The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Psi State, Alpha Delta Chapter January 20 !

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The Capsule

International http://www.dkg.org

2013 2014 Meeting Schedule

Thursday, January 16, 2014 Washington Middle School Media Center Grady County 4 30 !"#" re$resh#ents % 00 !"#" #eeting Thursday, March 6, 2014 &and'in'&and (ri#ary Tho#as County 4 30 !"#" re$resh#ents % 00 !"#" #eeting Thursday, May 8, 2014 )inner Meeting Tho#as*ille City +,ocation announced later!atered "eal #rom !h$ck %agon &&'( ))! https://www.ch$ckwagonbb*llc.com (owned by +an %estberg,s #amily) - members will pay at the door #or meal Pro*ram) +Technology and Grants * World Fellowship Craft Sale * Nomination of New Members and Officers Announcements) +Please remem&er to &rin* &oo,s as (onations -or Chil(ren.s /iteracy# This is an on*oin* nee(#

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The Alpha Delta Chapter o- Delta Kappa Gamma met on Thurs(ay, 3cto&er 4, 20 4 at South5est Geor*ia Technical Colle*e in Thomas6ille, GA# 3ur technical colle*e an( Thomas County mem&ers ser6e( as hostesses -or our 3cto&er meetin*# /o6ely re-reshments 5ere ser6e( an( en7oye( &y all mem&ers# Presi(ent 8aith Shi6er 5elcome( e6eryone to our meetin*# The inspiration -or our chapter meetin* 5as *i6en &y Dr# Annie 1c'lroy, title( A Time to 9ea( an( Pray# Annie share( special -amily scriptures an( &lessin*s# 3l( :usiness) The minutes 5ere presente( -rom the Capsule# There 5as a motion an( secon( to accept the minutes as 5ritten# The treasurer.s report 5as *i6en &y /ois Duncan 5ith ;<<=#00 in our chapter chec,in* account# De&orah 8i6eash an( /ois Duncan accepte( chapter (ues an( issue( mem&ership car(s to mem&ers# /ois Duncan also share( the estimate( chapter &u(*et -or July , 20 4 2 June 40, 20 !# Copies o- the &u(*et 5ere *i6en to mem&ers# /ittle 1oment o- /iteracy) 3ur chapter continues to support an( promote an appreciation oliteracy pro7ect -or chil(ren an( a(ults# 3ur chapter mem&ers &rou*ht &oo,s -or this literacy en(ea6or# Initiation) Presi(ent 8aith Shi6er le( the chapter in initiation o- ne5 mem&ers to our chapter# The Alpha Delta Chapter 5elcome( three ne5 sisters into the mem&ership o- our chapter# Topre,a >ayes, /isa Gilli*an, an( :e6erly Pon(er 5ere initiate( (urin* the special ceremony# %e5 :usiness) Than, you notes 5ere share( -rom the Thomas County -oo( &an, -or our (onations to their literacy pro*ram &y Allison De5ell 2 chapter literacy chairman# Presi(ent 8aith Shi6er re6ie5e( the chapter committees -or 20 40 20 ! an( (iscusse( the District ?or,shop hel( in /ees&ur* on Satur(ay, 1arch =, 20 4# Pro*ram) Continuin* '(ucation 5ith S?GTC@ 0 Dr# Gary Pitts presente( our 5on(er-ul pro*ram# The colle*e o--ers an internationally acclaime( pro*ram that pro6i(es customiAe( trainin* -ree o- char*e to Geor*ia companies calle( BCICK STA9T 0 to help them *et starte( or to &e*in, eDpan( or *ro5 their eDistin* &usiness# Se6eral area companies ta,e a(6anta*e o- this opportunity inclu(in* Caterpillar, Seminole 1arine, Siemens, T#'#C#T#, an( ?I/3 amon* others# The trainin* center also super6ises the trainin* -or the American >eart Association 2 CP9, AC/S, an( PA/S 5hich is help-ul to hospitals, '1Ts, an( -iremen# 3ur -eature, a ;<0 *i-t certi-icate, 5as (onate( &y S?GTC Continuin* '(ucation (epartment# Annette James an( Jan ?est&er* 5ere the luc,y 5inners# The meetin* 5as a(7ourne(# Reminders) %eDt meetin*) Thurs(ay, January E, 20 ! hoste( &y Gra(y County 9espect-ully su&mitte(, 9o&in J# Sha6er

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Greetings and 9appy Bew CearD %e are looking #orward to seeing eEeryone neFt .h$rsday in Grady !o$nty. Please check o$t the blog on o$r chapter website (http://psialphadelta.weebly.com/blog.html). .here are many committee reports that are d$e on ebr$ary 8st. %e can work on completing those at o$r meeting. .here are seEeral eFciting items on the agenda #or neFt .h$rsday: o$r program will be abo$t technology( members will haEe goodies and cra#ts #or the %orld ellowship !ra#t Sale( and we will nominate new members and o##icers. As yo$ are talking abo$t #ellow ed$cators to nominate think abo$t o$r mission to promote professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education. As yo$ disc$ss D?G( mention o$r Eision to lead women educators impacting education worldwide. In addition( mention the opport$nities weGEe had to impact o$r comm$nities thro$gh o$r chapter proAects. !heck o$t the D?G websites #or news and scholarship opport$nitiesD See yo$ soon( aith ShiEer /ou are in*ited0 +oin members at the /:85 International !onEention Indianapolis( Indiana +$ly /13A$g$st 8( /:85

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