Happy holidays to all DZ alums and their families! The Phoenix Alumnae Chapter had a great 2012, thanks to your dedicated and generous support. We look forward to seeing you all in 2013. Best wishes for a safe, healthy, prosperous and happy New Year!

Gooey Butter Cake-- DELICIOUS!

If you were at the Teddy Bear Tea, you enjoyed this tasty treat. If you weren't there, you missed a  real sugar rush! In any case, Lorna shares the recipe:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Bottom layer
3. Mix together 1 box pound cake mix, 1 egg, and 1 stick melter butter. Pat into bottom of greased 9 x 13 baking pan.
4.  Top layer- Beat together 2 eggs, 8oz cream cheese, 1 lb powdered sugar. Pour over bottom layer.
5.  Bake for about 45 minutes, and get ready for compliments!!

Yummy!

Teddy Bear Tea

Representing Pi Zeta at the alum chapter's Teddy Bear Tea were Christina Roman, Kat Lorenzen, and Lindsay Lippincott. The event was at the home of "Mrs. Santa," Ann Santos.

At the recent Teddy Bear Tea and holiday party, alum chapter president Ann Santos (right) recognized Sharon Malay (left) and Ann Haggerty for 50 years of sisterhood in Delta Zeta.

Our youngest guest, Katie, age 4.

Katie and mom, Holly.

Sampling all the yummy treats

All the teddy bears to be donated

Festive table decor

All the goods for sale 

Dusty and her beautiful creations

Success Story!

Ladies,

For the past couple of years, Deb Willey has organized a fund-raising project called "Finals Survival Kits." She contacted the parents of the Pi Zetas and offered them a choice of baskets of items that would help their daughters get through final exams. Proceeds benefit our annual scholarship for a graduating senior at the Phoenix Day School for the Deaf. Here is her message after this fall's effort:

* * * * * * * *

The Survival Kit fundraiser was a whopping success this year totally 

because of the following people to whom I wish to send my heartfelt 

thanks and gratitude. Seriously, your enormous donations made all of 

the difference. You are greatly appreciated!

Pat Wells

Mary Peterson

Millie Homan

Diane Stanton

Holly Carpenter

Nora Kabat

Pricilla Owens

Georgia Souris

Ann Santos

Pat Humke

Much Love, Deb Wiley

Delta Zeta Needs Your Help!

We are just about 40 days until the start of the 2013 Waste Management Phoenix Open! We need to fill 39 shifts, and to date have just 15 on the books. So please sign up before the end of the year. Recruit family, friends, neighbors, co-workers!

PPA has filled just over 50% of all shifts, 333 of the 628. Most open shifts are at 11AM on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They need more volunteers!

Don’t let the holidays be your excuse for not signing up for the Open. Once the New Year hits, the tournament is almost here!

Registration remains the same at www.phoenixopenvolunteers.com. Be sure to designate you are working for Delta Zeta!

So far Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday just have a few shifts still available; basically they are near full. Monday 11am still has a few spots if you need a short shift; it’s a practice day that usually ends early.

Thursday still has a few 730am and 9am shifts; Friday has a few 730am and 8am shifts.
We still have over 50 11am shifts that we need to fill on both Thursday and Friday. Thursday is the 1st round of tournament play and these days golf usually ends around 5pm or 6pm, they always finish before dark.

Saturday a few 8am shifts are still available; There are about 60 11am shifts available. Yes, this is the “green out” and the busy busy day that gives the tournament the crazy reputation on 16. We need lots of help to get the job done!

Sunday has a few 730am shifts and about 60 11am shifts. Sunday is “Family Day” for the Thunderbirds, they bring out their kids. Lots of strollers out on the course and the true golf enthusiasts that want to watch the finals. It really is a great day out on the course and the Super Bowl doesn’t start until @ 5pm.

As a reminder, 2013 goals were set at 65% of membership totals. Sorority must meet 80% of their goal to participate in Continuing Education Scholarships and have at least 2 of 3 Council members volunteer at the 2013 Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Calling All DZ's (and family and friends)!

Wanted: DZ alums and their friends and family members who want to have fun and raise money for women's scholarships! Sign up soon for the WM Open so you get the shift you want. One of the sororities has already filled its quota, and Delta Zeta needs your help to do the same. Do it today!

Seasons Greetings DZ Style!

Diane, a colleague of Ann's, found this holiday card and thought it was perfect for
us DZ's. What do you think? Kind of perfect huh?

Phoenix Panhellenic Gets in the Holiday Spirit

At the Phoenix Panhellenic Association holiday party/meeting on December 3, Paige Pawlikow and Ann Santos (second and third from left, respectively) represented the Phoenix Alumnae Chapter of Delta Zeta. Sorority reps participated in some fund-raising for the Circle of Sisterhood, shown on the display board in the background.

Beary Kind Donations

More than 60 cuddly bears and a sprinkling of other animals will comfort children in emergencies, thanks to Phoenix alumnae and friends. The toys were collected at the Dec. 8 Teddy Bear Tea and will go to area firefighters via Phoenix Panhellenic. Our sincere thanks to all the ladies who contributed!

Deadline Quickly Approaching

Remember, December 1 is the deadline to RSVP for the Teddy Bear Tea on December 8 in Litchfield Park. Tasty treats, shopping at Santa's Boutique, and great sisterhood are in store! Invite a favorite female friend or relative to come with you. Respond to Ann Santos.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all our sisters in Delta Zeta

2013 Waste Management Phoenix Open

Volunteer site is up to register! www.phoenixopenvolunteers.com. If you would like to volunteer with a group, please show up at the same time! Clothing shall be different this year. Prom will provide aprons for volunteers to wear. Volunteers need to wear white shirts, khaki pants, and closed-toe shoes. No volunteer clothing will be sold this year.

The 2013 Delta Zeta goal for volunteers is 39. We currently have a membership of 60. 2012 total was 39 and 2011 total was 32. We’re trending in the right direction!

December PPA Celebration for Charity

The beneficiaries of the 2012 Phoenix Panhellenic Association Celebration for Charity will be the Circle of Sisterhood Foundation and Teddy Bears for the Phoenix Fire Department.

Circle of Sisterhood: The Circle of Sisterhood is a mechanism by which all sorority women can stand together across affiliation, age, color, and creed to make a difference in the lives of millions of girls and women. We can give others an equal chance for rewarding lives and livelihoods through schooling, the learning of a trade, or even a college degree. We need money donations for the charity and suggest at least $1 per sorority member. Help us make change happen today! Learn more by visiting www.circleofsisterhood.org.


Phoenix Fire Department: Firefighters take these cuddly teddy bear friends with them on emergency calls to give to frightened children. We are looking for bears 12 inches or larger! Please bring these furry critters to the Teddy Bear tea event!

Distracted Driving

The Delta Zeta National Risk Management Committee wants you to know that:

In 2010, more than 3,000 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver
and an estimated additional 416,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes
involving a distracted driver. Eighteen percent of injury crashes in 2010 were
reported as distraction-affected crashes. Eleven percent of all drivers under
age 20 involved in fatal crashes were reported as distracted at the time
of the crash. Distracted driving involves more than just cell phone use. It
describes any activity that could divert a person’s attention away from the
primary task of driving – eating and drinking; grooming; using a navigation
system; adjusting a radio, CD player or MP3 player; etc.

For facts and information on this topic to share with others, please
refer to the MJ Insurance handout on cell phone laws and the U.S. Department
of Transportation’s website at www.distraction.gov for current state laws, facts,
statistics and resources. Please take the individual pledge
to end distracted driving, which can also be found on this website.

Big and Littles

Pi Zeta big and little sisters enjoyed a tasty treat from the alums after their meeting on Nov 4. Ann Haggerty, Millie Homan, Mary Peterson, Ann Santos, and Deb Willey provided more than ten dozen cupcakes for the occasion.

Marathon Sister!

From Phoenix alum Carol Sweeney: In the Savannah Marathon, my nephew Dan finished in 2:20 and change... My time was 3 hours, 2 minutes and change. It took me 28 minutes just to get to start line! Estimated 17000 runners. Beautiful day and fabulous course!! Savannah is such a great town!

Founders Day 2012

At our Founders Day "dessert potluck," we enjoyed many delicious treats. Among them were these cookies, sent all the way from Louisiana by former Phoenix alum Susan Warner. Here's the recipe if you want to make your own so you can eat every one:

"Southern Fried Bride's Pleasing Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies"

(makes 1 dozen)

 

1/2 stick butter, softened

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup canned pumpkin

1 large egg

1/2 teaspoon McCormick pure vanilla extract

1-1/4 cup King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon McCormick pumpkin pie spice

1/4 teaspoon McCormick ground cloves

3/4 cup chocolate chips

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray cookie sheet with nonstick spray or line with parchment paper. In large bowl, add butter and brown sugar. Beat together until creamy. Mix in pumpkin, egg and vanilla extract until well blended. In separate bowl, combine dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and cloves. Mix well. Slowly add the dry mixture into the batter in three parts until all of dry mixture has been added. Gently stir in chocolate chips only long enough to blend in mixture. Scoop the cookie dough by heaping tablespoons onto cookie sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the cookies are browned around the edges. Remove cookie sheet from oven and let cool for 2 minutes before removing with a spatula onto cooling surface. Enjoy!

Click the link below to view all the fabulous pictures from the event!
http://snack.to/pu3a7020

Happy Halloween!! Wishing everyone a SPOOKTACULAR evening!

Founders Day October 24

Delta Zeta is celebrating 110 years! The six young women who created this wonderful sorority could not have envisioned its great success. On our Founders Day, October 24, please take a moment to remember and thank them for bringing us all together.

Thank You from Pi Zeta

A note from our sisters at ASU:
Thank you for hosting Founders Day 2012. Pi Zeta appreciates everything you do for us!

Founders Day

At the alum chapter's Founders Day observance, a dessert potluck  in Chandler on October 20, several area alumnae were recognized for membership milestones. Among those honored was 98-year-old Sarah ("Sally") McCann Goodale Jaeggi, who this year became a member of the Order of the Diamond for 75 years as a Delta Zeta. The five honorees present had a combined 265 years of sisterhood. Representatives from Pi Zeta conducted the tribute to our six founders, and Monica Montez, alum chapter vice president, presented certificates and roses to Sarah, Nora Kabat (65), Millie Homan and Priscilla Owens (50), and Marti Benfield Sauers (25).

Luncheon Opportunity

The Sojourner Center is holding its 11th Annual Hope Luncheon on Thursday, November 8, from Noon to 1 p.m. in the Grand Sahuaro Ballroom at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge. Registration for this complimentary luncheon is at 11:30.

As you may be aware, the Phoenix Alumnae Chapter has donated items to Sojourner for more than two decades, and we held our February meeting there this past year. It would be great to have a Delta Zeta table at this fund-raiser luncheon.

So, if you're interested in attending, please let Ann Santos know by October 22nd.

Race for the Cure

I supported the Delta Zeta Alumnae Team (my walking hat was hot pink with a DZ rose!) in today's Komen Phoenix Race for the Cure to honor all our sisters who have conquered or are fighting breast cancer. I also wanted to remember all those defeated by this terrible disease, especially my aunt, Kathryn Hornick Koch, who waged a valiant fight in the early 1970s. With all the research advances since then, today she probably would have had many more years. Thank you to everyone who has tried to make a difference by supporting any of the various programs to find a cure! I hope more alums and their friends and family members will walk or race with us next year.

Ann Santos

We send our sincere condolences to Phoenix alum Berneil Drake, whose husband recently passed away. If you would like to send a message of sympathy and support to Berneil, her address is in the old directory, or contact Ann Santos to get it.

With a Cherry on Top!

Phoenix alums Deb Willey, Mary Pat Pepping, Kristen Thurmond, Ann Haggerty and Ann Santos join Pi Zeta's Kappa Class on the DZ patio at Adelphi during the alum chapter's annual ice cream social for the new members. 

Legacy Paige all decked out in pink and green 

Surprise!

Sweet surprise: Several Phoenix DZ alums were among the guests at a recent surprise birthday party for longtime chapter corresponding secretary Karen Lange (back row, second from right). The party was hosted by Karen's daughters, including DZ alum Sue Pickles (back row, second from left), who now lives in Washington state.

Sister Update

My husband Dave and I went to Stevens Point, Ann Santos' collegian stomping grounds in Wisconsin. We were there for a recumbent bike rally last August 10-12! I am standing at the dock near Ludington MI which has the SS Badger ship that crosses Lake Michigan to Wisconsin. Dave is sitting in his dream bike at Stevens Point Hostel Shoppe where the rally took place!



Carol Hinman Sweeney
GVP Delta Zeta Membership Chair

Ice Cream, Ice Cream, We all Scream for Ice Cream!

On Monday, October 8, the Phoenix alumnae will host an ice cream sundae event for the new members of Pi Zeta. We will serve at 6:00 pm in the DZ cluster at Adelphi. If you can come and mingle with these new sisters, please be there about 5:30.

Founders Day Celebration

Ladies,

 

You are invited to celebrate Delta Zeta’s founders, as well as the Phoenix Alumnae Chapter’s 64^th anniversary!

We will honor the six women who started our sorority; recognize the 10-, 25-, 50-, 65- and 75-year members in our area; and enjoy our great Delta Zeta sisterhood.

What: Delta Zeta Founders Day Observance

When: Saturday, October 20, at 2:00 p.m.

Where: Chandler, AZ

This will be a “dessert potluck,” so if you wish to share one of your favorite sweets (and its recipe), that would be great! Please respond either YES or NO by October 13.

RSVP to Monica Montez. We will try to arrange carpools if you don't want to travel alone!

Finished Project

Some of the painted turtles from the September alumnae meeting.

Final Reminder for Dues

Send your check and info form to treasurer Lorna by October 1 to be included in the Phoenix Alumnae directory. Thanks for your support!

New Opportunities

I just wanted to let you know that I will be relocating to Dallas for work next month. After a lot of thinking and praying, the move makes sense. I will be closer to my parents and in a city with family.

Thank you for making me feel so welcome in Phoenix with Delta Zeta!

Jayna Nance

The Year Has Begun...

This digital scrapbook personalized with Smilebox

Tickets Fore Charity

The Phoenix Panhellenic Philanthropic Projects Committee is pleased to announce a new opportunity... a partnership with the PGA TOUR's TICKETS FORE CHARITY program!

 

What does this mean?  Simply ... SPREAD THE WORD of our new CUSTOM LINK Support Panhellenic - TICKETS Fore CHARITY to your friends, family, co-workers and golf enthusiasts to purchase tickets for the 2012 Charles Schwab Cup Championships 10/31-11/4 at Desert Mountain Club Scottsdale!

 

For each ticket purchased through our custom link, Phoenix Panhellenic Association will receive 100% back.  The program is a fabulous opportunity for a non-profit like us to earn money to build the Phoenix Panhellenic Scholarship Fund.  It is really that easy, just FORWARD THE LINK.  All ticket purchases go through the PGA, which means you do NOT handle money OR deliver tickets.  Tickets will be distributed directly to purchasers by the PGA by mail or at Will Call.  Should Phoenix Panhellenic Association be a top ticket seller in the Tickets Fore Charity program, we have the opportunity to earn "bonus awards" up to $12,000.  If each sorority sold only 6 tickets (@100 tickets), Phoenix Panhellenic Association could raise over $2,000, and so on.  Please continue to spread the word and the link through October 31, 2012.

 

The 2012 Charles Schwab Cup Championships also has a need for volunteers to assist at the tournament. The PGA TOUR staff has recommended a number of opportunities and please note these do not include concession staffing. VOLUNTEER SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FRIENDS OF PHOENIX PANHELLENIC ASSOCIATION:

Volunteer Services ■ Office Support ■ Uniform Distribution ■ Special Events Admissions ■ Corporate Hospitality ■ Will Call/Credentials www.volunteers.schwabcup.com 

 

Find us on Facebook - Panhellenic Ticket Fore Charity for all of the links and information.  www.facebook.com/PanhellenicTicketsForeCharity

 

This is the first year the Charles Schwab Cup Championships will be held in Scottsdale.  This opportunity is an EXTRA philanthropic project for Phoenix Panhellenic Association, in addition to our annual partnership with the Waste Management Phoenix Open.  We were asked several weeks ago by The Thunderbirds and the PGA for our assistance.  More information about the Waste Management Phoenix Open will be made available at our 1st Panhellenic meeting in September.  In the meantime, PLEASE save the dates - January 28-February 3, 2013 and encourage scheduling the tournament as a chapter event in your calendars.

Calling All Turtles!

House Corp needs items for the Turtle Draw for new Pi Zeta members this fall...anything from turtle jewelry to soaps, and shelf sitters to night lights, or even pink and green or DZ things. Bring them to the September 8 meeting or contact Susan Norman for pickup.

Moving Around Town

Phoenix alum Julia Garleb will soon be living in the Phoenix area – Sept. 9th to be exact. She has accepted a Coordinator position in the Office of Student Engagement at ASU West Campus. She has been working at Embry Riddle in Prescott. Julia is our chapter's Panhellenic alternate.

Turtle Hunters

Alums how has your summer hunt to pick up turtle-type items been? Items are used as door prizes for the House Corporation "Turtle Draw Event” for the new members, and the girls love it! Bring your finds to the ROMPS or the first alum meeting, or arrange with Susan Norman to pick them up. DZ items or anything DZ or pink and green are great, too. New members enjoy decorating their dorm rooms with pink & green (their new favorite colors).

News from Monica Montez

Hi Ladies,

 

First, a group of us will be going to Su Vino for Wine Tasting this Sunday, August 26 at 1 pm. I am planning on making reservations, so please let me know if you are planning on going.

 

Su Vino is located at:

7035 E. Main Street Suite 110

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

 

If you signed up to volunteer for ROMP, you will have plenty of time to come socialize and then head over to the Pi Zeta house. :)

 

Second, I attended a presentation through my work this past week for Big Brothers Big Sisters. I am planning on becoming a "Big" and was wondering if anyone else is interested. We could possibly attend the same volunteer orientation and coordinate events with our "Littles." You can learn more about Big Brothers Big Sisters and their wonderful programs and ways you can help at www.bbbsaz.org. If you are interested in signing up to be a "Big," you can do so by following this link: http://www.bbbsaz.org/site/c.bkLWKhOTLfK2E/b.6561857/k.E204/Volunteer_to_start_something.htm

 

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free e-mail me at mrsmonicamontez@gmail.com.

 

I hope you all have a great week!

 

Monica