Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® Zeta Chi Omega Chapter Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 1 Zeta Chi Omega Chapter ® In This January Health Tips Scholarships Issue: Metropolitan Founders’ Day MLK Day of Service ZCO 2016 Leadership Training Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® Zeta Chi Omega Chapter Newsletter Greetings From The Basileus Soror Rhonda Luss Happy New Year & Happy Founders’ Day Sorors, thank you for electing me your Basileus. It is an honor to serve in this esteem position. I will strive to fulfill the duties of my office with integrity, high moral and ethical standards, and to uphold the sacred trust you have bestowed upon me. For I 4 CALENDAR know, “to whom much is given, much is required” (Luke 12:48). 5 SPIRIT January will be a busy month for the Chapter. So get ready to conduct the business of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® and 7 PROGRAMS Zeta Chi Omega Chapter. 12 OFFICER REPORTS January Meeting Date As a friendly reminder, the January General Body Meeting will be 15 STANDING held on the second Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 10:00 AM, COMMITTEE Nannie J. Lee Center, 1108 Jefferson Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Join us for a festive celebration as we officially kickoff the REPORTS second year of Launching New Dimensions of Servicesm. 16 SCHOLARSHIPS January Meeting Attire All sorors are asked to wear a white top to the Chapter meeting, 18 EAF along with their Launching New Dimensions of Servicesm pin and scarf or kerchief. 19 FOUNDERS’ DAY Worship Service 26 PHOTO GALLERY Please join me on Sunday, January 3, 2016 at Antioch Baptist Church, 6531 Little Ox Road, Fairfax Station, VA 22039 at the 31 INTERNATIONAL 11:30 a.m. worship service. Let’s start 2016 off with the word, FALL MAILINGS prayer, and fellowship. The service will include a prayer for the Chapter and the new administration. Sorors are asked to wear something pink or green. January 2016 Volume 16 | Issue 1 continued on the next page >> Leadership Training The Chapter is fortunate to have our very own Chapter member and Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, Soror Joyce Henderson, to conduct our Chapter’s leadership training. Leadership Training: Part 1 - So Now You’re Elected will be held at the Nannie Lee Center, 1108 Jefferson Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 on January 11th at 7:00 p.m. Please arrive at 6:30 p.m. so that you are in place when the Regional Director arrives. Leadership Training: Part 2 – Chapter Operations will take place at the Arlington Central Library, 1015 N Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201 on January 16th at 10:30 a.m. Come and learn about the interworking of the Chapter. Do you want to understand the Chapter voucher process or how to get your flyer approved for your event? Then this is the training for you. The Standards Committee is asked to arrive at 10:00 a.m. Chairmen and Co-Chairmen Recommendations Soror, if you have a desire to serve your Chapter in a leadership role as a chairman or co- chairman of a committee, submit your name and the committee name to the Basileus at [email protected], no later than January 9, 2016. Committee Sign Up! Before and after the January General Body meeting, you will be given the opportunity to sign up for the committees that best align with your interests and/or talents. All sorors are invited to volunteer to serve on at least one program committee, one standing committee, and one ad hoc committee. In addition, online sign-up is available through February 28, 2016. Please look for online committee sign-up options in the PEARL DROP Broadcast communications. Sorors will be notified of confirmed committee member appointments by mid-February. Thank you, in advance for your willingness to serve! Date Time Activity Location January 3, 2016 11:30 a.m. Worship Service Antioch Baptist Church January 7, 2016 7:00 p.m. Executive Committee Nannie Lee Center Meeting January 9, 2016 10:00 a.m. General Body Meeting Nannie Lee Center January 9, 2016 9:00 a.m. *Cotillion Rehearsal Nannie Lee Center January 11, 2016 7:00 p.m. Leadership Training – Part 1 Nannie Lee Center January 12, 2016 4:00 p.m. Project Stepout Charles Houston Center January 14, 2016 7:00 p.m. Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Hale Shiloh Baptist Church January 15, 2016 7:00 p.m. International Sisterly Champs Pentagon Rowe Relations Day Social January 16, 2016 10:30 a.m. Leadership Training – Part 2 Arlington Central Library January 18, 2016 10:00 a.m. MLK Day of Service Charles Houston Center January 23, 2016 10:00 a.m. ASCEND / Model UN Nannie Lee Center January 24, 2016 11:30 a.m. Bi-Monthly Meal Service Carpenter Shelter January 26, 2016 4:00 p.m. Project Stepout Charles Houston Center January 26, 2016 7:00 p.m. *IFNV Board Meeting Nannie Lee Center January 31, 2016 12:00 p.m. Metropolitan Founders Day McLean Hilton Tysons Corner *IFNV activity for information only. Sisterly, 3 Soror Rhonda Luss CALENDER OF EVENTS ~ January 2016 ~ Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Worship Sisterly Executive General Service Relations Committee Membership Antioch Baptist Committee Meeting Meeting Church Meeting Ivy Leaf *Cotillion Rehearsal Pearl Drop submissions due submissions due every Sunday 10 11 12 14 15 16 FOUNDERS’ Leadership Project DAY Leadership Protocol Dr. Cynthia Training Part I Step Out Committee Hale Training Part II Meeting Shiloh Baptist International Church Sisterly Alexandria Relations Day Social 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 MLK ASCEND/ Day of Service Model UN 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Monthly Meal 31 Project Service Step Out *IFNV Board Mtg Metropolitan Founders Day Program January 2016 Volume 16 | Issue 1 *IFNV event - for informational purposes only 4 SPIRIT submitted by Soror Beverly Anderson, Co-Chairman, Spirit and Inspiration Committee As we look at 2015 in a rear view mirror, think about what happened last year. Did you make any resolutions; did you accomplish all of them? Did everything go just as you had planned the whole year? The year in review had joy and pain; it had sweetness and sorrow. Yes, there were tragedies; but there were also many acts of kindness and many victories. As we enter into 2016, you probably have already made your New Year’s resolutions. Or perhaps, like me, you will be trying to complete some of your resolutions from 2015. We make many plans about what we want to accomplish this year or improve from the previous year – losing weight; being more organized; being more active in the chapter; being on time; being more loving, and the list goes on and on. While we may make plans and resolutions, Proverbs 16:9 says: “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.” We don’t know what 2016 holds for us, but we do know who holds the year and who cares for us. We know who is right there with us no matter what we are going through or what we are trying to accomplish. So as you make your plans and your resolutions for 2016, consider this resolution: LOVE – not only to love God but to love others as well (Matthew 22: 36-40) and meditate on these verses: “And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 “Do everything in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:14 “Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.” 1 Peter 3:8 So my sisters, let’s make a resolution to keep love on board in 2016 and make it a great year! 5 INSPIRATION submitted by Soror Toni Carter Pearson, Spirit and Inspiration Committee THE VICTORY OF THE WOMAN WHO DARES This is the era of the woman who dares. Her opportunity has blossomed out of conditions unparalleled in history. Too many women plod along in a furrow, afraid to come out of the rut. They live, it is true, but they have not grasped the success that awaits them. The woman has higher motives than mere existence, and an unbending promise from God. Business, commerce, government, politics demand a woman who dares. The eyes of the world turn toward the inscription, “I will,” on the banner of the woman who dares, as she hurdles across obstacles and brings virtue back to its pedestal. Hers is the initiative; to her belong the rewards of efficiency. The power that drives her is dynamic. She has no hand held out behind for bribes, nor before for offerings. She builds her castle with hope and cements its walls with enduring faith in her God-given powers, and anchors it with good works. When life’s fitful fever is over, and she has accomplished all she can, according to her gifts, talents, and ability, she lets a feeling of peace steal over her, and trusts in God for the rest. Be a woman who dares. January 2016 Volume 16 | Issue 1 6 DECEMBER PROGRAMS EXECUTED TO PEARL-FECTION! Tea roses, pearls, and more are what you deserve for the outstanding execution of the December programs. The Family Strengthening Committee held two gift-wrapping parties to wrap 25 kids’ coats for the children at Community Lodgings Brent Place Learning Center. In addition, the committee wrapped 150 pashmina scarves and 50 cashmere wool scarves for senior citizens attending the Senior Citizens Holiday Luncheon. The Bent Place children were full of smiles seeing their new coats, and the senior citizens could not stop talking about how much fun they had at the Senior Citizens Holiday Luncheon and how much they loved their seasonal wrap gifts.