WDC DG
W ASHIN GT ON , D C
Letter From the President Danielle Yates
Happy spring! I can’t think
of a better way to cele-
brate spring than DC
DG’s Spring Fling net-
working mixer and philan-
thropy fundraiser. Stop by
the event on May 19 at
Clarendon Grill and join
your sisters to do good for
Foundation and mingle
with local area Greeks and
friends. Thanks in large
part to the DG Founda-
tion’s Chapter Giving Pro-
gram, the proceeds from
Spring Fling will benefit
both the Delta Gamma
Foundation and DC DG’s
local philanthropy, the
Columbia Lighthouse for
the Blind. I hope you will
What Not to Miss This Month by Tonya Richardson
“Spring Fling”
Wednesday, May 19 from
6-9 p.m.Clarendon Grill
Patio & Outdoor Bar
1101 N. Highland Street
Come mingle with fellow
Greeks and friends, all are
welcome! Feel free to in-
vite friends! Enjoy great
happy hour specials and a
mix of tasty treats!
Most importantly, help
News Bytes
join us and bring friends
too.
In other news, I’m sad to
report that DC DG will
bid farewell to Cristina
Gomez and Genefer
Thornton. Cristina served
as the chapter’s VP of
Communications for the
last year and helped to
refresh our monthly e-
newsletter with more pic-
tures and feature pieces.
Genefer has served the
Chapter as both VP Fi-
nance and Founders Day
Chair. I want to thank
Cristina and Gen for their
support and dedication to
DC DG. Best of luck in
your new endeavors!
"do good" for the Delta
Gamma Foundation and
local Service for Sight
philanthropic organiza-
tions like Columbia Light-
house for the Blind.
The Greek organization
with the highest turnout
will receive special recog-
nition.
Suggested donation: $5*
with Foundation supplies*
or $7 without
D EL T A G AM M A
A L U M N AE C HAP T ER
MAY 2010
Inside this fabulous issue:
SIG Events 2
Finally, I’d like to end with My Favorite Things 3
a great opportunity for all Foundation Focus 4
of you emerging leaders
out there. The position of Cut Away Calendary 5
VP Communications is
now open and will be ap-
pointed this spring by the
chapter’s executive board.
If you are interested in
learning more about the
position, please feel free to
contact me at president@
wdcdeltagamma.org. I’m
requesting all applications
and nominations by
Wednesday, May 5.
ITB, Special points of interest:
Danielle Yates • FRAT PAC: Fraternity President
Beth Searcy visits DC
• DG Snapshots & News
*Foundation supplies do-
nations include 5 Box
Tops for Education from
any General Mills prod-
ucts,5 Labels for Educa-
tion from any Campbell’s
Soup brand products
(UPC code needed), or 1
pair of recyclable eye-
glasses.
RSVP to Tonya at
vpprogramming
@wdcdeltagamma.org
 SIG Events
Book Club
Tuesday, May 11 at 7:30
pm contact Lindsey for
details: bookclub@
wdcdeltagamma.org
DGs in DC
DGs in DC do Jazz in the
Sculpture Garden Friday,
June 11 beginning at 5pm.
Come enjoy a summer
evening downtown DC
with live jazz, sangria, and
your sisters!
Please contact
Katie Novaria
with any questions
knovaria@gmail.com
Dine Out
Dine Out will be trying
Regent Thai near Dupont
Circle/Adams Morgan on
Tuesday, May 25.
Regent Thai offers a wide
selection of traditional
Thai dishes prepared with
modern techniques, served
in a welcoming, serene
setting. For event time,
more information, or to
RSVP (no later than May
20, please), e-mail Tracey
at dineout@
wdcdeltagamma.org.
Lunch Bunch
May 19 12:30 pm at
DISH Restaurant located
in The River Inn
924 25th Street NW DC
Contact hagordon44
@comcast.net.
Moms Night Out
DG moms continue to
meet regularly for an eve-
ning of food, drink, and
conversation. So line up a
babysitter and join us
soon. Contact sweet-
pea@wdcdeltagamma.o
rg for date, time and loca-
tion of the next event or
to be added to the email
list.
Sweet Peas
Reston Zoo, 1228 Hunter
Mill Rd, Vienna, VA, May
7 - A thirty-acre, family-
friendly zoo in the middle
of Fairfax County! Zoo-
fari wagon rides (included
in admission fee) take
young and old to see ze-
bras, antelope, bison, os-
trich. And, don’t miss the
alligators, camels, reptile
house, or waterfowl. The
zoo and offers regular ani-
mal demonstrations, en-
courages animal interac-
tion and provides plenty
of places to get "up close
and personal" with the
animals. Cost: Adults -
$10, Children over 2 - $ 8,
Children under 2 - Free.
RSVP or send questions
to Kerri at sweetpea@
wdcdeltagamma.org.
For directions and other
information about the
Reston Zoo, see http://
www.restonzoo.com/

Frat PAC
Washington DC Delta
Gammas were on hand
on April 19 at the Hilton
Garden Inn in DC to meet
and greet our Fraternity
President, Beth Searcy, VP
Finance Debbie Evans,
and Vicki Nixon, Chair,
Government Relations
Committee and member
of the Board of Advisors
as they visit our nation’s Among the twenty five collegians and alumnae that turned out for
capitol to work on behalf the reception were several from our WDC alumnae chapter
of the Fraternity and including Alicia Robben, Vicki Nixon, Debbie Evans, Helen
Sorority PAC’s lobbying Gordon, Lynn Neagley; Christine Rocchio, Beth Searcey and
efforts. Elizabeth Weiner. Melissa Hansen, Region 2 Director, hosted the
event.
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 My Favorite Things: Kerry Cooney
Kerry Cooney (Beta Epsi-
lon) grew up in Montclair,
NJ. Before starting col-
lege at American Univer-
sity, Kerry thought sorori-
ties were not for her. She
turned out to be very
wrong! Once a Delta
Gamma, Kerry became an
incredibly active member,
holding an officer posi-
tion every semester. Kerry
served as VP Panhellenic,
VP Foundation, and Di-
rector of New Members.
Kerry graduated a semes-
ter early, but continued to
stay active in her colle-
giate chapter while earn-
ing a Master's Degree.
Kerry graduated in May
2008 from the Special
Education: Learning Dis-
Follow WDC DG on abilities program at
twitter for SIG American University. She
updates and is currently employed at
upcoming events! the Lab School of Wash-
ington (a school for chil-
DCDG Alumnae dren with language-based
learning disabilities) Kerry
lives in the U St. area
with her boyfriend Jim
and their dog Derby.
www.goodreads.com
I know someone has al-
ready mentioned this as a
favorite thing - but I also
love this site! It is like a
virtual book club. It is a
fun way to share the
books you are reading
with friends or to get
ideas of new books to
read. You can rate the
books you read and give
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your own review. It is
really enjoyable. Now
that I'm in the DG Book
Club - I have so many
more books to add each
month too!
www.mapmyrun.com
This is a GREAT site for
runners. You can plug in
any street address and
then map out your run. It
is a great way to plan a
run before you get out on
the streets. It will go any-
where you tell it (across
grass, along a broadwalk,
etc) so you are not limited
to streets. It also lets you
save your runs or search
for other runs people have
made public. It helped me
a lot training for my first
marathon but it is great
no matter what run you
are trying to plan!
www.overstock.com
I am not a huge shopper -
I have a lot of trouble ra-
tionalizing spending
money on myself (I know -
it is sad). BUT overstock
is a way for me to get new
things at a discounted
price so I don't feel guilty!
There are really honest
reviews and it has a huge
selection of things to buy.
www.rottentomatoes.com
This is a great website to
check out before seeing a
movie. It collects a large
amount of movie critics'
reviews of a movie and
then gives is a percentage
based on the good or bad
ratings. Instead of going
off of one person's review
(who may be old or a man
or just completely differ-
ent than you) this gives
you a good sense of the
overall feeling for a movie.
I was never a big movie
review fan before this site
- but now I love it!
postsecret.blogspot.com
This is an ongoing to pro-
ject in where people
anonymously send in se-
crets on handmade post-
cards. Some of the secrets
are shocking, some are
depressing, some are
funny, and some are dis-
turbing. There is a large
mix of the types of secrets
people send in but it is
always enjoyable to read
them. Frank (the person
who runs the site and
started the project) posts
new secrets every Sunday.
Check it out!
www.allrecipes.com
This is a great place to
find new recipes! You can
search for all types of
dishes. People give re-
views and you can save
recipes in a "recipe box."
It is so helpful! It has al-
lowed me to try so many
new recipes and has never
steered me wrong.
Washington, DC
 Foundation Focus by Christine Rocchio
The Spring Fling-
Foundation Fundraiser
Greek Gathering
Wednesday, May 19, from
6-9 pm
Location: Clarendon Grill
Patio & Outdoor Bar
1101 N. Highland Street,
Arlington, VA 22201.
Metro: Clarendon
(Orange Line)
Cost: Suggested donation
of $5 with Foundation
supplies and $7 without
Foundation supplies dona-
tions include 5 Box Tops
for Education from any
General Mills products, 5
Labels for Education from
any Campbell’s Soup
brand products (UPC
code needed), or 1 pair of
recyclable eyeglasses.
Northern Virginia
VisionWalk
This year the Northern
Virginia VisionWalk is
scheduled to take place on
Saturday, May 8 at
Brown's Chapel Park
(11300 Baron Cameron
Avenue) in Reston, Vir-
ginia.
Everyone is invited to lace
up your walking shoes and
be a part!
With "Service for Sight" as
such a huge part of our
Delta Gamma mission, we
hope you will consider
joining your sisters and
bringing your friends
along to this fun and ex-
tremely important fund-
raising event.
WDC DG
They need everyone's en- Friday- July 2, 8:45am -
ergy and enthusiasm to 12pm *Volunteer assis-
help make this Walk a tance for Tactile Flag
great success! And, all Making Activity
DGs are welcome, alums
and collegians! Columbia Lighthouse for
the Blind will host its 51st For more information
If you have not already Camp Lighthouse for chil- on any of these Foun-
signed up for the Vision- dren who are blind and dation opportunities
Walk, Please register for visually impaired. This please contact WDC
the Delta Gamma Team camp relies on volunteer DG VP Foundation
today at : http:// counselors to give one-on- Christine Rocchio at
www.fightblindness.org/ one support to the camp- (202) 253-8385 or
site/TR? ers. cerocchio@yahoo.com
pg=team&fr_id=3330&te
am_id=47670 Volunteers assist campers
with recreational activities
Our Delta Gamma contact such as swimming, arts & 16 years of age by the start
for the walk is Kerry crafts, computer instruc- of camp and adult volun-
Graves, Events Manager tion and field trips. teers are welcome.
for the Foundation Fight-
ing Blindness. She can be *If you only have a morn- Save and Donate Those
reached at: (410) 568-0176 ing to donate to the cause, Labels, Box Tops, and
or KGraves@ consider volunteering on Eye-Glasses!
the morning of Friday-
FightBlindness.org.
July 2. The activity that I am asking your help in
morning is to create tactile continuing to collect labels
The VisionWalk is the
flags with the campers in and box tops (The Labels
signature event of the
advance of Independence for Education & Box
Foundation Fighting
Day. Tops for Education) from
Blindness and has raised
the everyday products we
over $10 million since
This volunteer opportu- all have in our homes as
2006. For more informa-
nity is truly rewarding and they can bring much
tion, please go to
fun! An orientation is of- needed equipment to chil-
www.FightBlindness.org.
fered, plus community dren who are blind or
*Registration begins at 9 service hours are provided visually impaired.
am and the Walk starts at to all volunteers participat-
10am. ing in the week long camp. Another way to contribute
is by donating outdated
If you, or someone you
We look forward to seeing and unneeded eyeglasses/
know, is interested in vol-
you there as part of the sunglasses. Remember
unteering please contact
Delta Gamma Team! they can be recycled and
Jocelyn Hunter- Director
reused by those in need.
of Communications Co-
Camp Lighthouse lumbia Lighthouse for the
Volunteer Opportunity: The labels/box tops
Blind at (202) 454-6422
and/or eye glasses can
Catholic University, WDC or jhunter@clb.org
be sent to Christine
Rocchio.
Monday- June 28 - Friday- Columbia Lighthouse for
the Blind’s volunteer camp
July 2, 8:45am- 3:15pm Don't forget to recruit
counselors must be at least
*Volunteer Camp Coun- your family, friends, co-
selors Needed workers and neighbors in
support of our cause!
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Sister Snapshots and News
DG Does Good would like to celebrate the arrival two lovely legacies. Suzette Kuo gave birth
to her second daughter, Sierra Lizbeth McGrann, on February 25.

Genefer Thornton also recently gave birth to her second child, Lauren. Gen has accepted a
new position with the Air Force and will be moving to Denver with her family at the beginning
of May. Please send congratulations and well wishes to Suzette at snooz_ette@yahoo.com and to Gen at
gt4563@gmail.com.

Best Wishes to Jen Olsen who is getting married this month. Good luck to Cristina Gomez who will be mov-
ing to Chicago to work as a fundraiser for The Community Builders.

If you know of a sister who has something to celebrate or a sister who could benefit from DG Does Good assis-
tance (a home-cooked meal or a cheery card), please let me know, dogood@wdcdeltagamma.org.

SweetPeas or future astronauts? DGs enjoy the Cherry Blossom Festival

by lantern-light!

Upcoming Events
May 7 SweetPeas
May 8 VisionWalk in Reston at 10am
May 11 Book Club
W A S H I N GT O N , D C
May 19 Lunch Bunch
D E LT A G A M M A
A LU M N A E C H A PT E R May 19 Spring Fling
May 25 Dine Out
www.wdcdeltagamma.org
Stay tuned for WDC DG Award Announcements from DG’s annual
convention. This year’s convention is in Denver from June 16-20.