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fraternity news Support the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act Kappa Kappa Gamma is proud to be working with other Greek-letter organizations to encourage Congress to pass legislation to facilitate tax-deductible contributions for housing infrastructure improvement. This effort is sponsored by the Capital Fraternal Caucus, a Washington, D.C.-based Greek umbrella organization representing the U.S. fraternities and sororities. The act would erase a long-standing disparity in the law and allow educational foundations to use tax-deductible charitable contributions to make grants to local house corporations for the purpose of improving existing not-for-profit student housing or building new housing. Passage of the act would be a major benefit for all fraternity/sorority housing nationwide, as it would make it easier to raise the dollars needed for critical life-safety enhancements and other infrastructure improvements in order to sustain Greek housing. To learn more, please visit www.kappa.org and www.fraternalcaucus.com. Foundation of Canada Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation of Canada is Sunday, May 3, 2009, at 11 a.m. at 2900 Yonge Street, Toronto, Canada. Contact Carolyn Love, McGill, at carolyn.love@gmail.com or 416-928-2327. To support the KKG Foundation of Canada, please mail checks to P.O. Box 1273, 2384 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M4P 3E5, Canada, or donate online at canadahelps.org. Please indicate “general” or “endowment” (encouraged) on checks. All online donations go to the general account. Canadian tax laws applicable. Sen. Richard Lugar presents Holly Dunn Pendleton, Kentucky, a 2008 Alumnae Achievement Award recipient, with the Jefferson Award for outstanding community service. Nominate a Kappa for a 2010 Alumnae Achievement Award! Kappa Kappa Gamma honors outstanding alumnae by recognizing excellence in volunteer and professional pursuits, a tradition established in 1946. Your nominee must be active in her field with involvement on a national or international level. Many alumnae achieve local acclaim, but this award requires more than community or regional recognition. Alumnae Achievement Award nomination forms are available online at www.kappa.org or you may request a copy from Fraternity Headquarters at kkghq@kkg.org or call toll free 866-KKG-1870. A one-page letter describing how the nominee meets the criteria must accompany the nomination form. News clips, magazine articles and high-quality color photographs are encouraged. For a list of previous AAA recipients, visit www.kappa.org and click on All About Kappa then Notable Kappas. Nominations must be postmarked by May 20, 2009. Send materials to Julie Marine Leshay, Colorado College, Fraternity Vice President, 1020 Pontiac Rd., Wilmette, IL 60091, vicepresident@kkg.org. www.kappa.org • Spring 2009 • The Key • 3

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Support the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act Kappa Kappa Gamma is proud to be working with other Greek-letter organizations to encourage Congress to pass legislation to facilitate tax-deductible contributions for housing infrastructure improvement. This effort is sponsored by the Capital Fraternal Caucus, a Washington, D.C.-based Greek umbrella organization representing the U.S. fraternities and sororities. The act would erase a long-standing disparity in the law and allow educational foundations to use tax-deductible charitable contributions to make grants to local house corporations for the purpose of improving existing not-for-profit student housing or building new housing. Passage of the act would be a major benefit for all fraternity/sorority housing nationwide, as it would make it easier to raise the dollars needed for critical life-safety enhancements and other infrastructure improvements in order to sustain Greek housing. To learn more, please visit www.kappa.org and www.fraternalcaucus.com. Foundation of Canada Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation of Canada is Sunday, May 3, 2009, at 11 a.m. at 2900 Yonge Street, Toronto, Canada. Contact Carolyn Love, McGill, at carolyn.love@gmail.com or 416-928-2327. To support the KKG Foundation of Canada, please mail checks to P.O. Box 1273, 2384 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M4P 3E5, Canada, or donate online at canadahelps.org. Please indicate “general” or “endowment” (encouraged) on checks. All online donations go to the general account. Canadian tax laws applicable. Nominate a Kappa for a 2010 Alumnae Achievement Award! Kappa Kappa Gamma honors outstanding alumnae by recognizing excellence in volunteer and professional pursuits, a tradition established in 1946. Your nominee must be active in her field with involvement on a national or international level. Many alumnae achieve local acclaim, but this award requires more than community or regional recognition. Alumnae Achievement Award nomination forms are available online at www.kappa.org or you may request a copy from Fraternity Headquarters at kkghq@kkg.org or call toll free 866-KKG-1870. A one-page letter describing how the nominee meets the criteria must accompany the nomination form. News clips, magazine articles and high-quality color photographs are encouraged. For a list of previous AAA recipients, visit www.kappa.org and click on All About Kappa then Notable Kappas. Nominations must be postmarked by May 20, 2009. Send materials to Julie Marine Leshay, Colorado College, Fraternity Vice President, 1020 Pontiac Rd., Wilmette, IL 60091, vicepresident@kkg.org. Association and Chapter Anniversaries Congratulations to the following alumnae associations and chapters celebrating milestone anniversaries. For contact information, visit www.kappa.org or call Fraternity Headquarters at 866-KKG-1870. May Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 5/1/1959 50 years Morgantown, W.V. 5/3/1919 90 years Portland, Ore. 5/3/1919 90 years Pensacola, Fla. 5/7/1959 50 years Epsilon Epsilon, Emory 5/9/1959 50 years Beta Omicron, Tulane 5/11/1904 105 years Gamma Upsilon, British Columbia 5/11/1929 80 years Orange County, Calif. 5/13/2004 5 years Gamma Phi, SMU 5/17/1929 80 years Sigma, Nebraska 5/19/1884 125 years Louisville, Ky. 5/26/1934 75 years June Olympia, Wash. 6/4/1934 75 years Gamma Chi, George Washington 6/7/1929 80 years July Dayton, Ohio 7/17/1929 80 years Cheyenne, Wyo. 7/30/1934 75 years August North Gold Country, Calif. 8/4/2004 5 years Get Connected Today! Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Headquarters has approximately 46,000 member e-mail addresses, but our current membership is nearly 160,000. Are you one of the many Kappas who haven’t shared your e-mail address with Headquarters? If so, we’d love to hear from you! Please send your name, chapter/school, mailing address and e-mail address to kkghq@kkg.org. Your information will only be available to Headquarters staff and initiated members for Kappa purposes only. Please help us make our database more effective by providing your e-mail address today! Stay Connected! Kappas use social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace to communicate, but did you know about our other online venues for staying connected? Visit www.kappaconnections.com (which will forward you to the Yahoo! Group) for content on goal-setting and achieving success in your career and life, plus many related links. Chat and collaborate with other Kappas at Kappa Forums to exchange officer tidbits, share ideas, and ask questions by registering at www.kappa.org/forum. Keys Overseas, Stars and Stripes, and the Golden Key Alumnae Associations have forums for their members! For just a simple update on what is happening in Kappa, follow Kappa at www.twitter.com/kappakappagamma. Anyone can tweet, but only Kappas can hoot! In Memoriam Reminder When reporting a deceased member to Fraternity Headquarters, the Membership Services Department must receive her full name (including maiden), address, chapter/school, year of initiation or graduation, date of death, and your name, phone number and relationship to the deceased. Copies of obituaries also are appreciated. Receiving this detailed information helps to prevent errors in the “In Memoriam” list. The Key apologizes that full obituaries are not published due to space limitations. Only former Fraternity Presidents are profiled. Hazing Hotline 888-NOT-HAZE Kappa has joined with the National Interfraternal Council and National Panhellenic Conference to take a courageous stand to eradicate all forms of hazing from our campuses. An anonymous hotline has been set up through the Manley Burke Law Firm in Cincinnati, Ohio. Any member may call 888-NOT-HAZE (678-4293) 24-hours a day to report a potential hazing activity. The information will be sent to our Fraternity Headquarters for follow-up. It is our hope that members from all organizations will feel comfortable sharing information and that by being proactive we will be able to protect our individual members and our chapters. Silver Iris Commemorates 25 Years Kappas initiated in or before 1983 can show their loyalty and pride by purchasing a beautiful sterling silver 25-year award pin. The one-inch oval contains an etched iris and is an attractive accessory for many occasions. These pins also make great gifts for mothers, daughters and college friends. The cost of the 25-year pin is $30. Order forms for 25-, 50-, 65- and 75-year pins are available online. Please use Award Pin Order Form – AS-01 (found on the Kappa Web site, www.kappa.org, under Resources>Alumna Resources>Award Pins) or place your order by contacting the Resource Coordinator at 866-KKG-1870. Insurance for Kappas Through an affiliation with Garity Associates, Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae are eligible to enroll in TempoCare, a short-term medical insurance plan for women under the age of 64 and 11 months and their dependent children who have a temporary insurance need. For a new graduate no longer eligible for health insurance coverage through a student plan or as a dependent on her family plan, this is a way to avoid expensive health care bills. TempoCare policy provides the following advantages: u Immediate health coverage u Affordable coverage for 30 to 185 days u $2 million coverage maximum for duration of plan u Excellent in-hospital and outpatient benefits u Freedom to choose doctors and hospitals u Convenient payment options Please call 866-881-4478. Attention Parents of Collegians and Graduates The Key Editorial Board hopes you enjoy reading your daughter’s issues of The Key when they arrive at your home. Please remind your daughter to update her address at Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Headquarters when she moves to a new permanent address. The Key is her best way to stay connected to Kappa for life! Address updates may be made several ways: online at www.kappa.org, by mailing the form on the inside back cover of this issue or by contacting the Membership Services Department at 866-KKG-1870 or kkghq@kappa.org.

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