You are cordially invited to attend
Pee Dee Alpha Delta Pi Alumnae Association’s

Jewel Degree
&
Afternoon Tea

on
Sunday, October 7th at 2pm

at the home of
Jane Gaskins
3120 Rutledge Manor
Florence, South Carolina

Pin Attire Please

RVSP to pdadpi@gmail.com by 10/5

Zeta Phi

Just an update on Zeta Phi....

Recruitment went very well. They extended 10 bids and got 10 new girls! Congratulations to Zeta Phi on a great Recruitment. It was well deserved!!

Prayer Request

Please keep Anna Pitts and Rachel Turner in your thoughts as their Grandmother passed away this week. As many of you know, both Anna and Rachel were very close to their Grandmother. Please say an extra prayer for their family.

Recruitment Update

Hi Ladies,

First of all let me say thank you to all of you who have volunteered to help out with Zeta Phi recruitment. As some of you may have heard, the number of girls signing up to go through formal recruitment this year was rather low. As of right now there are 25. In response to this, FMU has decided to alter the recruitment plans. The original plan was to have a party on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and then Bid Day on Saturday. The party on Thursday has been eliminated, but the rest will go on as planned with some minor adjustments.

Wednesday night will be composed of 3 rounds lasting 30 minutes each. The girls will be decorating, serving food and wearing the blue dresses originally intended for Pref. The parties for Wednesday begin at 6:15 in room 220 in the UC, so we are asking that if you want to help on that night that you arrive at 6. Friday night will be Philanthropy night. It will be held in room 218 of the UC beginning at 6. If you can help on Friday please try to be there no later than 5:45. Bid matching will occur immediately following the last party.

Again, thank you so much for your willingness to help. Please call me if you have questions, concerns, or suggestions!

Loyally,
Kristy Padgett
617-6552

New Arrival Prayer

Congratulations to Catherine (VanVlake) and Bradley Player on their new arrival, Matthew. He was born on 9/10/07 at 9:21pm and is 6lbs 11ounces, and 20 inches long. He had a few difficulties with his lungs but they think things are going to be okay. Please keep them all in your prayers.

If you wish to send Catherine an email, please do at: catherineplayer2@yahoo.com

Jewel Degree Request

If you have NOT been through Jewel Degree, please email pdadpi@gmail.com ASAP with your name and address. Jewel Degree will be held on October 7th at 3pm at the home of Jane Gaskins. Invitations to be mailed out shortly.

Thanks!
Amy

Alum Meeting Update 9/4/2007

We had a few new faces tonight that I wanted to take a moment to thank for coming and being a part of our newly revamped Alum Association:

- Patricia Dudley Siegal
- RoseMary Parham
- Kathy Elmore

It is always a thrill when new people come into our Association with fresh ideas. Thanks again all for coming. We hope to see you again soon.

ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED:

• Jane Gaskins talked about the Pee Dee Alumnae Association newsletter that was mailed out last week. It is something that we are going to do annually (in print) and quarterly by email. Please be on the lookout for that. Thank you again to Jane for taking it on and mailing out all of the newsletters. If you did not receive a newsletter, please send an email to pdadpi@gmail.com to update your address information. Also, a copy of the newsletter will be posted on the website shortly in case you did not receive one.
• Recruitment is next week!! If you plan to attend ANY night, you MUST email Sarah Foster at slfoster@bellsouth.net so that your name can be added to the list that is given to Francis Marion. Only those listed are allowed to attend recruitment. The dates for recruitment are as follows: DROP IN: Wed, 9/12 6:30-9:30pm, PHILANTHROPY: Thurs, 9/13 7:00-10:30pm, PREFERENCE: 9/14 7:30-10:00pm. If you are interested in learning a bit more about each night, please click on the link to take you to the Francis Marion "GO GREEK" page.
• The Alumnae Association will be participating in the American Heart Association Heart Walk this year on October 27th at Francis Marion University. Jane Gaskins has volunteered to be our team captain and will be sending out emails updating us on it shortly. For more information on the Pee Dee Heart Walk, click on the link.
• Bake Sale: The Zeta Phi chapter will be having two (2) bake sales this semester to help raise money for the Florence Area Humane Society. Since October is "Love Animals Month," their first bake sale will be on October 2nd. We have decided that we would like to help the chapter by baking some extra goodies to sell. We plan to meet before the bake sell to wrap up goodies, finish baking goodies, or to just decorate the goodies for the girls to pick up and take to the bake sale. More information on this to follow. Please check the website for details.
• Jewel Degree will be hosted at the home of Jane Gaskins on Sunday, October 7th at 3pm. If you have NOT been through Jewel Degree, please come dressed in pin attire (and wearing your pin if you have it) at 3pm. For those of you that have been through and plan to attend, please be there at 2:30pm. We will be mailing out invitations so watch your mailbox. Angie Branton has volunteered to handle the invitations and Amy Pennington will be assisting Jane with Jewel Degree. I, Amy Barton, will be officiating the Jewel Degree ceremony. Thanks ladies!
• RoseMary Parham and Kathy Elmore have an idea to possibly do a tea for local Alumnae to in an effort to raise money for the Zeta Phi chapter. This is an idea in the works so please be on the lookout for updates. Thanks again for the wonderful ideas!!
• Finally, if you have not paid your annual dues of $25, please do so either through paypal (www.paypal.com) and pay the email address of pdadpi@gmail.com or you can mail your check to Pee Dee ADPi, 412 S. Burris Road #14, Florence, SC 29501.

BABY NEWS!!

I wanted to congratulate Angie (McKnight) Branton and Frank Branton on their recent good news! Angie is pregnant!! I'm sure that we will all be saying our prayers that it is a healthy baby!!

If you would like to personally congratulate Angie, her email is abranton@taylordata.com.