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y Heather Troyer, Washington-St. Louisince our founding, almost 250,000 men and womenhave joined the ranks of our brotherhood by beinginitiated into Delta Sigma Pi. On that day, each vowed“to remain actively supportive of the Fraternity duringyour lifetime.” How are you supposed to do that?One of the easiest ways to stay active is by joining alocal alumni chapter—there are over 50 alumni chaptersacross the country. If there is not an alumni chapter inyour area, you can help charter a new one, or you canjust meet with other alumni in the area. Many alumni donot live within a reasonable distance of their initiatingchapter, but there are alumni from multiple chaptersliving and working close by. Although we have nocollegiate chapter in London, there are more than 50brothers living in the city and brothers meet regularly inthe city to connect and have fun.Another option is to attend or offer to present atNational events. Every fall and spring, Delta SigmaPi hosts five events across the country—one may becloser to you than you think! If you only have one day,plan to attend a LEAD School in the fall. If you have aweekend, plan to attend a LEAD Provincial Conferencein the spring. And if you have a week, plan to attendGrand Chapter Congress—the next one is August 7-11in Seattle.Stay activeBeing a member of an alumni chapter doesn’t haveto take a lot of time. Many alumni chapters have eventsmonthly or every few months and you can attend asable—there is no obligation to attend every event.If you don’t have a lot of time and there is a collegiatechapter close to where you live you can support thechapter by attending events such as chapter meetings,service events, or initiation. This might only require acouple hours and you can attend as many or as few asyou wish. You may also choose to share your professionalskills by offering to speak at a chapter professional eventor to mentor a student or recent graduate.You don’t have to have a lot of time to help supportthe Fraternity. Making monetary contributions, nomatter how big, can assist a chapter or the Fraternityin a big way. Consider making a tax-deductibledonation to the Leadership Foundation to help supportFraternity programs and scholarships. You might alsoconsider helping to start a scholarship for the chapterwhere you initiated or another local chapter. Youmight also be able to donate items to a local chapterwhich they could use as giveaways during recruiting,as raffle items for fundraisers, in their chapter officeor more.Use your professional skillsThere are many ways to use the professional skillsthat you already have to help support Delta Sigma Pi.Are you an author or just love to write? Contributearticles to The DELTASIG magazine or Delta Sigma Piblog. Are you a professional speaker? Volunteer to hosta webinar for Deltasig E-Learning.You could also use your professional skills by servingon one of the Fraternity or Foundation’s committees.Both have finance committees that need qualifiedaccountants to serve. Both also have marketing andcommunications committees that are always looking fornew ideas and ways to communicate.You could also volunteer your expertise in otherways. James “Duckie” Webb, Houston, volunteered hisweb programming skills to create the current awardsand scholarship websites. He offered his time and talentto provide this service to the Fraternity and continuedto support these sites for many years. We thank BrotherWebb for his dedication and continued support!30 MARCH 2013/THE DELTASIG OF DELTA SIGMA PI