2016-2017 Kappa Delta Foundation Annual Report WEB
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“By seeking the honorable and beautiful things, I , have found myself a more successful The mission of student and the Kappa Delta well-rounded Foundation individual. I found is to secure funds , the condence to for the educational, involve myself in leadership and new activities charitable purposes within and outside of Kappa Delta of Kappa Delta.” Sorority. - 2017 . To have a friend to love is to have one of the sweetest gis We wish to express our sincere thanks to our sister and life can bring. When sisters talk about their KD immediate past Foundation Chairman, Bonnie Purvis friendships, they talk about support. Warren. Bonnie’s passion for KD and her inspired leadership carved a path that will lead to continued The Kappa Delta Foundation supports our sisterhood one successes in support of the Kappa Delta Foundation woman at a time. Through your generous gis, the mission. foundation supports our sisterhood by: Your investment in KD through the foundation • Building strong, con dent chapter, campus and epitomizes your commitment to our current and future community leaders through customized local and sisters and is a true act of support and friendship — national leadership training; yes, one of the sweetest gis life can bring. • Helping students pursue their education through As sisters and as friends, most importantly, we must undergraduate and graduate scholarships; continue to support one another. • Preparing members for successful careers by In our KD, providing opportunities for professional development; • Promoting philanthropy at the local and national Beth Martin Langford levels. Chairman, Kappa Delta Foundation As you review this report and celebrate what we have achieved together, we must look ahead and anticipate the evolving needs of our sisterhood. We must understand Pamela Nix For a full listing of scholarships and recipients, see pp. 10-12; and address the challenges our newest members face, Executive Director, Kappa Delta Sorority and for a full listing of 2016 Corre Award recipients, see p. 17. equip them with what they need and prepare them for Foundation success in college and beyond graduation. “I have grown as a condent leader and a condent woman because of Kappa Delta.” - The Sara and Melissa Beta Rho Memorial Scholarship was established in 2016 by alumnae, collegians, parents and friends of Sara Stelzer and Melissa Kennon, two Beta Rho-San Diego State sisters who passed to Chapter Eternal in fall 2014. Sara and Melissa are remembered by their Beta Rho sisters for their high academic standards, supportive nature and unwavering dedication to the Open Motto, ‘Let “I am motivated to excel because you us strive to attain that which is honorable, beautiful, highest’. chose to invest in me through this scholarship ... I am proud to be a part of This scholarship will be rst awarded for the 2018-2019 academic an organization that promotes true year. The rst recipient is Sarah Michael, a Beta Rho sister who friendship, holds us to the highest demonstrates superior academic abilities as well as the similar standards and encourages us to exceptional qualities of her two beloved KD sisters. Originally from incorporate the values of Kappa Delta in Snohomish, Washington, Sarah is a our lives.” communications major with a minor in leadership. We work toward a mission to build con dence and inspire women to action. With the growth we experience every year, we count on sisters like you to help our Undergraduate and Graduate scholarships members reach their full potential. $147,900 In 2016/2017, 74 scholarships totaling $147,900 were awarded, providing our sisters with the means necessary to complete their undergraduate and graduate degrees. Through local and national trainings, Kappa Delta women • Corre Anding Stegall Collegiate Leadership across the country received custom Awards leadership training which develops • Biennial National Convention them as leaders within their • Sexual assault and hazing prevention chapters and nurtures skills they • Leadership Development Consultant program will use far beyond their collegiate • Chapter Advisory Board training years. • Archives and historic preservation • Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute More than 27,000 people in our • Orthopaedic research internship local communities were impacted • George O’Keee Art and Leadership by philanthropic grants provided internship by the Kappa Delta Foundation during 2016/2017. $278,719 At scal year-end, assets under management totaled more than $ 29.5 million. These funds are invested under the prudent stewardship of our professional advisors and our nance and investment * committees. • Girl Scouts National Young Women of Working in conjunction with our advisors, the Investment committee Distinction scholarships • reviews our portfolio performance regularly with the objective of *Kappa Delta collegiate and KiDs grants • providing a steady stream of spending in support of the foundation’s alumnae chapters raise funds Con dence U grants • mission, preserving the real purchasing power of the assets in annually to support the prevention American Association of Orthopaedic perpetuity and maintaining or growing the portfolio assets aer of child abuse. Of the funds raised, Surgery research grant • adjusting for spending, fees and ination. 80 percent is donated to local child Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU abuse prevention agencies and 20 grant • percent is donated to Prevent Child Alumnae Crisis grants Abuse America. In 2016/2017, Kappa Deltas donated $497,985 to Prevent $178,390 Child Abuse America. This number is not included in the total above. “Your generosity “As a current doctoral student, my has helped lighten research interest focuses on the the nancial burden. I am now intersection of educational able to focus more leadership, equity and issues of on my education. I social justice. This scholarship hope one day I will will allow me to focus on be able to give back completing my capstone project to the community and give and is further armation that I am scholarships to working toward something that other Kappa Deltas. will benet more than just me. I I want to help them will uphold the legacy of this achieve their goals just like you have award and pay it forward.” done for me.” - 2017 - , -, - . The cost of tuition continues to rise. As a result, students are graduating with alarming amounts of debt, some lasting decades. To lighten the burden and inspire our sisters to continue pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees, the Kappa Delta Foundation awarded $147,900 in scholarships. The Kappa Delta Foundation receives, on average, seven times more applications than it has available scholarships. Help our sisters pursue their degrees by giving the gi of scholarship. 2016-17: 2016- • Dot Mears Undergraduate 2017 Scholarship • Tricia Ruma Spence Graduate Scholarship • Sara and Melissa Beta Rho Scholarship • Lula Walker Alpha Pi Scholarship • Lula Walker Accounting 2016- Scholarship 2017 • Bonnie Purvis Warren Scholarship Vieno Carter, Eta Kappa-Northeastern : Nathaly Trujillo, Eta Beta-Bradley Annie Carlisle, Alpha Chi-Louisiana Tech . Leah Strope, Alpha Mu-Mississippi & Courtney DeVore, Sigma Epsilon-Texas Mallie Imbler, Alpha Mu-Mississippi Samantha Dean, Sigma Kappa-Ohio State Elizabeth Mulina, Epsilon Alpha- Ashley Lawson, Delta Mu-Newberry / Missouri Science & Technology Sandra Mott, Gamma Omicron-Wayne State Laura DiRienzo, Epsilon Rho-Rochester Amanda Jackson, Beta Zeta-South Emily Gillenwater, Zeta Omega- Carolina Memphis Sophia Anagnostis, Beta Pi-Florida Payton DeAndrea, Beta Pi-Florida . Christina Sego, Delta Gamma-Western Wendi Wang, Sigma Pi-Albion Kentucky Lori Wallace, Alpha Chi-Louisiana Tech Sarah Steranka, Sigma Iota-Washington Madeleine Breaux, Gamma Kappa- Madison Kaufman, Alpha Chi- Louisiana/Lafayette Louisiana Tech Kathryn Norungolo, Gamma Delta-East Brinkley Henry, Gamma Psi-Delta State Tennessee State & . Katherine Calvert, Sigma Upsilon- “The sorority played a large role in Laura Springer, Pi-Nebraska Lauren Abbott, Gamma Gamma-High Indiana Point Chandler Hendrix, Delta Mu-Newberry the professional woman I have Rachel Wood, Delta Iota-Murray State - . Ali Szemanski, Lambda-Northwestern become. Attending graduate Andrea Liberman, Beta Tau-Vanderbilt Catherine Sununu, Beta Tau-Vanderbilt school is a conscious decision for Allie Anstead, Eta Eta-Northern Margaret Chenault, Zeta Alpha-Texas Kentucky - Tech me to strive for that which is Julia Emery, Gamma Nu-Miami/Ohio . Allison Staats, Beta Mu-Bowling Green Maggie Cunningham, Gamma honorable, beautiful and highest. State Nu-Miami/Ohio Mette Flynt, Beta Epsilon-Tulsa . . Were it not for the Kappa Delta Hallie Gillam, Alpha Mu-Mississippi Mary Maddalena, Alpha Alpha- Gabrielle Casey, Zeta Gamma-Arkansas Michigan State Stevie Cantrell, Mu-Millsaps Foundation, doing so with Emily Brock, Sigma Phi-Georgia Brannon Smith, Epsilon Pi-Virginia Tech nancial stability would not have Malia Moreland, Sigma Tau- Grace Shike, Zeta Gamma-Arkansas Washington State . & been possible.” Bailey Rainey, Eta Alpha-Texas A&M/ Alexandra Neltner, Beta Mu-Bowling College Station Green State Chloe Hawkins-DeCaire, Gamma Beta- - North