Securing the Future
Securing the Future
Securing the Future
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Dear Sisters and Foundation Friends,<br />
The 2007 - 2009 biennium has seen exciting initiatives become reality. During <strong>the</strong> past year <strong>the</strong><br />
Foundation Board partnered with <strong>the</strong> Fraternity and Properties Boards for <strong>the</strong> first time in a joint<br />
strategic planning process that brings all three organizations toge<strong>the</strong>r in a shared vision. This<br />
collaboration is continuing, with leadership working in unison for <strong>the</strong> greater good as one AOII.<br />
As part of <strong>the</strong> strategic plan, <strong>the</strong> Foundation adopted a new mission statement that describes who we<br />
are and illustrates what we do: <strong>Securing</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Future</strong>. Three short but powerful words remind us of our<br />
purpose within AOII.<br />
The AOII Foundation had a record year for giving back:<br />
The total amount given back for AOII scholarships, Ruby Fund grants, educational<br />
grants and arthritis grants is $315,218.<br />
You’ll read for yourselves elsewhere in this report and in o<strong>the</strong>r issues of To Dragma about all <strong>the</strong> good<br />
works of <strong>the</strong> Foundation. So, I want simply to thank each and every one of you for making <strong>the</strong>se<br />
good works possible and for making a difference.<br />
In <strong>the</strong> way you live ritual every day, in <strong>the</strong><br />
unconditional kindness you show your AOII<br />
family and those in need, in <strong>the</strong> support you<br />
give back through sharing <strong>the</strong> joys as well<br />
as <strong>the</strong> sorrows, through your membership,<br />
volunteer service and financial gifts, in all<br />
that you do and are as an Alpha Omicron<br />
Pi….. you touch <strong>the</strong> lives of everyone<br />
around you.<br />
It has been a privilege and a true pleasure<br />
to lead <strong>the</strong> Foundation this biennium. I look<br />
forward to seeing you at <strong>the</strong> 2009 Convention<br />
in Tampa.<br />
Fraternally,<br />
Gayle Fitzpatrick, Alpha Rho<br />
Alpha Omicron Pi Foundation President<br />
In <strong>the</strong> course of <strong>the</strong> past year,<br />
your generous gifts to <strong>the</strong><br />
Foundation have touched<br />
many lives.<br />
» Leadership Academy –<br />
250 collegiate officers and advisers who<br />
attended and hundreds more back at<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir chapters, benefited from <strong>the</strong><br />
weekend learning passed along to <strong>the</strong>m<br />
» Chapter Adviser training –<br />
65 leadership volunteers and hundreds<br />
of collegians who gained from <strong>the</strong><br />
support of <strong>the</strong>ir advisers<br />
» Diamond Jubilee Scholarships –<br />
35 collegians and graduate students<br />
» Arthritis research grants – 2<br />
» GreekLife Edu –<br />
6721 collegians completed <strong>the</strong> program<br />
in Year 1<br />
68 • To Dragma Issue no. 1 • Fall 2008
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