Aloha!

This is the beautiful view from our 9th floor villa near Lahaina, Maui. We can watch the parasailers float by! If I weren't afraid of heights, this would be fun to try. We plan to stay on the water for a dinner cruise instead. We are already so spoiled and coming back to the arid desert will be a shock!

Ann Santos

Sister Leads the Way!

I work as a Registered Nurse at Banner Good Samaritan in Phoenix. I work on the Progressive Care Unite; specializing in Congestive Heart Failure patients. This past week, I was the first nurse to perform Heart Failure Ultrafiltration Therapy at Good Sam. This therapy filters a patient's blood, pulls out excess water and salt and returns the blood to the patient if they are admitted with fluid overload in their lungs and heart. This is a brand-new therapy to the hospital and is usually performed only in the ICU!

-Michelle Dayton

The Phoenix Alumnae Chapter had its "kick-off" luncheon meeting on September 10 at the Terravita Country Club in Phoenix. Special guests included Pi Zetas, Courtney Witt and Sidney Sather. Pi Zeta alum Karla Rasmusson spoke to the group about her upcoming appearance in the Miss Arizona pageant (November). Many thanks to Cindy McParland for sponsoring us!

Big Success on Campus!

During the recent recruitment, our Pi Zeta sisters took 77 new members! This fall's quota was 77. Two of these are Pi Zeta legacies. Of the 11 sororities at ASU, only 5 met quota. Way to go, DZ!

Just under 900 women registered for recruitment, a new record. More than 700 signed bid cards.

A sister shares some exciting news!

I am finishing up my psychology degree this semester at ASU, I am a temp-alum at the Pi Zeta chapter while I take online classes and work part-time in Human Resources at Leslie's Poolmart. Also, this November I will be competing in the upcoming Miss Arizona USA competition.

I am currently looking for sponsors for this pageant. I am seeking sponsorships in the form of service services, like salon, clothing and seamstress/embroidery services. The pageant process is expensive so I am also in need of monetary sponsorships. I receive most of my monetary sponsorships through the advertising opportunity in the Miss Arizona USA/Miss Teen Arizona USA program book. Businesses that market to women can purchase a page ad or half a page ad. This book will be seen by over 500 women; the 150 participants of the Miss and Teen divisions, the audience and family members; mothers, sisters and girlfriends!

If you know of a business that would be interested in marketing to valley women or know of any salons or clothing business, I would love to contact them. Please give me a call or email!

Thank you so much!

In the flame.

Karla Rasmusson

Miss Sun Devil USA