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Annual Planning Meeting May 22

Please mark your calendar for Saturday May 22nd at 10am for our Boston Alumnae Association Annual Business Meeting.  It will be held at the Panera Bread in Burlington, MA.  Enjoy a coffee and delicious treat with your sisters while we discuss this years events as well as put together our schedule for next year.  Your input is important, so if you are not able to attend, please feel free to list in your regrets any ideas / suggestions you have for future meetings or email me privately at jillpotts@comcast.net. 

If you are able to attend, please bring your 2010 - 2011 calendar (if possible) and lots of ideas!  If you have a specific event that you think might work for a gathering, do a bit of research as to dates, locations and prices and bring it along to share.

Dress is casual!

DIRECTIONS TO PANERA BREAD, BURLINGTON:
From Rte I-95 N/S take the Rt 3 Winchester exit (33A). In about 0.4 miles, at the lights by Herb Chambers Honda (which is to your right) take a left into the plaza. Panera Bread is located in the plaza by Marshalls and Roche Brothers. Just look for the large group of fun-loving gals and that will be us! 

Happy Founders' Day!

Boston Alpha Xi Deltas gathered to celebrate the fraternity's 117th anniversary on April 17, 2010.

Founders' Day 2010

Alpha Xi Delta members are cordially invited to celebrate Founders' Day with their Boston-area sisters. We will meet for lunch and a Founders' Day ceremony. Join us!

WHEN:  Saturday, April 17, 2010, 12 pm
WHERE:  Fox Hill Village Community Room
(the residence of one of our long-time members)
10 Longwood Drive, Westwood, MA  02090
COST:  $20 per person for lunch.  Fox Hill will provide us the luncheon including a chicken main dish, with sides and drinks.
RSVP:  by April 12. Contact Kendra L. if you would like to attend, and to arrange pre-payment for the meal.
NEED A RIDE?  If you would like to attend but do not have a ride, please let us know.  Westwood is accessible by public transportation and we can arrange to pick you up at the train station or coordinate rides.

Winter Philanthropy Gathering

The next meeting of the Alpha Xi Delta Boston Alumnae Association will be on Saturday, March 6 from 10:30 - 12pm at the Westwood Library Community Room, in Westwood, MA.  Light refreshments will be served and children are welcome.

This will be a philanthropy meeting and we request that each person bring an item (or more) to be donated to our group's local philanthropy, Christopher's Haven.  Suggested items they currently need include:
 

* alarm clocks with battery back-up option (need 5)

* flashlights (need 8)

* batteries for flashlights 

* neutral colored hand towels

* neutral colored face cloths

We will also be discussing other philanthropy opportunities for our group that involve our national philanthropy, Autism Speaks!

Hope to see you there!

Support our team for Autism Speaks!

We'll be at Suffolk Downs on Sunday, October 18 to participate in Walk Now for Autism Speaks. Please join your Alpha Xi Delta sisters supporting this wonderful organization -- either by joining us, or by making a contribution to our team.

If you haven't heard about Alpha Xi Delta's new philanthropy, here's the info.

Holiday Cookie Swap on December 7 in Winchester

Please join your Alpha Xi Delta sisters for a Holiday Gathering and Cookie Swap on Sunday, December 7 from 1:30 - 4:00 pm. Our hostess will be Linda W. at her home in Winchester, MA.

If you plan to attend, RSVP with Jill P. at jillpotts@comcast.net or 508-339-3202 by December 1st. Linda's home is easily reached from Route 128 as well as by the 350 bus from the Alewife T station -- Jill can provide directions.

If you'd like to participate in the cookie swap, please bring:

• Four dozen cookies or bars


• Copies of your recipe to share with the group


• A container to carry home your new assortment of approximately 3-4 dozen cookies
  

If you need ideas for a recipe, contact SusanSSandberg@comcast.net. Try to be creative, we don't want all chocolate chip and brownies! If you don't have a take-home container, we will provide Ziploc bags.

Downtown Boston/Younger Alum Event

Mark your calendar for a summertime event in downtown Boston! We'll meet at Tia's on the waterfront -- 200 Atlantic Ave., Boston at 6 pm on August 16, 2008.

This event is aimed at our younger alumnae, but everyone is welcome. More details will be sent to everyone on our email list when we get closer to the date. Make sure that we've got your contact info!

Plan our Program for '08-'09!

It's time for our annual business/planning meeting! Please mark your calendar for Saturday, May 17th. The meeting will be held at 10am at the Panera Bread in Burlington MA. Come chat with your sisters, enjoy a cup of coffee and a yummy treat, discuss the events we held this year and plan our events for next year.

RSVP to Jill P. (508-339-3202.) or Jan H. (bostonalphaxi@comcast.net) by Thursday May 15th, so we know how large a table to get. But, if you find at the last minute that you can attend, please come -- we'll find a spot for you!

Directions to Panera Bread: Off of 95 take the Rt 3 Winchester exit. At the 2nd set of lights (Herb Chambers Honda on the right side) take a left into the plaza. Panera Bread is located in the plaza with Marshalls. Panera Bread phone # is 781-272-1365 and the address is 34 Cambridge Street Burlington MA, 01803

Iota Xi Initiation and Awards Ceremony Photos

Our Iota Xi chapter at Worcester Polytechnic Institute celebrated Founders' Day by initiating 10 wonderful new members, and by presenting awards to outstanding sisters. Alum Faith B. presented her Alpha Xi Delta bracelet to the WPI sister with the highest GPA for the past year, Jackie H.

Congratulations on a great year, WPI!

"Birth of the Cool" was Great!

For those who were not able to join us for our March museum visit, consider making a trip to the Addison Gallery at Phillips Andover Academy before April 13 -- the exhibit on California style of the 1960s was 'way cool'!

Parking and admission are free.

Philanthropy Brunch January 26

Please join the Greater Boston Alpha Xi Delta Alumnae Association at our philanthropy meeting on Saturday January 26 at 10 a.m. Enjoy a cup of coffee and yummy breakfast treat with your sisters while supporting Choose Children.

The meeting will be taking place at Panera Bread in Dedham MA, starting at 10 a.m. We will be collecting art supplies for a wonderful organization called Christopher's Haven. This organization has created a home for families coming to Boston for cancer treatment for children.

Some ideas for art supplies include: markers, crayons, paper, paint, paintbrushes, glue/glue sticks, collage materials, stickers, beading supplies, rubber stamps/ink, bingo markers, chalk, colored pencils, pipe cleaners, playdough, etc.

Please RSVP to bostonalphaxi@comcast.net by Friday January 25th if you are able to attend.

Welcome, Iota Xi Chapter!

Saturday, October 6 marks the installation of Alpha Xi Delta's newest chapter, Iota Xi, at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Congratulations to all the alumnae and collegiate sisters who have worked so hard at making this possible!

Convention 2007

If you have not already signed up, there is still time to join your sisters for the 2007 Alpha Xi Delta Convention in Indianapolis, to be held Wednesday, June 27 through Sunday, July 1 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

This year's convention features a 5K race and a silent auction to benefit the Alpha Xi Delta Foundation, tours of the newly renovated Fraternity Headquarters, and the traditional Rose Banquet.

The General Session speaker will be Jen Schefft (Ohio University), sharing her lessons on love and life that she learned through her experience on ABC's The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.

Registration information and online form

Founders' Day Group Photo

Following brunch, Founders' Day ceremony and singing of traditional (and non-traditional!) Alpha Xi Delta songs, alumnae and WPI collegians posed for a group photo at Higgins House.

Founders Day Brunch, April 2007

Alumnae from Greater Boston and collegiate colony members from Worcester Polytechnic Institute celebrated Founders Day 2007 with a brunch at Higgins House at WPI.

Founders Day Lunch -- April 7, 2007

Mark your calendar and save the date: on Saturday, April 7th the Greater Boston Alpha Xi Delta Alumnae Association will be celebrating Founders' Day with the new chapter at WPI in Worcester! The event will run from 11am-3pm. The details of the luncheon are still being worked out; details on cost of the meal will be sent out as soon as they are finalized.

Please RSVP to Kendra or bostonalphaxi@comcast.net by Thursday, April 5th if you are able to attend. If you need a ride to WPI, please let us know. And, if you are planning to go and will be driving, please let us know if you would be willing to carpool.

Our Centennial Celebration -- March 8, 1907 - 2007

March 8, 2007 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Boston Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Xi Delta. The Boston Alumnae Association is proud of its 100 years of service to the community and the fraternity. It is the second-oldest Alpha Xi Delta Alumnae Association, and was a founding member of the Boston Alumnae Panhellenic Association in 1921.

It came into being at the same time as Lambda chapter at Jackson College (now part of Tufts University) in Medford, Massachusetts. The 20 collegiate members and 25 alumnae of a local sorority (Tau Epsilon Sigma) were installed as members of Alpha Xi Delta; the alumnae became the first members of the Boston Alumnae Chapter (now the Greater Boston Alumnae Association.)

A prominent founding member of the association was Ruth Sibley Haskell. An early history of the fraternity states: "The innate love of people which made her so loved as a fraternity officer [she served nine years on Alpha Xi Delta's National Council] also made her an earnest worker in the cause of woman suffrage and an untiring Red Cross worker during the [first] World War." She and her husband became benefactors of Tufts University; a scholarship and a dormitory at the university bear their name.

On this anniversary we celebrate the many Alpha Xi Delta sisters who have contributed to "The Sisterhood of Women" in the Boston area!

Save the Date -- April 7, 2007 -- Founders' Day with the WPI Colony

The Boston Alumnae Association will be celebrating its centennial year Founders' Day with the Fraternity's newest chapter -- the colony at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Save Saturday, April 7 for this great event. Details will be sent out shortly.

Holiday Lunch December 2 in Newton

Please mark your calendar for Saturday December 2nd at 12 noon for a luncheon at the Ipswich Ale House located at the Holiday Inn in Newton, MA. The Holiday Inn is located right off Rte. 128/I-95, Exit #22 Grove Street as well as being within walking distance of the Riverside T stop, which is at the end of the Green Line's "D" line.

Please bring an unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots.

If you are able to come, please RSVP to Kendra or to bostonalphaxi@comcast.net by Thursday November 30th.