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The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
Alpha State, Texas Area XIV
Midland, Texas #158
President, Lois Templeton
Editor, Patti Groce
Vision Statement: Leading women educators impacting education worldwide
olume 19 Issue 1 January, 2012
Mission Statement: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and perso
growth of women educators and excellence in education.
Advanced DirectivesFebruary Zeta Xi Meeting
Date: Monday, February 6, 2012
Program: The Importance of Advanced Directives or Why Should I Have a LivingWill and a Medical Power of Attorney?Presented by Clinical Supervisor Ron Ellison of Hospice Midland
Time: 6:30 p.m.Place: 4007 Crestgate
Natalie Eustaces Home
Directions: Crestgate is located off Midland Drive north of Loop 250.
Hostesses: Natalie Eustace, Jean Alvey, Jan Perkins, Dorothy Thompson andLois Templeton
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Schools for Africa Initiative
Many of you have read in the DKG News and on the Delta Kappa Gamma website www.dkg.orgabout the Schools for Africa (SFA) Initiative. The Education Excellence Committee willcontinue Schools for Africa as an official project of Delta Kappa Gamma. Chapter members are
encouraged to use their financial resources to impact education worldwide.
What Your Money Can Do
* $10 learner kit for 1 student in Mozambique and Mali which contains a bag, stationery, miniatlas, math tables* $45 - learning materials for 10 children in Zimbabwe and Malawi* $125 - 3 day training workshop for a teacher in Rwanda benefiting about 1,200 children* $250 schools-in-a-box kit in Burkina Faso which contains learning materials for 80 schoolchildren and includes transportation cost
* $1,500 special support/grant for 40 orphans in South Africa* $4,800 installment of a safe water point in a school in Madagascar* $14,000 construction of 1 classroom in Niger and 1 library in Ethiopia including equipping itwith furniture and materials
Zeta Xi will collect money for this important project at the February 6th meeting. We will beemptying our purses of our loose change for Schools for Africa. Not only will our purses be lighter,but so will our hearts as we know these monies will be used to improve the education and lives ofchildren in Africa.
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Zeta Xi Completes a Great Program Year
Virginia Conner has planned programs to complete the 2011-2012 program year. Thank youVirginia, all of the programs you planned have been informative, fun or both. Only three more leftfor the year, hard to believe. Heres a reminder of the remaining programs.
March 5 A message from community educational leaders Dr. Steve Thomas, president ofMidland College and Dr. Ryder Warren, superintendent of MISD will be presented.
April 2The Sunshiners at Manor Park will be the entertainment and the program.
May 7Installation of officers and Founders Day.
RemindersRemember to wear your membership pin to each meeting and enter your namein the drawing for a door prize.
Please bring your magazines for Casa de Amigos and toiletries for Safe Place.
Remember to bring birthday pennies if youve had a recent birthday.
Susan Harmon will accept the (Untea) donations for the Scholarship Fund.
Invite that special lady to visit Zeta Xi so she can learn more about our wonderful organizationDelta Kappa Gamma.
June 21-23, 2012 is the 83rd Texas State Convention of Delta Kappa Gamma in Las Colinas.What a wonderful opportunity to learn, share and meet other great women of DKG.
July 19-21, 2012 is the Seminar in Purposeful Living to be held at the Hyatt RegencyCrystal City in Washington, D.C. Register soon space is limited.
July 24-28, 2012 is the International Convention in New York City at the Sheraton New York
Hotel and Towers.
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Happy Birthday to January Ladies
Happy Birthday to each one you. Remember you dont have to count your birthdays, but you doneed to celebrate and bring your birthday pennies to the meeting.
January Birthdays
8-Peggy Osborne
13-Ann Andrews
17-Heather Bostic22-Virginia Conner
An Inspirational Poem by Mary Shaughnessy
To Teach Is to HopeTo teach is to hopethat one day a child will know
the meaning of confidenceand be able to touch others lives.
To teach is to praythat these newly brave souls will
use their talentsto better the world,
instead of just themselves.
To teach is to feelthat not all the hurtsof those in our care
can be healed,
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but they can be soothed.
Letter from LoisWerent you all so proud that our chapter successfully
completed another year of our wonderful Storybook
Christmas? We especially want to recognize co-chairmen
Pat Adams, Ann Andrews, and Joy Cunningham for a job
well done. And the Midland Reporter-Telegram did a great
job of coverage with pictures on two different days following
our brunch work session. Thank you, Joy, for being a great
hostess in your beautiful library and thanks to all members for
the delicious array of brunch items.
Who would have thought that our Girls Night Out atGerardos would have to be postponed a week because of a
huge snowstorm? Were sorry that some of you were not
able to come because of the postponement, but we did have
a nice group who enjoyed dinner and fellowship together
the following week.
Our next meeting will be at Natalie Eustaces home at 4007
Crestgate on Monday, February 6th
. We will have
refreshments from 6:30 to 7:00 and then will enjoy a
program about Medical Directives which will be
presented by Ron Ellison of Hospice. I know that this will be information that many of us
need to be considering and I look forward to being educated and brought up-to-date.
Natalie will be presenting information about DKGs Schools for Africa project. Our chapter
will support this project by bringing loose change to our next 3 meetings.
We look forward to hearing from our Nominations Committee about the proposed slate of
Zeta Xi officers for 2012-2014. They received enthusiastic responses.
I am so proud to be a member of such a dynamic and involved group of dedicated women
educators who work together so beautifully to make our chapter outstanding and I look
forward to seeing all of you next Monday!
Love and Laughter to all of you,
Lois T.
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