All Alumnae of NPC S 26 Member Sororities Are Invited to Attend Every Event Listed

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 Southern Crescent News Issue #7 www.southerncrescentalumpanhel.org Fall 2006

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SAVE THIS NEWSLETTER! This is the only one you’ll receive with ALL the dates! All alumnae of NPC’s 26 member sororities are invited to attend every event listed.

DUES AND DIRECTORIES Annual dues of $10 are now due! Please complete the enclosed dues form & send to Treasurer Jayne Troy. Please consider donating to the Scholarship Fund too! We truly appreciate any and all contributions! Payment of dues ensures inclusion in the 2006-2007 ASCAPA Directory. August 27, 2006; Sunday; 2:00 pm “THE LOST ART OF LETTER WRITING” May 5, 2007; Saturday; 1:00pm Start the new Panhellenic year off by learning about the Lost “AFTERNOON WITH ATHENA” Art of Letter Writing. Our speaker is Catherine Anliker () We’re starting a new tradition - our annual Scholarship owner of By Invitation Only in Fayetteville. Place: The home Luncheon and Officer Installation, along with our Sorority of Melinda Randolph () 600 Embassy Court, PTC, Information Session is being rolled into one great event! It’s 770.486.8052 (Smokerise) Bring an appetizer or dessert to all FREE and open to all high school senior girls in the area! share! Beverages provided. We’re calling it an Afternoon with Athena! Athena is known as the Greek Goddess of Wisdom & Benevolence and was, in October 12, 2006; Thursday; 6:30 pm essence, the prototype of the contemporary "career woman". “PHILANTHROPY & POTLUCK” We’ll have a reception with light catered refreshments and Come hear about our new local philanthropy - Wellspring - hear about the benefits of sorority membership from the while enjoying our annual Fall Potluck! Claudia Phillips, Director of Greek Life at Emory University, Victor Felts. Wellspring Living, Inc Community Coordinator will tell us There’ll be Q&A with current sorority collegians & we’ll tell the about the organization which serves women who’ve suffered senior girls how we can help them get recommendations. childhood sexual abuse & have made destructive life choices. Recommendation writers are strongly encouraged to attend Place: The home of Carla Barnes (), 206 Redding so they can meet the girls they will be writing recs for. Then Ridge (Stoney Brook Plantation), PTC, 678.364.8367). Bring we’ll present our scholarships & do a brief officer installation. a covered dish to share. Beverages provided. Place: The beautiful Phi Mu Fraternity National Headquarters, 400 Westpark Drive, PTC. Refreshments provided. December 7, 2006; Thursday; 6:30 pm “ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY” June - July: date/time to be determined Catch the holiday spirit and enjoy some delicious holiday “REC WRITING SESSION” treats and a rousing gift exchange. Place: The home of Patti All rec writers are invited to a joint session where we can Thaxton (ΞΔ), 254 Smokerise Trace, PTC, 770.487.1850 share our knowledge about the ladies who have requested (Smokerise). Bring heavy holiday hors d’oeuvres to share recs and write our recs together. Rec writing tips will also be and a new, wrapped holiday decoration or ornament to addressed for neophyte rec writers! The date, time and place exchange. Beverages & desserts provided. for this session will be announced in Spring 2007.

February 11, 2007; Sunday; 2:00 pm July 4, 2007; Wednesday, 8:00 - 11:00am “6TH ANNUAL FOUNDERS’ RECEPTION” “ PEACHTREE CITY FOURTH OF JULY GOLF CART Hosted by our founding sorority. This year’s program is PARADE” Epicurean Delights prepared by a local Gourmet Chef! Place: Join us as we toss candy and publicize Greek Life in the city’s The home of Cele Eifert (), 110 Hidden Springs Lane, annual golf cart parade. We’ll have a convertible PT Cruiser to PTC, 770.632.6417 (Smokerise). Just bring yourself & a accompany the walkers, like we did in 2006! Lots of candy friend! All refreshments provided by ! and walkers will be needed, especially current collegian Greeks. Come join the fun !! A Letter presented the scholarships to Christine Atlanta Southern Crescent Dunphy of Sandy Creek High School and from the President Alumnae Panhellenic Anne Buckle of McIntosh High School. Association Christine is attending Georgia Tech and Anne Welcome Sisters! is attending the University of Tennessee in As we return from our summer vacations and Fall 2006. begin filling in the new school year calendar, EXECUTIVE BOARD 2006- be sure to mark the dates for our ASCAPA 2007 UPDATE: OF OUR FIVE PREVIOUS events! Our meetings are a great way to learn SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS, FOUR HAVE about or refresh ourselves on a variety of BECOME MEMBERS OF NPC SORORITIES! President: topics, support worthy causes, have some Jordan Worrall: (Butler University) Angela Holguin (ΔΔΔ), 770-632-7452 yummy food, and socialize with amazing Tara Buehler: (Emory University) 148 Maple Grove Terrace, PTC 30269 Greek women! Heather Mahaffey:  (UGA) [email protected] Anne Buckle:  (University of Tennessee) Last year’s events will be hard to match, but Vice-President: your executive board has worked hard to line Leigh Mitchell 770-631-4683 up some worthwhile and interesting meeting 208 Chattan Trail, PTC 30269 topics. We’ll have everything you need to [email protected] know (and once did) about writing and responding to cards and letters, general Secretary: etiquette, and cooking tips. We are also Cele Eifert (), 404-667-8906 combining our Sorority Information Session 110 Hidden Springs Lane, PTC 30269 and Scholarship luncheon into a single event [email protected] this May. Join us as we help prepare the next generation for Greek life with information and Treasurer: scholarships. Jayne Troy () 678-364-9479 189 Collierstown Way, PTC 30269 Speaking of scholarships, we’ve given TWO [email protected] $500 scholarships to well-deserving young ladies the past few years, and we’d love to do more. Thank you for your generous Past Presidents’ Council Scholarship Fund contributions, and please Linda Adams () 770-631-8388 continue to give. We are hoping to host a [email protected] fund raising event specifically for the Cheryl Drury () 770-487-9012 Scholarship Fund so we can make more of a [email protected] difference for highly qualified college bound Valerie Mallon () 770-599-0164 young women. Watch for E-vites and the [email protected] ASCAPA website for more information. Donna Duff () 770-486-7466 [email protected] There are so many opportunities to help Cele Eifert () 404-667-8906 young women in our area! We have decided [email protected] to focus ASCAPA’s support on a locally based WEBSITE: philanthropic organization, WellSpring. This is www.asc ap a. org a great opportunity for our group to give through donations and to volunteer at the COMMITTEE CHAIRS: WellSpring Store in Peachtree City. If you’d like to chair one of our vacant committee chair positions, please contact Finally, many thanks to the women serving on President Angie Holguin the Executive Board this year and to those Scholarship (selected from senior female who serve on the Scholarship and applicants from Southern Crescent area high Recruitment Committees. On behalf of schools): ASCAPA, I extend a special thanks to Cele Denise Grove (), Mary Margaret Bivings Eifert and Jayne Troy, both of whom have (), graciously agreed to take on their respective & Cele Eifert () positions of Secretary and Treasurer Recruitment (coordinates Sorority Info indefinitely. Their commitment of time and Session & Recs): energy provides for needed continuity in these Cele Eifert () & Donna Duff () important officer positions. Publicity (publicizes ASCAPA and events) - Vacant We’re looking forward to another great year. Historian (maintains the ASCAPA Please bring your Greek alumnae sisters to Scrapbook) – Vacant our ASCAPA events and encourage them to get involved. The time and financial commitments are small and the benefits are Scholarships tremendous. Thanks to your generous Scholarship Fund contributions in the last fiscal year, we th See you August 27 ! were again able to offer two $500 scholarships for well-qualified local area high Fraternally, school senior women. Last year, we proudly Angie way to participate in “Changing our World by Recommendations WELLSPRING LIVING, INC ASCAPA will Changing Hers” See www.wellspringliving.org now be supporting Wellspring Living, Inc, an for more info. THANK YOU! to the following alumnae organization committed to serving desperate who wrote recommendations for women women who have suffered childhood sexual from the Southern Crescent going through abuse and have fallen into destructive life recruitment (Rush) this Fall! We had 34 choices. Wellspring offers a safe place where women use our service this year!! We motivated women, who need a chance to start over, can begin to rebuild their lives. A 12 For the fifth straight year, we will be know it takes time to do these recs but the month program provides compassionate participating in Noel November, sponsored pay-off is that our beloved sororities will mentoring through a six-month residence by the Fayette County Board of Realtors on continue to grow and flourish! Tami program and six months in a transition home. Sat November 11th, 2006 at the Kiwanis Vickers & Laura Potash (), DeeDe The program helps women understand their Fairgrounds, 939 Goza Road in Fayetteville Kleimeyer (), Lynn Faller (), true identities & apply practical teachings to re- (near Whitewater H.S.) This event is a Melinda Randolph (), Patti Thaxton enter society with confidence. celebration of giving back to the community Mallon (), Donna Duff (), Angela through a charity auction of beautifully How can ASCAPA help? If you’ve been cleaning decorated trees, wreaths, table ware and Holguin (), Denise Grove (), Jayne your closets or redecorating your home, the other Christmas collectibles. The proceeds Troy, Haley Thaxton, & Kathy Stallings Wellspring Store is a terrific place for donating from this 12th annual Noel November will (), Cele Eifert (), Christiane new and barely used clothing, accessories, and household items. The Wellspring Store is benefit the Fayette Family YMCA, the Fayette Hoffman (Cele’s sister visiting from Youth Protection Home, Heart of Passion California!) (), Salli Rees, Martha located in the Publix Shopping Center on Highway 54 in Peachtree City, and donations (a nonprofit dedicated to the emotional support Kocis & Bonnie Bornhofen (), Marsha are tax deductible. If you are looking for a of young people with cancer), and Promise Hardison & Missy Ramsey (), Serena great hands-on volunteer opportunity, the Place. Last year nearly $40,000 was raised! Coogler (), Pam Dixon (), Carol Wellspring Store is in desperate need for ASCAPA is pleased to participate through our Jensen-Linton (), Leigh Mitchell (). scheduled volunteers to sort and price donation of a decorated wreath - our theme donations, arrange displays, operate the this year is vintage jewelry! If you want to register, and clean. We’re excited about our help ith the wreath, please contact one of PHILANTHROPY NEW partnership with Wellspring. What a great the ASCAPA executive board members.