January 2009
DC Hannahs’ News Bytes
Letter from the President
Happy New Year!! I hope
everyone had a safe and
relaxing holiday with
family and friends. I was
very fortunate to spend
Christmas with most of
my immediate family in
Maryland. As I look back
on 2008, I realize what a
good year it has been. I
was honored to represent
our chapter at the 2008
Convention in Palm De-
sert, CA. I found a new
job this fall, which I love!
But, I am most grateful
for my precious niece that
came into my life in Sep-
tember. She is just ador-
What not to miss this month
Celebrate the
New Year in
style with Betsy
Fisher! Join us
for a special in-
store fashion
session with
local boutique owner and
fashionista Betsy Fisher.
At this event, c0-hosted
by the DGs in DC SIG,
Betsy will discuss how to
put together a stylish and
professional wardrobe.
Specializing in fine con-
temporary fashion, Betsy
WDC Delta Gamma
able. I can’t wait to share Join us for a discussion you’ll add these events to
with her all of the won- on how to put together a your calendar!
derful and excit- stylish and professional
ing opportu- wardrobe. You can Best wishes to everyone
nities I read more about on for a happy and healthy
have ex- it the first page of New Year! I look forward
perienced the newsletter. to seeing you at our
in life as a We have some Spring Kick-Off meeting
Delta fun chapter on January 10!
Gamma! events planned
for Spring, ITB,
We’ll kick including Tonya Richardson,
off the Founders Epsilon Chi
New Year Day in President
with Fash- March and Washington, DC alumnae
ion Tips Spring Fling in chapter
and Trends May! Be sure to
with Betsy Fisher on check our website for our
Saturday, January 10. Spring events. I hope
Inside this issue:
SIG Calendar 2
Fisher offers both well- Where: Betsy Fisher, Member of the Month 3
known and up-and- 1224 Connecticut Avenue
coming designer collec- NW, Washington DC Elections 3
tions of clothing, shoes (near the Dupont Circle
and accessories. Take station, Red line). Columnae Update 3
advantage of the January
Cost: Free to attend
clearance sale and shop Foundation Update 4
for new spring trends: For more info or to RSVP,
www.betsyfisher.com. contact Danielle at vppro- Well Aware 4
Champagne and refresh- gramming@wdcdelta-
ments will be provided. gamma.org or Katie at Panhellenic Update 4
dgsndc@wdcdelta-
When: Saturday, January gamma.org. Please RSVP DGs in Provence 5
10 from 10:30 am t0 by Monday, January 5.
12:30 pm. Finance Update 5
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Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Book club
Join the ladies of Book Club
on Wednesday, January 14
at member’s home in Colum-
bia Heights. For more infor-
mation or to RSVP, please
email Danielle at bookclub@
For more wdcdeltagamma.org.
information on
DGs in DC
our SIGs and Join DGs in DC for Fashion
their upcoming Tips and Trends with
Betsy Fisher on Saturday,
events, visit January 10! See “What not
www.wdcdelta to miss this month” on page
1 for more details.
gamma.org.
Dine out
Ring in 2009 with friends,
food and fun at Spices in
Cleveland Park (3333-A
Connecticut Ave, NW) on
Monday, January 26. Spices
offers a wide variety of Asian
dishes and a full sushi
menu. Come fuel up after
Inauguration week! For
Featured SIG: Lunch Bunch
The Lunch Bunch is a casual,
social and informational
luncheon connecting local
Delta Gamma women and
giving us the opportunity to
rededicate ourselves to the
Fraternity on the second
Wednesday of each month.
The Lunch Bunch will kick
off 2009 with lunch at
Founding Farmers Restau-
rant (1924 Pennsylvania Ave
NW) on Wednesday, Janu-
more info, to RSVP, or to be
added to the Dineout list,
please email Tracey and
April at dineout@wdcdelta-
gamma.org.
Sweetpeas
Discover America's Aquatic
Treasures at the National
Aquarium in Washington,
DC, located in lower level of
the Commerce Building, on
Friday, January 2, at 10 am.
The newly renovated Aquar-
ium offers a 45-minute
showcase of unique and en-
gaging animals and a re-
freshing pause in your busy
day! Come in and visit over
200 species including alliga-
tors, piranha, shark, eel and
Japanese carp. For informa-
tion on ticket prices and
directions to the Aquarium,
see: http://nationalaqua
rium.org/index.html. For
more info or to RSVP, con-
ary 14. For more information
or to RSVP, email Helen at
The ladies of the lunch bunch at their
first meeting in October.
tact Kerri at sweetpea@
wdcdeltagamma.org.
Rescheduled November
event
Relax and enjoy a morning
with DG Sweet Peas and
moms at the Kogod Court-
yard between the National
Portrait Gallery and the
Smithsonian American Art
Museum on Friday, January
9 at 10 am . The courtyard,
enclosed by glass, connects
the two buildings. With a
cafe and a water scrim, this
is a beautiful space to spend
a morning. The Kogod
Courtyard is located at the
Reynolds Center, 8th Street
NW and F Street NW near
the Gallery Place-Chinatown
metro station. (Red, Yellow,
and Green Lines). For more
info or to RSVP contact Kerri
at sweetpea@wdcdeltagam-
ma.org.
lunchbunch@wdcdelta-
gamma.org.

Member of the Month: Keri Ann Hayes
Keri Ann’s
enthusiasm
and dedica-
tion to our
chapter is
one of the
many reasons
she is our Member of the
Month! Keri Ann initiated at
Elections
Nominating Committee is
soliciting nominations for all
open positions at this time.
All nominees must be dues-
paying members. If you have
a nomination for the com-
mittee or any questions,
please contact Tonya at
president@wdcdeltagamma.
org as soon as possible!!
Voting will take place online
on our website www.wdc-
Collumnae Update
Beta Epsilon Spring
Recruitment
Beta Epsilon is gearing up
for Spring Recruitment!
!" Thursday, January 22:
Round 1, Day 1
!" Friday, January 23:
Round 1, Day 2
!" Saturday, January 24:
Round 2
!" Sunday, January 25:
Preference
Drake University in 1992
(Alpha Lambda) and affili-
ated at the University of
Minnesota (Lambda) in
1993. She has been a mem-
ber of the chapter since mov-
ing to the area. She is a
member of the Book Club
and organized the Gourmet
deltagamma.org and in per-
son at our first chapter event
on January 10. All dues pay-
ers are eligible to vote for
officers and on any proposed
changes to Bylaws. Voting
will begin on January 10 and
end on January 17.
Open Offices 2009—2011
!" President
!" VP Programming
!" VP Membership
!" Monday, January 26:
Bid Night/Calling Out
The women of Beta Epsilon
have requested our help with
recruitment this year. For
more information, including
times where they need the
most help, please contact
Christine at aucollumnae@
wdcdeltagamma.org or
Tonya at president@wdc-
deltagamma.org.
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Gammas SIG. Keri Ann
served as VP Finance from
2005-2006 for the chapter
and currently serves as the
Holiday Tea Chair. Keri Ann
is currently working full time
to raise her precious Mary
Margaret "Maggie" to DO
GOOD!
Don’t forget to
vote for your
new WDC
!" VP Communications Delta Gamma
!" VP of SIGs
officers! See
!" Holiday Tea Chair (1 year)
“Elections” for
!" Founders Day Chair
!" Webmaster more info on
!" Administrative Alumnae how to cast
Assistant
your vote!
!" Director of Rituals
!" Anchora/PR
!" City Sponsorship Chair
!" Awards Chairman
A CDC will also be with the
chapter one week before
recruitment starts (January
15—21). If members are
interested in getting together
one evening to take her out
to dinner, please contact
Tonya at president@wdc-
deltagamma.org
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Foundation Update
Thank you to all the WDC
Don’t forget to woman who contributed to
our drive to raise money for
submit your toys for the Columbia Light-
Campbell’s house for the Blind Holiday
Party. The following is an
soup labels by
extract from the thank you
January 20! letter the chapter received:
See the
"We appreciate your
“Foundation
contributions of the
Update” for toys for the chil-
more dren. Your contribu-
information.
Panhellenic Update
The New Year brings many
more opportunities for
chapter members to partici-
pate in Panhellenic!
The first meeting of the year
will be a “Gifts You Can’t
Keep” exchange at the Grey
Stone Grill in Rockville, MD.
Well Aware: Signing Off…
As of Dec. 31,
2008, Delta
Gamma will
end the Well
Aware pro-
gram. After
evaluating the program and
surveying its membership,
Delta Gamma determined
that Well Aware no longer
met alumnae groups’ needs.
tions were crucial to
the success of the
party. The children
opened their gifts at
the party, and they
were so happy with
the great gifts. This
event served as a
wonderful occasion
for the children and
their families to
meet in a social and
fun setting."
For more information or to
RSVP, please mail Stephanie
at panhellenic@wdc-
deltagamma.org.
Also, there is still time to
contribute to the Panhel-
lenic Scholarship fund.
Please contact Stephanie at
On a personal note, I am sad
to see the program go and
want to encourage our mem-
bership and officers to incor-
porate the eight dimensions
of the Well Aware program
(Social, Spiritual, Physical,
Emotional, Vocational, Intel-
lectual, Financial and Lead-
ership Development) into
other activities and pro-
Thanks again to everyone
who helped out to make this
event so successful!
Also, we are collecting labels
until Tuesday, January 20
for WDC Delta Gamma’s
2008 submission For more
information, please contact
Jen at foundation@wdcdelt-
agamma.org.
panhellenic@wdcdelta-
gamma.org and she can
email you the forms. Last
year, three $750 scholar-
ships went to Panhellenic
women, including a Delta
Gamma!
gramming. If you have any
questions, please don’t hesi-
tate to contact me at well-
aware@wdcdeltagamma.org.
ITB,
Jennifer Middleton
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DGs in Provence!
Calling all wine lovers! Spend a
week with other DGs in the charm-
ing medieval village of Faucon, a
few kilometers from the ancient
Roman capital of Vaison-la-
Romaine. Eleanor Cartwright
(Beta Theta ‘57, Duke University)
has graciously invited us to her
comfortable stone village house at
the foot of Mount Ventoux in
France.
Throughout the week she will October. Approximate cost is
share her knowledge of the areas’ $1,500, which does not include air
great Cote de Rhone wines, wine travel, admissions and certain res-
makers, markets, restaurants and taurant meals.
heritage sites.
For more informa-
Space is limited to 8 women for tion, please email
this exciting experience. A deposit Meredith at wt@
is due at the end of May (roughly). wdcdeltagamma.org.
The trip is tentatively planned the
end of September/beginning of

Finance Update
We want to thank all the women who have joined our chapter during our 2008-2009 fiscal year—we are
currently 91 members strong! A special thanks to the following dues-paying members:

Andrea Agathoklis Susanne Fitch Suzette Kuo McGrann Meredith Riddile

Rosa An Michelle Flanagan Jean LaFauci Schutt Alicia Robben
Ashlen Anderson Jessica Ford Katherine Lewis Lee Robbins
Sarah Louise Baker Loren Fowler Rachael Lewis Christine Rocchio
Dena Baron Smith Alison Fraser Nicole Lutz Dani Rovenger
Emily Benavides Jennifer Frost Catherine Lux Laura Sambataro
April Black Danielle Frottier Marita Lynott Justa Schmidt
Lindsey Buranych Amy Garrison Lauren McKee Kristen Schuh
Anne Burnett Sara D. Gerringer Julie McLaughlin Lindsey Schwalb
Andrea Campbell Stephanie Gleason Rebecca McLean Alison Scotti
Brianna Charpentier Cristina Gomez Jen Middleton Deanne Seward
Emily Clark Helen Gordon Hillary Miko Esa Sferra-Bonistalli
Kerry Ann Cooney Amanda Haff Janis Milczewski Keating Marci Thomas
Rachel Cousart Elizabeth Haile Ashly Mitchell Genefer Thornton
Kerri Cox Keri Ann Hayes Lynn Neagley Jennifer (Upton) Steuart
Stephanie Craig Lisa Hayes Erika Nortemann Christin Vandegrift
Diane Cross Julie Herward Jen Olsen Abigail Walling
Carol Dabbs Karen Hope Ressue Kellie Opipari Shannon L. Watson
Amrita Dutta-Gupta Jennifer Ingber Karen Owens Ashley Whitmire
Sherry White Esteves Amanda Iovino Alexis Pierce Katherine Wolfe Shar-
Adrien Fairweather Kathryn Killeen Allyson Pyeritz man
Karin Fenn Leigh Kirchner Jenny Rice Danielle Yates
Ivette Fernandez Katherine Kristoph Tonya Richardson Tracey Yost