“Putting the Pieces Together:

Purpose, Priority, Passion”

2023-2025 Alabama State Theme

“A Time to Rebuild”
2022-2024 Alpha Tau Biennium Theme

Alpha Tau Chapter Meeting Journal Record

Winfield Community Center Calendar of Events p.5
February 3, 2024 8:30 a.m. January 31, 2024

Thank you, Debbie Ingle

for posting in the JR!

Alpha Tau members

were asked to help
themselves to the
delicious breakfast
refreshments
immediately after
signing into the
meeting.

Plates were filled and

enjoyed.

Amy Duckworth, Debbie Chaffin, Tabatha Mays

Thank you to Hostess Chairmen Amy Duckwork and Tabatha Mays and committee members,
Leslie Botzer, Debbie Chaffin, Farrah Parrish, Gracie Franks, Amy Guin, and Jennifer Simmons
for providing breakfast goodies and the fun table decorations!
 President Sheri White welcomed
2021-2023 Alabama State President Penny Christian to the meeting.

Kappa Chapter member Margaret Smith was also

welcomed. She will officially transfer to Alpha Tau as
soon as International sends the transfer notification.
Margaret grew up in Winfield and attended school with
Dr. Barbara Miller.

Welcome, Margaret!
Margaret’s great aunt Eunice Weeks, was one of the
sixteen Alpha Tau Charter Members and the 2nd Chapter
President.
She proudly wears her great aunt’s DKG key pin.
 Tabatha Mays led members
in reading the Collect of
Delta Kappa Gamma.

L to R around table: Ginger Eatman, Chantaye Shaw, Tabatha Mays, Amy Guin

Members enjoyed refreshments while visiting before the

program began.
 President Sheri introduced our program and
speaker. Alpha Tau member Jill Spann shared her
role as liaison for the Neighborhood Bridges
Program and how and why the program was
introduced to the Winfield School District and
surrounding community.

Suggestions of various ways in which Alpha Tau

could contribute to this worthwhile program were
discussed.

Jill thanked members for the generous

contributions already made to Neighborhood
Bridges and shared how they had been used.

At the August 2023 meeting Alpha Tau voted to

adopt Neighborhood Bridges as one of the
chapter’s projects and pledged to support this
chapter project through donations of time,
money, and needed materials.
The business meeting began with the “Call to order” by President Sheri White.

Recording Secretary Debbie Ingle read the minutes from the last meeting. The minutes were approved.

L to R: 1st table - Debbie Ingle, Rhonda Mordecai, Margaret Smith, Dr. Barbara Miller, Robin Butler
2nd table - Chantaye Shaw, Tabatha Mays, Amy Guin

Treasurer Peggy Wood asked members if there were any

reimbursement receipts that had not been submitted.

Robin Butler co-chair of Project II (Supporting New Teachers

during American Education Week in November) reported
that with the donations from Walmart and other businesses,
the chapter did not have any receipts to submit.

Peggy then presented the financial status report.

The financial report will be filed.
Voluntary member donations were accepted to support the DKG World Fellowship Fund and the
Alabama State Organization Partner Project Autism Support of Alabama for 2023-2025.

Treasurer Peggy Wood

will forward the
donations to the
appropriate
organizations.

L to R: Amy Duckworth,
Debbie Chaffin, Tammy
Box, Alana Hawkins, Jill
Spann

The DKG World Fellowship Fund is part of the DKG Educators

Foundation begun in 1960. Currently 1,055 women from 122
countries have received $3,739,250 and are
“Impacting Education Worldwide.’’

Autism Support of Alabama provides programs and resources that

are meaningful to Alabama individuals and families living with
autism spectrum disorder.

Members were reminded that prospective member names needed to be presented.

Voting could be done online by email or text. Several names were mentioned.
More information will be sent to members.
The Moment of Reorientation by President Sheri reminded members of the history of Alabama State
Organization’s founding on Dec. 19, 1931. Happy 92nd birthday Alabama State!

Then President Sheri shared the actions of the chapter founders that allowed Alpha Tau Chapter to be
formed seventy-one years ago on January 17, 1953.

The following information was found in the History of Alpha Tau Chapter Beta State compiled and
narrated by Alpha Tau’s first chapter president, Miss Edith Egan.

When the time came to start the initiation, the organizing group realized that the required
number of members for a chapter were not present. Edith Egan slipped out and drove to
Guin where she found Eunice Weeks trying to arrange a way to get to the meeting.
They arrived “a bit late” without reprimand.

The seven new members were Mrs. Eunice Weeks, Miss Effie Mae Logan from Guin,
Mrs. Gladys Jennings, Mrs. Lorene Yarborough from Hamilton, Mrs. Louise Harris,
Mrs. Jewel Baccus from Winfield, and Miss Elois Phillips from Bear Creek, who was
unable to attend due to a broken hip. She was initiated later as a charter member.

Happy 71st Birthday Alpha Tau Chapter!

Ready to begin Installation Ceremony of 2024-2026 New Officers

 Co-Chairman Tammy Box conducted
the Installation Ceremony for the
2024-2026 Biennium Chapter Officers.

A red rose for each member of the

2024-2026 Executive Board.

President: Rannette Dean

1st Vice-Presidents: Rhonda Mordecai and Kaye Carr
nd
2 Vice-President: Amy Duckworth
Recording Secretary: Ginger Eatman
Corresponding Secretary: Chere' Fetter
Parliamentarian: Sheri White
Treasurer: Peggy Wood
 Each of the new officers was asked if she would accept the responsibilities of the office and
the leadership position for that office.

Each responded “I will”

and was then presented with a red rose.

President Sheri presented incoming president Rannette Dean with her red rose.

President Sheri

presented red roses

to 1st vice-presidents

Kaye Carr
and
Rhonda Mordecai.
Kaye Carr and Rhonda Mordecai

presented incoming 2nd vice-president

Amy Duckworth

with her red rose.

Debbie Ingle presented

a red rose to

incoming recording secretary

Ginger Eatman.
Alana Hankins presented

a red rose to

incoming corresponding secretary

Chere' Fetter.

Dr. Barbara Miller presented

a red rose to incoming Parliamentarian

Sheri White.
President Sheri White presented a red rose
to continuing in office treasurer Peggy Wood.

Members moved to the adjoining room to gather around the piano as Dr. Barbara Miller accompanied
while Rhonda Mordecai led members in singing the Delta Kappa Gamma Song.
The meeting was then adjourned.