ZetaXi Jan 2012 Newsletter 1

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The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International

Alpha State, Texas Area XIV

Midland, Texas #158

President, Lois Templeton

Editor, Patti Groce

[email protected]

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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