FALL 2013 NEWSLETTER 2013 marked the 162nd year for the Alpha Delta Pi Grand Convention, which was held this summer in Dallas, Texas. This was a great year for the Nashville Alpha Delta Pi Alumnae Association as we were awarded the Collumnae Award for our work with Zeta Rho as well as the Alumnae Achievement award, which includes a donation by Alpha Delta Pi to the Clasped Hands Fund of the Foundation in honor of our association. Additionally, the Association was awarded the Diamond 4 Point Award. President Katie Herndon attended the Convention and accepted the awards on behalf of the Association. A huge shout out to the 2011-2012 as well as the 2012-2013 Executive Board members, as their planning and enthusiasm was part of our success! 2013 Grand Convention: Nashville Shines! NEWS FROM THE NASHVILLE ALPHA DELTA PI ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION THE VIOLET PATCH In this issue GARAGE SALE RMH DETAILS FALL EVENTS
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F A L L 2 0 1 3 N E W S L E T T E R
2013 marked the 162nd year for the Alpha Delta Pi Grand Convention, which was held this summer in Dallas,
Texas. This was a great year for the Nashville Alpha Delta Pi Alumnae Association as we were awarded the Collumnae Award for our work with
Zeta Rho as well as the Alumnae Achievement award, which includes a donation by Alpha Delta Pi to the
Clasped Hands Fund of the Foundation in honor of our association. Additionally, the Association was awarded the Diamond 4 Point Award.
President Katie Herndon attended the Convention and accepted the awards on behalf of the Association. A huge
shout out to the 2011-2012 as well as the 2012-2013 Executive Board members, as their planning and enthusiasm was part of our success!
2013 Grand Convention: Nashville Shines!
NEWS FROM THE NASHVILLE ALPHA DELTA PI ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION
I hope everyone has had a wonderful summer! Mine has been filled with
weddings, a few quick trips, and some time out on the water. At the end of June, I represented our wonderful group of women at the 162nd Grand
Convention of Alpha Delta Pi in Dallas, Texas. Our hard work has paid off and were were recognized with
several awards! The Collumnae Award, shared with Zeta Rho, for our relationship with their chapter,
Diamond 4 Point Award and Alumnae Achievement were all awarded to our Association.
This year’s theme, “Deep in the Heart,”
provided great direction for our business meetings and in my personal reflection throughout that week. I
encourage you all to take time to reflect on what Alpha Delta Pi means to you and what brought you home to us.
It is what is deep in our hearts that makes us different from any other organization of women.
I am honored to be serving as your President for the upcoming year. Your
Executive Board has been hard at work getting some new and exciting things in place that I think everyone will enjoy. I
look forward to seeing many of you, whether it be at our monthly programming, Sister Suppers, or Happy Hour!
Loyally,
Katie Herndon, PresidentBeta Beta
Letter from the President
It is what is deep in our hearts
that makes us different from any other organization of
women.
KATIE HERNDON
September: Come join us as we kick-off our fall programming! Spruce is a lifestyle store located in Brentwood
where you’ll find anything from home furnishings to the perfect hostess gifts! Catch up with old friends or meet
someone new; plus, 20% of all sales will be donated to our Alumnae Association! We’ll be collecting paper towels for RMH - feel free to bring as many rolls as you’d
like!
6:30 PM | 7023 Church St E, Suite 100 - Brentwood, TN
Upcoming Meetings: You’re Invited!
UPCOMING EVENTS
2013 Fall Programming:
• SEPTEMBER 5 - KICK-OFF MEETING AT SPRUCE IN BRENTWOOD
• OCTOBER 3 - TOUR OF NASHVILLE CONVENTION CENTER*
• NOVEMBER 7 - CHRISTMAS “HOW TO” DECORATING WITH TERRI RICE - VANDERBILT 100 OAKS*
• DECEMBER 5 - ANNUAL CHRISTMAS AUCTION - LESA SKONEY’S HOUSE
*Locations are subject to change - make sure to check the website!
October: The Nashville Music City Center finally opened in May of this year, nearly three years since the project first
began. We’re going to take a tour of this impressive building, which features more than118,000 square feet of exhibit space
and a roof that spans more than 4 acres that was designed to mimic the rolling hills of Tennessee! Learn more fun facts about the Music City Center.
6:30 PM | 201 5th Ave South - Nashville, TN
November: Often times the holidays can be stressful with all of the shopping and family preparation. Take a break from
the hustle and bustle as we get crafty! Terri Rice, along with some other members of our association, will be showing their tips
and tricks on decorating for the holidays. From wreaths to customized gift wrapping, this is one meeting you don’t want to miss!
Looking for a way to sneak in some extra time with your sisters? No agendas, no official business - just good food, laughter and fun! Make sure to check out the monthly
Sister Supper!
For this past Sister Supper, we dined at the infamous Loveless Cafe. Next month’s supper is planned for September 19th, at Urban Grub off of 12th Avenue South
(2506 12th Ave South, Nashville ). To learn more about Sister Suppers or to see more upcoming events, be sure to visit our website: http://nashvilleadpialums.com/upcoming-
events-2/
We’ve also just recently begun meeting for Happy Hour once a month, as various restaurants offer some great
deals! These are typically held the second Tuesday of every month. The next one is scheduled for September 10th, at Whiskey Kitchen in the Gulch (118 12th Ave S, Nashville)
These events are a great way to have a mini escape from your regular work or home activities, especially if you are not able to come to regular meetings. We use Socialzr
evites to announce each gathering, so be sure to keep your email current with us. If you need any additional information about Sister Suppers, please contact Warneta Conner at [email protected]
Because We Can’t Get Enough of Each Other: Monthly Sister Suppers and Happy Hour
Panhellenic Update
The Nashville Area Panhellenic Alumnae Association (NAPPA) is composed of all the NPC sororities in the Nashville area. Alpha Delta Pi is a member and has two
The Nashville Panhellenic Association will host a fundraiser and luncheon in the upcoming Spring of 2014. Funds from
the luncheon are donated to a scholarship fund for Nashville girls who will be attending colleges that have sororities.
Alpha Delta Pi will be responsible for selling tickets to the luncheon (usually 10) and providing items for the silent
auction. The actual date and time of the luncheon will be announced as soon as those plans are confirmed.
Currently two donations have been made: Cheryl Oglesby
has donated 2 pillows from Sprintz and Julie Cox has provided 2 chairs and a pair of beach towels. If you have any items that you’d like to donate for the auction, please notify Alice Yopp at [email protected] or Cheryl Oglesby at
[email protected]. Additionally, a sign-up sheet will be available at the first meeting for those interested in making a donation.
Here’s the theory! This is our LAST colossal garage sale to support our activities and
donations to the Ronald McDonald House. Our members this year can make it our best! In late 2014, we will
have new plans from our Fundraising Committee, so let’s put our Pi Pride into action and
make this the biggest and the best.
Let’s start with the easy part:
shopping! Several of our sisters have already snagged and stored donations from neighbors, family, and co-
workers; and we have some of the best year sale finds you can imagine. We’ve already sold
almost $150 worth! So if you want to grab up the really, really good stuff, join us for a
merchandising night October 14-17. It’s fun, not too hard and we have a party theme
ever night!
Tory Burch shoes, Gap coats, kitchen tools, new best seller books, DVDs, CDs, and more -
and these are just a glimpse of some of the finds our members have scooped up in recent sales.
This year, we’ve got furniture finds of all kinds. Those of you who are our HGTV creative
types and can refinish a book case or a dresser, get here early! That’s not to mention the lamps and other home
decor - oh and we forgot to mention the serving ware from Lenox to Fiesta and more!
For more information, contact Carolyn DeWitt: 615-498-0998 or [email protected]
Let’s Go Out With a Big Bang Garage Sale!Date: Friday, October 18th and Saturday, October 19th | Where: 5728 Knob Road, Nashville (Sister Nancy Mannon’s Home)
Let’s Go Out with a Big Bang Garage Sale!Date: Friday, October 18th and Saturday, October 19th | Where: 5728 Knob Road, Nashville (Sister Nancy Mannon’s Home)
DONATIONSWe are pretty well stocked, but will always take items that are particulary clean and popular. Popular items include:
✴ Children’s clothes✴ Kitchen items✴ Dishes✴ Garden items✴ Pet Items (crates, bowls, leashes)✴ DVDs✴ CDs✴ Electronic items in working conditions (and preferably
with instructions)✴ Tools of all kinds (hammers, wrenches, even power
tools)
We will have electrical power for people to ensure their devices work.
Merchandising and Sneak Peak Shopping Night - Sign Up!
We have a different theme and team leader for each of the nights. During this time, we’ll sort, price and merchandise the goods! This night would not be complete without music, food and of course BYOB!
BE A TEAM LEAD FOR ONE NIGHT. You pick the theme and get $20 towards supplying some food for your awesome merchandising team. Or just sign up to be on the night that works for you! We’ll also have a sign up sheet at our September meetings.
Sunday DonateSince this will be our last sale, we will have various charities
lined up to either pick up donations or we will need
volunteers to take loads to Goodwill, or another
organization that accepts donations of this kind. A few hours should do it! Please, if
your schedule does not allow any time during that week to help,
please don’t leave it to “everyone else.” A few hours, that is all we ask so that we all
can share in the pride of what we do for RMH.
Final Tips! Did you get duplicate items for your birthday or Christmas and they are still hanging around? DONATE!
We always need help from those of you with SUV’s, minivans, or trucks who can pick up great donations that we just need a little help to get to the sale location. Let us know if you can help!
Have a neighborhood email distribution? Work Group? Any other friends who might have some donations? We have flyers for you to post at work or send to friends who love sales so you can ensure we sell as much as possible.
We are very blessed in the fact there is a Ronald McDonald House right in the heart of Nashville. Since its
opening in 1991, the Nashville RMH has served families from all over Tennessee in addition to those from Kentucky and many other states. They’ve even be called home by those from 13 foreign countries. The house has
32 bedrooms with a Family Room on the 5th Floor of the Monroe Carrell Jr. Children’s Hospital.
Our Alumnae Association will continue to support the
Nashville RMH this year in a number of ways. For our first meeting, please bring paper towels for the House Pantry.... and don’t forget to continue collecting pull-tabs! We’ll have
“collection houses” available at each meeting, so feel free to bring your pull-tabs to meeting and Pam Zimmerman will collect and deliver them to the house.
Learn more about the Nashville house, upcoming events and other ways to help out:
http://www.rmhcnashville.com/
Also, be sure to “Like” them on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/RMHCNashville
Ronald McDonald House of Nashville
Upcoming Events:
RMH Work Day - A joint work day has been scheduled at the House with our sisters from Zeta Rho for September 14th. We’ll get the
house looking “spic and span” beginning at 9AM until around 11:30AM. And what better to make the house smell great than fresh baked cookies? Watch for more information via e-mail. In the meantime, if you are interested in participating, please contact Pam
We are once again a sponsor for the Hustle for the House 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run that will take place on Saturday,
September 21st. In addition to recognition at the event, our sponsorship provides three complimentary registrations for the event, which will be distributed via a drawing that will be held at our September meeting.
We’ll have a team running the day of the race. If you’d like to register as part of the alumnae association team, make sure to select NASHVILLE ADPI ALUMS on the
You can still participate even if you are not a runner!
Donations can be made in support of the Alumnae team. To make a donation, visit: www.active.com/donate/hustleforthehouse/NashvilleADPiAlums
The chip-timed race will start and finish at the Nashville Ronald McDonald House and follow a certified course through the Hillsboro West End Neighborhood. All
participants are welcome to dress in their finest disco attire if the mood strikes! Races times are 7:30AM for the 1 Mile Fun Run and 8:00AM for the 5K. If you’re an early riser and are interested in being a hustle volunteer to
assist with set up and registration (5:30AM - 10:30AM), please contact Pam: [email protected] or 615-292-3783.
Thanks to everyone for all that you’ve done - and will do - in support of the House’s mission to “Keep Families Close” and provide a “Home Away from Home” for
families of critically ill children receiving medical care at Nashville area hospitals!
Hustle for the House
BETTY BROCK
ON JULY 19TH, THE TENNESSEE SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES (TNSAE) NAMED BETTY BROCK AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES A LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROFESSION OF ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT, THROUGH ACHIEVEMENT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL’S OWN ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS SERVICE TO TNSAE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL, CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. THE ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR IS THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION GIVEN BY THE TENNESSEE SOCIETY OF EXECUTIVES. VIOLETS TO SISTER BETTY ON THIS INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT!
VioletsShout Out to Your Sisters
SISTERS OF EPSILON TAU
OUR EPSILON TAU SISTERS AT MTSU MOVED INTO A NEW HOUSE! THEY HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK GETTING THE HOUSE READY AND WILL BE HOSTING AN OPEN HOUSE ON SEPTEMBER 8, FROM 2PM TO 4PM, FOR EVERYONE TO SEE! ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS, THEY WERE AWARDED THE MAXINE BLAKE GOLDEN LION AWARD AT THIS SUMMER’S GRAND CONVENTION! CONGRATS TO OUR SISTERS ON STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH A BANG!
OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH SISTER STEPHANIE SIMPSON FOR THE LOSS OF HER BROTHER.
VioletsShout Out to Your Sisters
ALL-STAR ENSEMBLE
THE AWARDS RECEIVED AT THIS YEAR’S GRAND CONVENTION WOULD NOT HAVE BEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HARD WORK AND LEADERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARDS FROM 2011-2012 AND 2012-2013. THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE ASSOCIATION!
THANK YOU!
WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE MANY SISTERS WHO MAKE CASH DONATIONS, LEND MANY HOURS OF TIME TO KEEPING THE SORORITY AT LARGE RUNNING SMOOTHLY, AND SUPPORT OUR RMH EFFORTS WITH VOLUNTEER HOURS AND DONATIONS TO THE GARAGE SALE!
Want to give a violet? Send accolades, birth, wedding and professional
• 11/12 - 6PM AT RUMORS WINE AND ART BAR | 1104 DIVISION ST NASHVILLE, TN
• 11/21 - 6:30PM SISTER SUPPER AT WARNETA’S HOUSE
SEE YOU IN 2014
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The Nashville Alpha Delta Pi Alumnae Association is comprised of women from chapters all over the US. We’re all different ages, enjoy various careers and participate in a variety of activities. Yet there’s still a common bond that exists among us - We Live For Each Other!
How to become a member:
1. Please fill out the membership form located on our website. The form will ask for some general information as well as the types of correspondence you are interested in receiving from the association.
2. Membership dues are $35 per year, typically paid in the fall or whenever you join. Dues are waived for first-year
graduates (but please still fill out the membership form). Annual dues will be used to pay for the Association’s International dues, Panhellenic fees, fundraising supplies, Grand Convention, Ronald McDonald House support as well as other small operating costs.
3. Dues can be paid in the form of cash, check or online, through our Paypal account. Of course, donations are always welcome! Please send your dues payments to:
Sarah Guess
7032 Still Spring Hollow Dr
Nashville, TN 37221
MEMBERSHIP
News from Zeta Rho
Thanks to those of you who have donated your time to the Mentoring Program and other joint events, Katie was able to bring home several Convention awards related to
alumnae participation with Zeta Rho. Let’s continue the tradition!
Because of the hard work and success of prior Chairmen, the Mentoring Program has become very special to the
Zeta Rho Seniors as well as many alums. The Chapter members first hear of the program when they become Alpha members and look forward to participating during
their senior year. This year we have almost 50 seniors who have indicated they would like to participate. Last year we had 35. ALUMS - WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!
Interested in being a mentor for a Zeta Rho senior? We need your participation in order to pair mentoring partners
later in September. All ages of alumnae are welcome. Whether you are just starting your career, are retired or anywhere in between, you can be a great sister and mentor
to a graduating Zeta Rho. This is not a work based mentoring program but rather our way of bonding with other sisters to show the Delta members that Alpha Delta
Pi is for a lifetime. The time commitment is minimal - maybe lunch, dinner or a cup of coffee during the year, attending the Fall Mentoring Kickoff and Jewel Degree in the Spring. Otherwise, you will mainly communicate by email to
provide support and make a new friend. Many members of our Association have made great young alumnae friends by joining.
For details or to sign up, please contact Beverly Sledge at 615-973-2846 or [email protected].
Our website is an excellent resource that contains valuable pieces of information such as:
Announcements and NewsEvent details such as location and timesRMH and other fundraising opportunitiesMembership and various ways to get involved within the AssociationHelpful Links
If you know of any sisters new to the area and are looking to learn more about the Association be sure to direct them to the site.
And a HUGE thank-you to Alison Miller for all of her hard work on the site!
Keep Your Contact Information Up To Date:Since moving to a digital format for the newsletter, we’re actively working to update our contact lists. To keep your information up-to-date with Executive Office (and always receive your The Adelphean by mail) follow these 3 easy steps:1. Sign in on alphadeltapi.org, If it’s your first time to log in and you don’t know your member
number, email Sally at [email protected]. Select the “Update Personal Information” section (second from top on the left).3. Make sure your information is current and click “Save.”
Speaking of The Adelphean... You can now read the digital version of The Adelphean online! You can “go green” and have the digital version delivered to your inbox every time instead of receiving a printed version in the mail. Simply send an email with your wish to “opt in” to the digital version to [email protected].
