Apple Picking Location

We've finalized our location and time for our fall apple picking excursion. We'll meet at the Big Apple Farm in Wrentham at 2 pm. Contact Jan at bostonalphaxi@comcast.net for more info. The web site for Big Apple is: http://www.ncounty.net/bigapple/

Events for '04 - '05

At our June business meeting we developed a tentative calendar of events for this upcoming year. Details haven't been worked out yet and dates/events/locations are subject to change, so just pencil in these dates. Anyone who would like to host/coordinate an event, please contact Jill or Jan!

• September 19 -- Sunday -- Apple Picking (not the place that had the traffic jams last year!)
• October 17 -- Sunday -- Wrentham Village Premium Outlets Shopping. We'll meet for lunch, then get an early start on holiday shopping
• November 14 -- Sunday -- 3rd Annual Holiday Craft and Bake Sale/Auction. Proceeds go to a Choose Children charity
• February 12 -- Saturday -- TBA
• March 13 -- Sunday -- Musuem visit?
• April 9 -- Saturday -- Founders' Day Lunch and Ceremony
• May 21 -- Saturday -- Business Meeting
• June 29 - July 3 -- Wednesday to Sunday -- Alpha Xi Delta 2005 National Convention at the Westin La Paloma in Tucson, Arizona

Way to go, Boston alums!

Just found out -- Greater Boston Alumnae Association has been awarded Alpha Xi Delta's Ruth Simmons James Award with Highest Honors, recognizing our philanthropic activities and programming for last year.

Spaulding-Mowry Scholarship

Congratulations to Devon McGoldrick of Rochester Institute of Technology on her award of this year's Spaulding-Mowry Scholarship for studies in government or environmental affairs. The late Gertrude Spaulding, long-time member of the Alpha Xi Delta Alumnae Association of Greater Boston, provided the funds to the Alpha Xi Delta Foundation to endow this scholarship, with the assistance of her husband Bill and the estate of her sister, Virginia Mowry.

The Seattle Times: Opinion: A sorority of voters: Young, single women channel their power

The Seattle Times: Opinion: A sorority of voters: Young, single women channel their power
They use "sorority" generically -- but I love that sentence: "Sorority sisters are in"!

Interesting Survey Results

Fraternity Headquarters recently surveyed members who graduated between 1994 and 2003 to find out about their experiences making the transition from collegian to alumna. Some food for thought as we plan our activities? http://www.alphaxidelta.org/pdfs/March04SurveySummary.pdf