Dear Alumnae,

I want to inform you about Kappa Chapter’s annual Crown Carnival! This event is put on to showcase Breast Cancer Education and Awareness and more importantly, to bring together potential future Zetas! If any of you have a daughter that is currently a senior in High School and planning on attending UT at Austin, or any other satellite school, we really want to meet her and her friends and we encourage them to come to Crown Carnival. This event kicks off the fun weekend of Round-Up at UT, where all incoming freshmen are invited to come and meet older Greeks. We want to extend a special invite to legacies and their friends, and offer them a Zeta hostess if they need a place to stay for the weekend. Many initiated Zetas have offered a bed to sleep on for any legacy that wants to stay for the entire weekend. We would love for your daughter to participate in this fun-filled weekend with her potential new sisters!

This year the event is on Friday, March 26th from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm, and it will occur in the backyard of the Kappa Chapter house located at 2711 Nueces, Austin, TX 78705. We will be serving hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, cole slaw, and cupcakes (all homemade!). There will be a sno cone machine, dunking booth, cotton candy machine, and tie-dying! We will be giving away white t-shirts that say “think pink” on them, and providing our guests with all different shades of pink tie-dye to decorate their shirts. The shirts will be hung and dried overnight and given to the girls the following morning so that they can wear them on Saturday!

Zeta Love,

Lauren Taylor

VP Recruitment

Zeta Tau Alpha - Kappa Chapter

The Texas State (Theta Psi) Chapter is currently in need of the following advisor positions: New Member, Program Council, Scholarship and Ritual. Time commitment varies per position and current advisory board members are in the Austin area.

Please contact Leslie Chunta at if you are interested in getting more information.

Although we didn’t necessarily hit the road (we chose our favorite airline), Austin Alumnae Chapter members made the 400 mile trip to Lubbock in February for the Texas Zeta Days. The trip was very much rewarding and we’re proud to announce the following awards that were given to our chapter, chapter members and our collegiate chapters:

· Austin Alumnae Chapter Members:  Individual Awards/Recognition
- Jen Jefferson won the Zeta Lady award for her participation in our programming events, organization of our Yoplait campaign this year, and for always donating her homemade cards for our fundraising efforts. It is presented to an alumnae member chosen by her alumnae chapter or president for outstanding service to the organization.

- Julia Ott was presented the Ultra Violet Award for District XI-B for her major contributions to community by chairing our Celebration of Life luncheon and the Arc of the Capital Area’s Annual Building Bridges Gala. This award is presented to one alumna in each district who has demonstrated extraordinary volunteerism within Zeta and her local community. Nominations are judged by the Vice President of Alumnae.

- Amy Biegel received her Certificate of Merit. This is awarded to alumnae members with at least seven years of significant service to the Fraternity. This award requires the unanimous vote of National Council. The Fraternity’s second highest award, and the highest given to an alumna at the state level.

- Nan Barkley Boettcher was pinned with a white violet by her daughter Laura Boettcher Bennett in the Order of the Shield Ceremony. This award honors those that have completed 50 or 75 years of membership in our Fraternity. A certificate is presented to honorees, as well as a White Violet pin (50 years) or White Violet charm (75 years).

· Austin Alumnae Chapter Awards
- Best Lil’ Chapter in Texas Award for our sisterhood and programming events. This rotating tray is given to a chapter in each district who excels in at least one area of the Crown Chapter Criteria.
- Major donor award for our contributions to the ZTAF in excess of $300.

Leslie Chunta and Ginger Layman with the awards from Zeta Days.

· Kappa Chapter Awards

- Major Donor
- Province Special Recognition Award
- Collegiate Quota/Total Award

· Theta Psi Chapter Awards
- Major Donor
- Collegiate Quota/Total Award
-  Inez Bryan New Member Programming Award
-  Kathy Benzini Stampe Chapter Excellence Award

We are excited and proud of what we have been able to do this year and look forward to continue the work in years to come.

We’d like to thank everyone who made it to the Celebration of Life Luncheon on October 30th, 2009. The luncheon was a great success with an excellent fashion show presented by Julian Gold. Not only were the fashions something we all wanted to wear, but the models were inspiring - all of them breast cancer survivors taking the run way for the cause. The guest speaker, Texas First Lady Anita Perry, made note of all of the Survivors in the room and spoke about fighting for a cure and the Silent Auction was very successful with great prizes including shopping sprees, signed memorabilia and weekends away courtesy of The Omni. We’re excited to announce that we raised $20,800 at this event and $17,500 will go to the Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation for breast cancer research and education and $3300 will be given locally as scholarships for Zetas at The University of Texas at Austin, Texas State and/or Southwestern University.

This could not have happened without the generous donations made at the event as well as the following sponsors:

JoDeane Bradford

Mary Walcutt

Nan Boettcher

Jean Andrews

Tricia & Todd Dugan

Paula Reinemund Duke

Karen Easterling

Lucy Netherton

Photos from the 2009 Celebration of Life Luncheon:

The images from the ZTA Celebration of Life luncheon are online and ready to view!

Visit:
http://www.asyouwishaustin.com/2009/11/zeta-tau-alpha-clebration-of-life/

Click:
any image to go to the full gallery

Enjoy!

Thank you for including As You Wish photography in the event. It is a real pleasure to work with my Zeta sisters.

In order to support our philanthropy of breast cancer awareness, the Kappa chapter Zetas and Austin Alumnae chapter will be attending the Pink Zone women’s basketball game against Baylor on January 31st.

We invite you to join us for the game and the pre-game tailgate.

What: Pink Zone Texas vs. Baylor womens’ basketball game

Where: Frank Erwin Center, The tailgate is located on the North Plaza of the Frank Erwin Center

When: Sunday, January 31st. The tailgate (with free food!) begins at 2pm and the game begins at 4 pm
Wear: Pink!
Tickets: UT Athletics Events, Sales and Services Office at (512)

232-3865 to receive a special promotion deal for the game, which includes a ticket, small popcorn, and a pink Horns for Hope t-shirt. The cost is $6 for both adults and for childrenI hope to see you at game!

More information about the Pink Zone game here.

As one of the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s national sponsors of Race for the Cure, members of Zeta Tau Alpha in Austin helped continue the trend of contributing to the organization through its participation in the local race Nov. 1 at the Domain. Members of the Austin ZTA Alumnae team raised $1,030 (not including the $30 race entry fee) for Komen Austin. A special thanks goes out to our top race team fundraisers, Ginger Layman, Dayoliz Perez, Kelti Bailey and Tammy Purser. There were 10 members on the Austin ZTA Alumnae team and several other alumnae members participating on other Race for the Cure teams.
A special thanks also goes out to our alumnae members, Catherine Bigler, Kari Long and Michelle Ketchaw, and Kappa chapter collegiate members Maggie Holmes, Shellie Herr and Katie Gaskin who helped volunteer at the Komen Austin Race for the Cure Survivor Tent and for passing out roses to breast cancer survivors crossing the finish line.
Supporters can now help raise additional funds to fight breast cancer in their local communities by going to ask.com/curecard and selecting “Austin” in the drop-down menu after typing in a valid e-mail address.
The Komen affiliate with the highest percentage of participant registrations will receive a $10,000 donation from ask.com. Also, find links to important breast health information.