Thankful to Founders for ?
 

OK so this being Phi Sig's founding month..(coming up in a few weeks) AND Thanksgiving month, my chapter went and tied a ribbon to our tree after our meeting this evening.. (we have a tree dedicated to us on campus by the business building , it has a plaque next to it and everything) and each sister went through and said something about why we are thankful those 10 women got together and made this organization happen.

I am thankful that our founders created Phi Sig because it gives me a place of belonging on a campus where it's hard to meet people and where the ladies love me and support me whether I'm in the best mood ever, or in need of some cheering up. I am also thankful that Phi Sig has also given me challenges and opportunities which have helped me to learn about myself and help give me some of the tools to grow into the person that I want to be. :D

Awwww that is really cute, I'm gonna share too!We used to reflect back all the time considering we are 3 years old. (I'm in a local org)

I'm thankful for everything that our founders have done. the one thing that i love about being in a local is that i new everyone of our founders. My big was a founder!!!
They created our strong united group of girls all from scratch. I'm thankful for them for giving me the chance to meet some of my best friends, for giving me the chance to learn about myself in good times and bad, for letting me do what i love to do i was social chair and i absolutley love planning events and most of all for letting all of us be our own individuals but with a strong closeness.
There are so many more reasons too many to write down but without them i wouldnt be where i am today!


This is making me sad now cuz i'm no longer there. But it was nice to remember. Good idea glitter650:)

Great thread!!

I'm thankful to our founders for having the spirit and courage to create a sorority whose doors were open to ALL women who wanted to share in Service, Friendship and Equality.

Gamma Sig is young compared to others (51 years old) but these ladies got together in 1952--when some sororities were still very segregated--and created GSS. From our inception we have had a non-selectivity policy and I'm very proud of that.

GSS has opened MANY MANY doors for me, have helped my leadership skills and I have made many new friends--as well as lifelong sisters!

I could go on, but it would be a book! I love Gamma Sig :D

I love this thread!

I am thankful that our founders had such a strong vision for Sisterhood, Scholarship, and Service. Also, I am thankful that most of our founders remained active throughout their lives, helping SGRho to grow across the US and beyond. I am thankful that one of our founders came to California and established a Grad chapter on the west coast. I also love my Sorors, and I continue to be amazed by all the wonderful things they accomplish as individuals, and in the name of Sigma. Keep that Sigma light shinning bright! E-yip!

I am thankful that in 1895 for a women's organization, our founders chose as one of our six purposes: CAREER DEVELOPMENT.

I am thankful for the belief that if the founders saw us today, they would be proud of the amazing organization that is Chi Omega. I am thankful that I have hundreds of thousands of sisters out there just because of the ambition of 4 women and 1 man! Go Chi O!

As a co-founder of my wonderful sorority (that will turn 8 this month), I know that without founders starting GLOs, they wouldn't exist. There would be no sisterhood/brotherhood. Networking would be something completely different. It doesn't matter if GLOs were founded 1, 10 or 100 years ago, we should be thankful for the hard work the founders put into establishing the organizations we are proud to be a part of. I want to take that a step further. Thank the founders of Phi Beta Kappa (the first ever GLO). Thank the founders of Chi Phi and Kappa Alpha (the first fraternities). Thank the founders of Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu (the first sororities). These men and women paved the road for all of us and they truly deserve our gratitude (sp?).

Anyway, all those are so sweet and I nearly cried reading them!


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This is sweet.

I'm thankful the three founders of my fraternity focused on a gentler side of womanhood: love, honor, and truth, during a time when most young women saw each other only as competition for men and didn't go on to higher education.

I'm thankful that our founders were truly strong, intelligent, and forward thinking women. They created Alpha Omicron Pi over 106 years ago to celebrate their friendships with one another, now and for their lifetimes. The number of friendships which were born out of their love for one another is just mind-boggling and oh so glorious!

I am beyond thankful that the amazing women who founded my chapter offered me the opportunity to join in their friendships and in their sisterhood.

For caring enough to explain.

I'm thankful to my founders for being one of the first two groups of ladies to begin societies specifically for the sisterhood women provide. And having the foresight and courage and strength to start something that has blossomed into so many Greek societies.

I am not, however, thankful that they picked the color combination of pink and white. ;-)

Allison loves rose and white more than life itself. Once I saw her dressed in pink from head to toe, including a monsterous 80's style pink bow on her head.

You lying little Phi Mu. What happened to the "truth" part of our ideals, huh?

She never did. Though....I do wear pink quite often....But not with white ;-)

bwahahaha. it went to Macon and it's not invited back.

AND she was wearing legwarmers.

Thankful for.....
 

I am thankful that the founders thought to include the "average girl" in their planning for a fraternity. I definitely fall into this category.
Silver

I'm thankful that our five founders realized 25 years ago that women in a male dominated career field needed to band together. I'm also thankful that they are all alive to see the prgress of Sigma Alpha! :)

Re: Thankful for.....
 

My sister and friend, you are so above average it is stunning! Without our founders we would never have met, so I am thankful to them for that as well!

Roses,
C

I am thankful that our Founders decided to start the first secret society for college women!

I'm thankful that their ideals have stayed on course for almost 153 years!

I'm thankful that they left a written & photographic legacy, so we can compare the simularities and the differences from 1851 and now.

And, as much as I like pink, I'm thankful that they chose the beautiful Azure Blue & White as the colors of Alpha Delta Pi!




ps - Silver, you've raised the bar on "average" to considerable heights!!!

I am thankful that Delta Gamma's founders laid down the foundation for our fraternity with this first initiation address, that still rings true to this day:

Dear sisters, you are now members of the Delta Gamma Club. Ours is an associate sisterhood based upon sincere desire for mutual improvement; its cementing element is love, its stimulating principle, truth; its WATCHWORD, duty, and we welcome you cordially to the advantages of our club...

You may imagine our duties too laborious, our discipline too exacting, but while we extend to you the encouragement and sympathy of sisters, we would warn you with equal fidelity that nothing good or great has ever been achieved with without toil and attention, and it is because we would have you prepare for an honorable womanhood that here in the morning of life, we would stimulate you to constant and earnest effort.


Be faithful to yourself, act well on your part, and then when life’s young dream is past, the battles of life fought and won, and the mellow light of evening gathers around your pathway, the scenes enacted here will rise upon your memory like the constellations on the evening sky to cheer and comfort you.

Beautiful.

this is one of my favorites quotes from Delta Gamma. i read and gave it to my little on initiation week this year. i truly love this!!

TNX
 

I am thankful that our founders were such amazing women that founded an amazing sorority. This sorority has opened so many doors for so many people.

In general, I am thankful that so many wonderful individuals decided to go against the norm to found sororities and fraternities!

Greek Luv! :)