Happy Memorial Day!

Have a safe and wonderful weekend. Make time to enjoy your family, friends and of course great food!

The Phoenix chapter concluded its year with a luncheon meeting and officer installation on May 16th. Plans are already underway for special social activities during the summer!

Picture Captions:

(1) At the Phoenix Alumnae Chapter's annual taco-salad buffet for their Pi Zeta sisters at Arizona State University, three of this year's graduates show off their "diploma bear" invitations to the alums' Seniors Recognition Luncheon.

(2) Pi Zeta senior Morgan Wolters (left) and Joan Daniels Morgan (Beta Sigma) focus on the program at the Phoenix Alumnae Chapter's Seniors Recognition Luncheon. The alumnae honored 29 graduates this year.

Sister Update...

     I have been busy, busy and MIA from DZ events as of late, but I am still around and trying my best to get through the semester. In the short time since I joined the alumnae chapter my life/schedule has changed so much, so quickly! I know I will look back on this time and be amazed by the experience I have gained, but from day to day it has often felt like I am barely keeping my head above water. Things will have slowed down (partly by choice and partly because some things will have ended) by next Fall and I plan to be around a lot more.

     I haven't been setting a very good example by not posting my own sister update soo... here it is! I figured I could at least share with everyone some of the things, rather people :), who have been keeping me very busy! The first picture is of my first grade class and the second is my Daisy Girl Scout troop.

Erin Maher (Xi Lambda, University of San Francisco)

The official Cinco de Mayo celebrations are over, but the Phoenix Alumnae Chapter continues with an end-of-year "Fiesta" on May 16th. We're meeting at Aunt Chilada's, at the Point Squaw Peak, for lunch at Noon. Registration is at 11:30. The cost is $20, and the catering staff is creating a buffet just for us! Please RSVP to Ann Asndrln@aol.com by Monday, May 11th.

Don't forget to bring your sample-size toiletries for the Sojourner Center, as well as any items you wish to contribute to the Support Our Troops Project (suggestions include crackers, breakfast/cereal bars, dried fruit, packaged chocolate chip cookies, microwave popcorn, trail mix, canned tuna, unshelled peanuts, hard candy, men's and women's razor packs, shaving cream, deodorant, foot powder, lotion, shampoo, conditioner, Q-tips, mouthwash, CDs, greeting cards, books, and magazines).

On May 4, several Phoenix Delta Zeta alumnae attended the annual Phoenix Panhellenic Association (PPA) Awards Banquet and Officer Installation. The event also recognizes PPA Woman of the Year (WOY) nominees submitted by the member alumnae chapters as well as its scholarship recipients. Thanks to all the Greek women and their families and friends who worked at the FBR Open, PPA received $42,500 for their volunteer hours and was able to award 29 scholarships. Taylor Roegnik, from Pi Zeta, was one of the recipients. Mary Pat Pepping was the Phoenix DZ Alumnae Chapter's WOY nominee, and although someone else was selected WOY, Mary Pat definitely gets our vote!

Photo captions

First Picture:

Proud dad Tom was on hand when Taylor Roegnik (Pi Zeta) accepted a Phoenix Panhellenic Association scholarship.

Second Picture:

(From left) Phoenix DZ alums Pat Wells (Gamma Lambda) and Ann Santos (Zeta Chi) cheer Woman of the Year nominee Mary Pat Pepping (Theta Rho) at the Phoenix Panhellenic Association Awards Banquet. Pat is a past PPA president. Not shown, Phoenix DZ Alum PPA delegate Sue Pickles.

Ann Santos

Looks like I am the filling in this "Sweeney sandwich." The three of us recently met at Mimi's Cafe when Carol A. Sweeney (left, Epsilon Phi)) visited from her home in Northfield, Mich. A former part-year Arizona resident, she is the Phoenix alum chapter's Web coordinator. Carol A. brought to lunch her sister-in-law, Carol J. Sweeney, who lives in Buckeye, Ariz. We had a great time recalling sorority days and laughing at the hilarious stories Carol J. shared about working at the Jobing.com arena and University of Phoenix Stadium.