Young Alumnae Get-Together (For The Kids)

Tonight is our first Young Gainesville Alumnae outing! A group of us who are still living in the Gainesville area are heading out to Urban Flats tonight at 7:15pm. This week is Dine for DM Week around Gainesville and Urban Flats is participating tonight so we’ll be able to support the Sisters in their Dance Marathon efforts as well!

This year the girls have paired with Chi Phi for DM and are really excited.  I know in my years at the Chapter we were always trying to increase our focus on and participation in DM.  I think the girls now have really taken that goal to heart.  Last week at Chapter, they read a letter from their Miracle Child that was very sweet and very appreciative.  They sent him birthday cards the following week. DM has stepped up its efforts by adding fundraising events throughout the semester and I have to say,  I’m really proud of how hard the girls have worked in these events! They won the DM softball tournament earlier this semester and have had the best participation at a couple other DM fundraising events, winning a portion of the funds raised for our house total. Between online donations, e-mail and letter campaigns, and winning the fundraising events, Dani White, the Chapter’s DM Delegate, estimates that they have raised about $11,000 total so far!  There will be at least two four-year dancers, Samantha Simon and Madie Burie and there are lots of girls already involved in leadership roles even though Staff positions haven’t been filled yet!

I know that Dance Marathon became a really important aspect of Greek life for many of you and its one thing (of many)  the Greek Community at UF can truly be proud of.  I was blown away by the amount of money raised last year, nearly $500,000 total.  Its easy to get caught up in the other aspects of Greek life, which makes me all the more proud to see my sisters focusing on the powerful things they can do and changes they can make by working towards a goal together!

 Dance Marathon raise a lot of money through on-line donations now.  I know that times are tough for everyone, but in case you were interested in donating you can use this link and your donation will be added to Alpha Chi’s house total.

http://my.e2rm.com/TeamPage.aspx?teamID=195264&langPref=en-CA&Referrer=https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/teamSummary.aspx%3fEventID%3d56069%26LangPref%3den-CA%26RegistrationID%3d1020968%26Referrer%3dhttp://floridadm.

Hopefully our brand new Gainesville Young Alumnae group will be doing more fun get-togethers through-out the year. Maybe we’ll be able to help the Chapter in other ways too!