THE FOUNDATION Quarterly SPRING 2019 A Season of Growth and Renewal protect themselves and others, they also Kris Haskin, Beta Pi possess the comfort of a national Sisterhood President, Board of Directors that has their backs no matter where they land. Alpha Sigma Tau Foundation As this season nears an end and our summer months move full speed ahead, I hope you’ll Dear Sisters and Friends, join me in celebrating these women and all they have and will continue to accomplish. I always look forward to the season that I hope you’ll also reflect on the impact your follows my long midwest winters, for it never support is having. fails to inspire with its sentiment of growth and renewal. Your continued commitment to Alpha Sigma Tau through the Foundation exemplifies I find the transition into spring often mimics lifelong Sisterhood, and your contributions what’s happening in our Sisterhood: daffodils continue to offer our youngest members bloom across the city just as thousands of our opportunities to learn and lead. collegiate Sisters accept their undergraduate diplomas and dream of their next steps. On behalf of our next generation of leaders, and myself, thank you. May you too be inspired It is the hope and mission of the Alpha Sigma by this season of growth and renewal. Tau Foundation that our young women begin this new chapter of their lives as the most In Gratitude, confident versions of themselves. Equipped with leadership skills and the knowledge to THE FOUNDATION Quarterly | SPRING 2019 Meet a Donor: Allika Peeler-Bagley, Epsilon Upsilon Meet a Donor: Joell Sperry, Gamma Theta Dalton State College (Penn State Erie, The Behrend College) As a founding member and Fun Fact: I am currently serving Initiation Year: 2004 as adventures with Sisters like a two-time president of the my second term as Epsilon random trip to Canada! Epsilon Upsilon Chapter at Upsilon’s Chapter President and First Donation: October 16, 2014 Dalton State College, Allika have the chance to represent my Fun Fact: I was born with a demonstrates a continued chapter as a Dalton State College Occupation: Accounting congenital heart defect called commitment to leadership as a Homecoming Princess candidate Manager, EZ Shield Inc. Tetralogy of Fallot and have had Sister of Alpha Sigma Tau. for 2019. two open heart surgeries. I’m all Favorite Alpha Sigma Tau repaired now and living life to the Meet Joell Sperry, Gamma Initiation Year: 2016 Favorite Alpha Sigma Tau Memory: My proudest moment fullest! Theta. Since October 2014, Joell Memory: The day the Epsilon as a Tau was being awarded the has faithfully made a donation First Donation: June 22, 2017 Upsilon Chapter received its Lois Schweikart O’Dell Anchor I Give Because: I’ve seen the to the Foundation every Meet Allika Peeler-Bagley, charter. As a founding Sister Award. programming change since I was month—that’s 55+ consecutive Epsilon Upsilon. Allika has Major/Career Aspirations: and the first Vice President of a collegian, and it’s been great months of giving! Joell has also supported the Foundation as Marketing Major with Minors Organization Development, I My favorite memories are all the to see our Sisterhood evolve to been recognized in the Anchor a member of the 1899 Society in Health & Wellness and will always hold my chapter’s fun after various initiations where serve the needs of its members. Society (2017 and 2018), the for Collegiate Giving since 2017. Communications. I hope to work establishment near and dear to we hung out and folded the new It’s an honor of mine to contribute 2018 Eternal Light Circle, and for an NPC organization one day! my heart. members into our family, as well to mentoring future leaders. the Elliott Family Society. Meet a Donor: Ruby Marcelo, Delta Nu UPCOMING EVENT (Beloit College) 11 • 04 • 2019 Initiation Year: 2002 “I support the First Donation: November 4, 2016 Alpha Sigma Tau November 4th Kicks Off Our 2019 Founders Day of Giving Foundation because this Occupation: Diplomat, U.S. and 120th Year of Sisterhood Department of State organization truly builds Meet Ruby Marcelo, Delta Nu. women to be leaders in Founders Day of Giving, one of our most beloved events, Ruby has generously supported Favorite Alpha Sigma Tau all facets of life.” will soon return for its fourth year! Alpha Sigma Tau Sisters, the Foundation since 2016. Memory: The initiation friends, and family are invited to join us, beginning November 4th, ceremony of adding new As an alumna, Ruby makes for our annual day of giving. Join in on the fun and take part in a point to connect with her members. It is awesome to Alpha Sigma Tau Sisters in see the growth of a chapter! Read more about these providing the next generation of women with the skills they cities across the country, and extraordinary Sisters and need to become the leaders of tomorrow. Fun Fact: My home state is Hawaii, even the world, as she travels see all Donor Features which has the only palace in the as a Diplomat for the U.S. at alphasigmatau.org/ More information coming soon! Department of State. U.S., Iolani Palace. Also, your foundation/recognition/ U.S. passport lets you into 100+ donor-features countries visa-free! THE FOUNDATION Quarterly | SPRING 2019 THE FOUNDATION Quarterly | SPRING 2019 Illuminating Our Sisterhood “The Illuminate cards increased Sisters’ confidence during Convention and I knew it was something I wanted to bring back to my chapter. The cards made the competencies easy to Since its inception, the Foundation has understand and relatable.” provided nearly $1 million in program When Melanie Wolff, Beta Iota exemplified throughout the grants to the Sorority to deliver (Millersville University), attended Convention weekend. programs like Illuminate, GreekLifeEdu, the 42nd National Convention, and helped the chapter she quickly took notice of Inspired, Melanie returned to overcome challenges. and Not Anymore to collegiate Sisters. the colorful cards being campus and built time into passed around. chapter meetings to share the *Illuminate is supported by a grant eight competency cards and through the Foundation. These Illuminating Our Sisterhood “award” a Sister with each one, In 2012, the Foundation moved its operations setting the tone for the program cards feature each of the Read the full story in the to become a regular part of the from Birmingham, Alabama, to the Sorority’s eight Illuminate* leadership Spring 2019 edition of The chapter experience. competencies. Attendees were Anchor, available online at headquarters building in Indianapolis, Indiana. encouraged to recognize Sisters alphasigmatau.org/ Today, the competencies have with a corresponding card when news-events/the-anchor Today, the Sorority and Foundation enjoy a shared staffing model to they witnessed a competency encouraged deeper conversations maintain daily operations, communications, and efficiency! Celebrating Our Collegiate Supporters Often the beneficiaries of for annual contributions totaling members and friends for donor-funded Foundation $18.99 or more. empowering women and growing programs, collegiate members the future of our Sisterhood also play an active role in Our collegiate Sisters know through the Foundation! In 2017, the Legacy Society was supporting these initiatives. firsthand the importance of Foundation programs, and their introduced to recognize members and In 2018, more than 500 collegiate generous support is indicative of members chose to make a the impact donors have on the friends who have committed a planned gift donation to the Alpha Sigma Tau Alpha Sigma Tau experience. to the Alpha Sigma Tau Foundation. Foundation. Of those, 445 were recognized through the 1899 Thank you to our collegiate A planned gift is a contribution that is arranged in the present and allocated at a future date. Planned gifts are often Society for Collegiate Giving supporters, and to all our Learn more about the Legacy granted through a designation in the donor’s will or trust or in Society and committing a their retirement assets. planned gift to the Foundation The 1899 Society, Alpha Sigma Tau Foundation’s exclusive collegiate at alphasigmatau.org/ giving society, was introduced in 2017 to promote a culture of To notify the Foundation of an existing gift commitment foundation/recognition/ philanthropy towards the Foundation among collegiate members. and be recognized in the Legacy Society please email us at legacy-society-planned-giving/ Learn more at alphasigmatau.org/foundation/1899-society/ [email protected] or call Emily Hamsher Kindred, Director of Development, at 317-613-7566. THE FOUNDATION Quarterly | SPRING 2019 THE FOUNDATION Quarterly | SPRING 2019 Update Your “The Thomas J. King Jr. Scholarship Contact Information and The Future is Bright for 2018-2019 Scholarship Recipients allowed me the financial freedom Connect with Sisters to attend conferences and pay for During the 2018-2019 scholarship cycle (awarded fall 2018), 45 members of Alpha Sigma Tau were awarded applications to graduate school, Alpha Sigma Tau is proud to nearly $60,000 in academic scholarships to support their undergraduate or graduate educations. We which will allow me the opportunity to checked in with a few of those recipients this spring to see how their lives have been impacted. offer AΣT Connect, an exclusive achieve my future goals.” member portal for Sisters to quickly and securely update “Receiving this scholarship from the Alpha Sigma Tau Foundation meant so Allie McCrady, Epsilon Kappa contact information and connect much to myself and my family. Being the oldest of three girls and the first (Trine University) with one another. to attend university, it was hard to expect how the financial burden would 2018-2019 Recipient of the impact our family. I saw my parents working tirelessly to provide myself Thomas J. King Jr. Scholarship ($1,000) Log in to AΣT Connect: and my three sisters with a debt-free education, however that meant taking 1.