May 2018 Newsletter. Michelle Spencer Lynn Johsz Adrienne Wright

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1 May 2018 Newsletter Instagram: NSCDeltaGamma LinkedIn: Orange County Delta Gamma Alumnae Facebook (Closed Group): Newport-South Coast DG Connections Facebook (Open Group): Newport-South Coast Delta Gamma Alumnae For assistance, contact Michelle Spencer Lynn Johsz Adrienne Wright

2 Newsletter Message For Hope, For Strength, For Life. This year, our Newport South Coast Delta Gamma Alumnae Chapter chose the theme of Hope to build our programming and events around. We ve been a busy group of dynamic, dedicated and involved women, and often find ourselves at meetings getting to know new sisters, catching up on life happenings, and general merriment, and spreading Hope to sisters and the community. Several members are getting married or having a baby, and they re eagerly planning the future, and our sisters share in their joy and hope. Our members got to visit the Blind Children s Learning Center and learn about brailing with the North Orange County Chapter, and our members shared in learning and hope. Our members have gathered in homes and around town to read books, plan, catch up, listen and offer hope. Several members have had family and spouses fall ill or pass, or money is very tight, and our sisters provided comfort, resources, and hope. Several members are in grad school while juggling work and their responsibilities, and our sisters sent messages of support and hope. We are your sisters, your family - we do what families do. We cry, we laugh, we celebrate in all of life's moments, the bad and the good. We stand by each other, lean on each other, offer our love, comfort, support and hope. The bonds of sisterhood are for life. They don t need to be seen or expressed every day to be felt, to be heard, or to be known. This is the power of hope that our sisters of Newport South Coast Delta Gamma have given each other, and all those who bare the name of Delta Gamma. PROGRAMMING We enjoyed very successful late 2017 programming with a fun Fall Kickoff event, a Halloween Costume Bunco event and a beautiful holiday afternoon get-together at Roger s Gardens, complete with shopping! 2018 events so far included Founders Day at the Hilton in March. Our End of Year Luau and Officer Recognition Dinner will be held on Sunday May 20th at Audrey s home in Fountain Valley from 4-6 PM.

3 Our Special Interest Groups continue to be popular. Check our website for upcoming events: newportsouthcoast. deltagamma. org Breakfast Club She is a Circle Book Club DGs After 5 Dine Outs April - Jewelry Exchange Jen, our President Jewelry Exchange FINANCES We have 54 generous members who have paid dues this fiscal year (July 1, June 30,2018), and we have received almost $3,000 in dues. Our dues are crucial to our continued operations. Delta Gamma Fraternity s expenses include coverage of our web fee, insurance, alumnae chapter annual fee, and payment for our delegate to attend Delta Gamma Convention in June. We also use our funds to create programming for all members of Delta Gamma. We aim to enhance friendship, sisterhood, networking and fun! Additionally, our funds are used to support Delta Gamma collegians at two local chapters at UCI and Chapman as well as to support our local philanthropy at the Blind Children s Learning Center in Santa Ana. If you have not yet paid dues, please consider joining Newport-South Coast today or after July 1 st for the new Fiscal Year!

4 FOUNDATION This Spring, our members will have the opportunity to participate in a Foundation-related event. Saturday May 12th, NSC will join other Orange County DGs as a sponsor and participant in the 14th Annual BCLC 5k Walk and Carnival in North Tustin. Registration for team, Delta Gamma Do Good Date: Saturday May 12 Time: 9:00 AM Place: Blind Children's Learning Center, Vanderlip B.,Santa Ana Price: Registration is $50 per person, but our team receives $50 discount off. You, your friends and family must use the promo code, DG50 to get the registration discount. Go to the web site, Blind Children s Learning Center and look for our Walk Team, Delta Gamma Do Good to register as a walker or make a donation to our team.

5 March Vision Beyond Sight Fundraiser for BCLC with speaker, Jake Olson COMMUNICATION Last summer, Michele Spencer prepared the minutes for the Executive Bmlmoard meetings. In August and September, she managed the beautiful postcard design and mailing process, with Audrey s help. As dues were paid, she wrote and sent out thank you notes to each local member. At the Holiday party, we had a drawing for a prize (bracelet) for the Anchor Club (Blue Dues Level) members as an incentive to pay dues at the top level.

6 LOCAL DELTA GAMMA COLLEGIANS UCI has completed their transition to the new elected officers for the year. If you need any contact information, feel free to Alisa Reich at Future events with details to come at a later date, including senior bridging. SPONSORSHIP If you know a graduating senior gearing up for college, you can always submit a sponsorship form prior to recruitment, DG accepts them year-round. Go to deltagamma.org to find the sponsor form and instructions on submitting it. PANHELLENIC MEETINGS Social: 6:30 p.m. ; Meeting: 7:00 p.m. Meetings are held the 3rd Tuesday of each month, unless noted (*) below May 15 at Frisby Cellars, $20 per person-installation of officers and committee chairs installed *Please contact Jennifer Lust if you would like to attend a meeting or event where you can mingle with other Panhellenic Women. It would be awesome to have some DG representation! FACEBOOK & ANCHORA Our alumnae group has two Facebook groups. The group that is closed to members who are in our local database is named Newport-South Coast DG Connections. You can send a message through Facebook to ask to join it. On this page we are able to share private information, like a member s home address for an event. Members can also post on this page. Currently the group has 59 members. The public group is Newport-South Coast Delta Gamma Alumnae. Currently the group has 321 Page Likes, which includes DGs from all over the country, and fans of the group. You can view posts, but not post on this page. Like this group if you wish. In 2017, both alumnae

7 issues of The ANCHORA included information on our group. An article was featured on the page 22 of the 2017 Fall Issue and we are currently in Spring 2018 Issue. There is an article on page 32 and a photo on page 36.. A few photos are always submitted, although ones are not always chosen for inclusion by the ANCHORA staff. If you pay Fraternity Per Capita Dues to Delta Gamma, you receive all four issues in the mail if you request receiving physical copies of the publication. If you do not pay your annual Delta Gamma Fraternity Dues, you receive one issue per year, which is the current Spring issue. The ANCHORA can always be viewed online by visiting the deltagamma.org web site, after clicking on ANCHORA. The current Spring issue is on the deltagamma.org website. SHE IS A CIRCLE BOOK CLUB The current book is The Great Gatsby. Book Club will meet in Irvine on May 1st for dinner and discussion of the book. It will begin at 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. We meet about every other month to discuss a book that has been voted on by the group collectively. We welcome ideas and suggestions for future book discussions. Please call, Helen Thies, Special Interest Groups Chair, at (714) if you are interested in joining the group. Helen will you separately with updates and directions to our next meeting. California Girl - September 2017 Origin - March 2018

8 DINE OUTS The Dine Outs are a great way to connect with your fellow DG s and try new restaurants! We have one every other month. These events are for all members so it is a great way to meet new people of all ages. Look for them on our group s web site and on Facebook. DGs AFTER FIVE This year we launched a new event, DGs After 5! The events are geared towards women in their 20s & 30s but all are welcome. Our first happy hour at Bosscat Kitchen & Libations in Irvine was a great success! chedule! Happy Hours are perfect for those who want to pop in for a drink at any time that suits their schedule. You can always go to the newportsouthcoast. deltagamma. org website to see where and when we will be meeting. Join us at: The Bungalow Date: Wednesday May 9 Time: 5:00-8:00 PM Place: Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA Also Join us at: The Country Club Date: Thursday June 14 Time: 5:00-7:30 PM Place: 330 East 17th, Costa Mesa, CA BREAKFAST CLUB The Breakfast Club is a group of interested members ages 40+, but all NSC members are welcome. We have had four well attended breakfast events this year. Breakfast Club was held on February 17 at the home of Lynn Johsz in Huntington Beach and

9 Michelle Dean hosted our April 14th event in Newport Beach. We are in need of a hostess for June 2nd. If you wish to host, please contact Patty Wayte at: pwayte1873@gmail.com. It can be as simple as coffee and donuts or you can make it brunch! We usually have about six to eight members attend. If hostesses cannot be found, we can meet in a restaurant, too. Join us for breakfast and lively conversation. They are always fun events! Hosted by Patty Wayte - October 2017 Hosted by Pam Rieder - December 2017 Hosted by Lynn Johsz - March 2018 Hosted by Michelle Dean - April 2017

10 FOUNDERS DAY

11 Anniversary Honorees Michelle Dean and Elizabeth Barnes Founders Day Co-Chairs Stellar Awards 2018

12 Audrey Myers, Stellar Award 2018 Molly Hayes - Blue Award 2018

13 Alisa Reich - Blue Award 2018 (pictured on the left with President Jen Kucera Rothman) Michelle Dean and Elizabeth Barnes organized the Orange County Founders Day on March 3 rd at the Hilton in Costa Mesa. They had an excellent committee who had wonderful ideas for this year s event. They received donations for the silent auction and opportunity drawing which raised money for the Delta Gamma Foundation and Blind Children s Learning Center. Audrey Myer was presented the Cable Award of Delta Gamma at Founders Day for her years of service and devotion to Newport-South Coast!! At Founders Day, Michelle Dean and Elizabeth Barnes both received our group s Stellar Award. Molly Hayes and Alisa Reich both received our group s Blue Award. Members received recognition and roses for anniversaries of membership in Delta Gamma, including 50, 60 and 70 Years.

14 ALUMNAE RECORDS UPDATES Please contact Patty Wayte with any new members who you know have moved into the area so she can add them to our Membership records. If you have a change of contact information, you may either forward it to her at pwayte1873@gmail.com or go into MemberPlanet and update your information. Have an idea for a NEW Special Interest Group (SIG)? us!! nscdeltagamma@gmail.com Board Members Elected Officers President: Jen Rothman Finance: Audrey Myer Foundation: Kathy Buehler Membership: Jacki Lynch Communication: Michele Spencer Programming: Audrey Myer Appointed Chairs Collumnae: Alisa Reich Webmaster: Lauren Brown Sponsorship: Molly Hayes Newsletter: Shelly Nagler Public Relations: Lynn Johsz Panhellenic Delegate: Jennifer Lust Book Club/ Helen Thies The Breakfast Club: Patty Wayte Dine Out/DGs After 5: Courtney Brown Alumnae Membership Records Updates: Patty Wayte