project created by
chapter member Terry Montgomery. Upper class students meet for lunch in the library-turned-“coffee house” to discuss
books they have read. The money will be used to create an appropriate atmosphere and provide supplies.
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Excellence in Action in Altruism
From left: Edith Brevold, Faye
Hnath and (far right) guest Pat
Musil present the chapter’s
donation to Ruth Goetz of the
Friends of the Northern Great
Lakes Visitor Center.
CaliforNia SupportS
fueNteS proJeCt
From left: California State
President Susan Raffo, Vice
President Mary Ann Englehart,
Communications Chairman
Carole Taylor and President-Elect
Mollie Acosta collect toys for the
Fuentas Project in Half Moon Bay,
California. Both California Gamma
Beta and Beta Rho chapters
support the project by collecting
men’s clothing for local farm
workers and toys for their children.
KeNtuCKy theta Chapter SupportS CruSade for ChildreN
For more than 20 years, the chapter has contributed to the WHAS-TV Crusade for
Children annual telethon, which benefits local children’s charities. In May, members
presented a $1,385 check to the Crusade for Children as one of their many altruistic
projects. During 2009, the chapter also presented donations to ALSA (in memory of
Sue Comstock, chapter sister who passed away in 2009), Habitat for Humanity, New
Beginnings, Mom’s Closet and the Boys and Girls Club.