We lost a sister over the weekend, Sue Kuligowski.  She was diagnosed with brain cancer 9 months ago and fought the disease hard.  She will be missed.

The following is the viewing and funeral information:

Wednesday June 9th – visitation from 5 – 8pm with a prayer vigil at 7pm
Wade Funeral Home
4140 West Pioneer Parkway
Arlington TX 76013

From the family – please wear bright colors in honor of Sue’s bright spirit, heart and personality.

Funeral – Thursday June 10th 10:30am
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
5819 West Pleasant Ridge Road
Arlington TX 7616

Graveside service immediately following the funeral
Moore Memorial Gardens
1219 North Davis Drive
Arlington TX 76012

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to either:

Bonnie J Addario Lung Cancer Foundation

or

Alpha Xi Delta

This past weekend, April 17th, Alpha Xi Delta celebrated 117 years of sisterhood.  Sisters from across the country got together to spend time together and to remember the 10 women that started this wonderful fraternity.

The Arlington Alumnae gathered with the Dallas Alumnae for sisterhood and a wonderful luncheon.  Pictures will be coming soon!

Friday, April 2^nd, 2010 is World Autism Awareness Day and the entire month of April marks Autism Awareness Month.  Here are some things you can do to show your support!

Wear Blue!

Pass out blue ribbons in your workplace, at your children’s school, at the gym, etc. and encourage others to wear the blue ribbons in honor of World Autism Awareness Month. You can also pass out fact cards with the ribbons.

Light It Blue!

Help Alpha Xi Delta and Autism Speaks raise awareness through the Light It Blue campaign. Many of the world’s most famous buildings, government offices, and monuments will be lit blue in honor of World Autism Awareness Day. The Empire State Building in New York City, the Sears Tower in Chicago, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland -  just to name a few! Let’s not stop there… you can bring the Light It Blue campaign to your home, community, or workplace. Replace your traditional light bulbs with blue light bulbs or shine a blue spotlight on your house, office, or at a local landmark. Bulbs and spotlights can be purchased at Home Depot or a local hardware store. If using light bulbs or spotlights isn’t an option, you can create luminaries with small blue paper sacks and tea lights. The sacks can be purchased at Michaels and you can find tea lights at Walmart. 

Don’t forget to wear your Quill for International Badge Day! The 26 member organizations of the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) are celebrating International Badge Day March 1, 2010, an annual event during which sorority women everywhere honor their Greek affiliations by wearing their badge or letters. This year’s theme is “Keep Your Fraternal Experience Close to Your Heart.”

For more information, visit the National Panhellenic Conference website.

Introduce Your Legacy to the Alpha Xi Delta Tradition

Rose Petals helps you share your love of Alpha Xi Delta

Just as you treasure your daughters, granddaughters, sisters, nieces, half-sisters and step relatives, Alpha Xi Delta treasures them too. Why? Because these special women are legacies of Alpha Xi Delta.

You can share your love of Alpha Xi Delta and become even closer to the legacies in your life by enrolling them in the Fraternity’s new Rose Petals program. As a Rose Petal, your loved ones receive:

• A personalized keepsake certificate, announcing their membership in this special group
• A Rose Petals letter of welcome from Alpha Xi Delta’s National President
• Special remembrances on their birthday, graduation and other important occasions
• News and information to deepen their knowledge of our Sisterhood
• An appreciation of the organization that helped you become the outstanding woman you are today

Share the Alpha Xi Delta experience with the legacies in your life and show your Rose Petals how proud you are to be an Alpha Xi Delta by completing the Rose Petals registration form.

The mission of Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity is to enrich the life of every Alpha Xi Delta. We will:

• Nurture unity and cooperation
• Foster intellectual, professional, and personal growth
• Exemplify the highest ethical conduct
• Instill community responsibility
• Perpetuate fraternal growth

What are you doing to further the mission of Alpha Xi Delta?

There are so many interesting facts about Alpha Xi Delta that either we have forgotten or didn’t know.

The purpose of this is to share with you the variety of information available and hopefully you will learn an interesting fact or two about our wonderful fraternity.