I felt REALLY proud to be an XYZ when.....
 

I was proud to be a SIGMA KAPPA when:

*Jen gave me huge props for memorizing the history of Sigma Kappa in less than a week

*My big decided she wanted me to be her lil & a twin after meeting me the first time!

*Fighting w/my boyfriend & the ladies were all willing to sit with me, sympathize, & feed me ice cream while I cried & moped.

*Meeting a wonderful woman at Founders Day who was receiving her 50 year pin & having her tell me I was an asset to the organization *tears up*.

*Being told by a new member that she hopes to wear her letters & badge as proudly as I wear mine

FINALLY

*Having my anti-greek mom receive my composite & say that of all the organizations in the world I could have joined, she's glad I joined one that has a wonderful mission, reputation, & has caring & classy ladies at its helm.

I felt proud to be a DELTA GAMMA when.....

*We won 1st place during Homecoming with PIKE

*We had the largest turn out ever for Anchor Bowl this year (we have a hard time getting the pool so we have a flag football tourny)

*I watched all the seniors graduate and realized how lucky I was to share something with so many amazing women

*When I read WhiteDaisy's letter she had written to Cosmo about her mother and why DG was important to her

*My mother told me how proud she was at my decision to join Delta Gamma. Especially since she is a Kappa.

*My ex-boyfriend's grandmother told me that when she was in college the Delta Gamma's were always the nicest, classiest and most beautiful girls she'd known.

*I realized that I had 89 best friends and thousands of sisters.

i felt proud to be a DG when:

*my chapter turned around our numbers in 2001 and recruited the biggest pledge class since who knows when which put us back in the top 3 on campus.

*when i was at cdc interviews and met 18 other women who, even though we were all from different chapters, embodied what sisterhood really means in one weekend.

*when my chapter celebrated it's 125th Anniversary of continuous existence at Akron on March 15, 2004.

*when i got to experience the colonization, recruitment, and initiation of a colony.

I felt esp. proud to be a Pi phi when:

-I have letters on and get approached by strangers with the ever so welcomeing line "Im a pi phi too!"

- When my Chapter won 4/5 awards at the Greek Banquet this yr

-WHen we won so many Frat's Philanthropys this yr

- when i just look around my chapter and see how many amazing girls we have.

- When we look at our house, its amazing!!

- When people tell us how amazing it is that we are all so nice and i see the friendship we have are sooo strong.

- and when i look at all our Cute & Popular pledgies!! :)

I <3 PI BETA PHI

I feel so proud to be an SAI when....

*When one sister rear-ended another on the way to our camping trip, they were more worried that each other was going to be okay than the fact that one of their cars was totalled!

*One of the sisters referred a rushee to me saying, "ask Allie, she knows EVERYTHING there is to know about SAI!" :D

*I hear live performances by distinguished sisters...makes me realize what wonderful, talented sisters we have out there

*I think this is my favorite. At the beginning of pledging, we have the Members-in-Training write about "what SAI means to me", where they write about why they chose to join, etc etc. Kate, who was my soon-to-be lil sis, wrote that I was the reason she decided to pledge. :)

OMG.

How to say how proud one is Of XYZ!

Seeing a Local Become a Member of A National.

Being in the Top GPA for many years.

Seeing New Associtates who are now Graduated and holding very good jobs and doing well.

Seeing the good times fall to the bad times and recovering.

Having a OLD Alum come back for the first time in years and have a screw up with His Rental car and an Active saying 'Here, take my Keys to my car"!

Having met Brothers on GC and getting to know them from all over the countries.

Having visited other Chapters and made to feel at home and welcome.

Oh, to hard to count the ways!

I felt really proud to be a Sigma Kappa when. . .

*Before I even came to any recruitment events one of the SK's who lived on my floor inviting me personally and telling me how well she thought I would fit in with the other girls.

*Right after my initiation cermony I got a call from my mom that I should go to see my uncle because he had been sick and he was getting worse. I loved the fact that as soon as I came back I could walk down the hall and have my new sisters there to listen to me and help me out.

*After my uncle passed away all of my sisters being there for me and many of them calling me as soon as they found out what had happened, coming back to school the next day with messages all over my dry erase board telling me that they would be there if I needed anything, and all the little notes and poems they left in my room for me the night before.

*Winning Chaper of Excellance and having the Greek Women of the Year from our chapter.

*Sharing memories with the seniors before they left, and knowing that even tho we only spent a year in school together they would be there for me for a lifetime!

I *heart* Sigma Kappa!

What issue was that in??

It wasn't in the magazine......apparently Cosmo asked for people to write in about negative experiences with Greek life and WHiteDaisy submitted a positive letter.....here's the thread....get the tissues.....

Letter

I felt REALLY proud to be GAO when.....

--My chapter won chapter of the year and highest gpa at our regional convention.

--when we repeated as chapter with highest gpa at our spring regional conference.

---When we won Chapter of the Year and Sorority with Best Scholarship Program/New Member Educational Program.

---We took 2nd during Greek Week (it was our 1st yr. participating)

---My sister Erika won the talent competition during Derby Days.

--Four of our Seniors won the Golden Axe Award
--My chapter was awarded the first OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD given out by City CouncilWoman Liz Archueleta at our Hispanic Convocation.

---When 2 of my Sorors were awarded The Cesar Chavez Leadership Award and The Sor Juana de Inez Leadership Award at the Hispanic Convocation.

--My Sister Dennise was Named Greek of the Week by Greek Life.

----Having the 3rd Highest GPA among Sororities for 3 consecutive semesters.

When I look around at all the beautiful faces of all my sisters active and alumni.

Having the best sisters ever to share my good times, my bad times, my hurts, my joy and my sadness.

Also having the best "TIAS" (aunts) for my beautiful Gamma Alpha Omega Legacy.

GAMMA ALPHA OMEGA FROM 1993 TO INFINITY.

I felt really proud to be a Phi Sigma Sigma when:

* I was invited to be a founding member of my chapter even though I was a 30 something year old grad student

* On initiation day (and every one I've been to since)

* when I was installed as Membership Orientation Chair (founding year), then Archon (2nd year), and then Scribe (4th year)

* when we won Most Spirited Organization our first year on campus

* When we've won Outstanding organization on campus the past three years in a row

* when I watched 3 of my sisters help out a woman who's 4 year old son with Down Syndrome locked himself in the car as soon as the mom got out of it. They stayed with the mom and kept her calm the whole time the police were trying to get the child to open the door (police finally slim jimmed it open)

and finally, Most importantly,

I'm proud to be a Phi Sigma Sigma EVERYDAY

The most proud I feel is when I look at my chapter and see how well they're doing. I put in a ton of work into the chapter, and to see them doing well makes me feel proud.

I'm so proud to be a DEE GEE when:

*We invited 50 girls back to pref and all 50 excepted

*When girls in different sororities comment on what such a wonderful bond we have.

*On bid day when other girls in sororities came up to us and told us they wanted all the girls we got.

*When girls in different sororities say they wished they wouldve received a bid from us.

* And most importantly when im surrounded by all my sisters

I would like to add that to my list too!! I especially feel proud to have CJ as my sister and that I got the opportunity to be one of the girls to stand by her side here in Akron!!

I felt really proud to be an Alpha Epsilon Phi when:

- I attended my initiation (ok, that's a gimme :) )
- I signed my chapter's charter
- I saw some awesome new members walk through our door on bid day
- My fundraising co-chair and I put together our first-ever full-scale charity fundraiser. We managed to pull off something on the scale of the other sororities' annual fundraisers, despite having about 1/10th the people, and we underestimated attendance by 50% and kept having to run out to grab more chairs :)
- Every time my sisters have been by my side when I've been going through hard times... and every time I've done the same for them.

I felt REALLY proud to be an Alpha Gamma Delta when:

-I was initiated
-My whole chapter donated money toward a sisters' dues after her father lost his job and she suddenly had no money
-My sister-daughters were initiated (especially the second one because she had been through a LOT)
-After "cleaning house" at a chapter, I saw a very strong woman meet with our International Officers and convince them that the remaining women could make a difference on campus, being the leaders of the alcohol free/haze free movement (and they successfully did so!)
-Attending a reception in honor of our founder, Emily Helen Butterfield, when she was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1990.
-Looking around at the sea of white at the Initiation ceremony during the first Convention that I attended in 1993, and receiving my first alumna honor that same night.
-Every "Living Circle" at the end of Convention, where we gather as sisters and sing.
-Attending our collegiate awards luncheon at Convention, every time.
-Watching our Distinguished Citizen's presentations at each Convention
-Attending IRD (International Reunion Day), a statewide luncheon for all Alpha Gams and looking around the room at the amazing women in attendance, young and old.
-Feeling the warmth and caring from all of my alumnae club sisters, GC sisters, every sister I meet, no matter what the circumstances.
-Suddenly finding myself on a first name basis with our International Officers after working with them in a variety of volunteer positions over the years.
-Every single time I read, hear, or recite our Purpose

Dee

When I first got my letters and got the respect of every person I've ever met on campus, including someone who I've known all my life, hadn't talked to in forever, but was prouder than anyone when I first wore my letters on campus. They were a set of letters they guys got when they first were colonized, that all matched. Hell yeah!! I wore my big brothers.


And every day of my life since then.

Another time before that was when we got our pledge buttons. We were a colony, so that's what everyone wore, so it was like from then on, unless we fucked up totally and turned into a dick, we were brothers. Not really offically, and not according to our Marshal (at least at the time anyway) but looking back, that was the (tied for) second proudest day of my life. The other second was when we got iniatated and when we got installed. I am a Founding Father of Iota Zeta Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity, for those of you who don't know me.

I felt REALLY proud to be a Brother of Alpha Phi Omega when I returned to IU to attend my chapter's 75th anniversary banquet. It was about 4 years after I left and I didn't know any of the actives, since everyone who'd been active when I was there had graduated already. Nevertheless, the actives made me and the other alumni who came to banquet feel so welcome, and there was such an amazing feeling of brotherhood the whole time. I can't even put it into words.

I was most proud to be an ALPHA CHI OMEGA:

- at every Pref Night, most of all my own
- when 9/11 happened and i was a freshman, all alone and scared, and my brand new sisters were there to comfort me
- when my big sister got Highest Honors on her thesis
- when my little was elected to Honor Council
- when my chapter elected me VP Recruitment - i'm amazed that they trust me so much
- when we won the Greek Award for Best Member Education program
- when my sisters tell me that i'm doing a great job as an officer
- when i meet other AXOs and find out that they love me just for being a sister
- when i realize that there would be a hole left in my heart if anything happened to any of them

I can honestly say that I have been REALLY proud to be a member of Alpha Delta Pi from the moment the bid card was placed in my hand!

First of all, I want to say that reading everything that has been posted here makes me SO proud to be GREEK, regardless of affiliation!

Things that make me proud to be an ADPi:
-Everytime I read about our founding
-Looking at pics of me and my friends at chapter events
-My best friends and I seeing each other through hard times, and realizing that if it wasn't for ADPi, I would not have these wonderful women in my life
-Hearing nice things about my sorority from members of other GLO's
-Having random people stop me when I'm wearing letters, and having them tell me that their wife/sister/mother is an ADPi
-I feel proud any time I see my letters anywhere
-Every time I wear my badge

I felt really proud to be an AST when....

~ Everytime I wear my letters or my badge!!
~ My chapter was complimented on how many of my sisters showed up to Greek Week events
~ Raising enough money to help the Michigan Human Society buy items on their wish list.
~ When I walked into the funeral parlor and saw 2 vases full of yellow roses when my grandma died and randomly throughout the evening diferent sisters showing up...one even snuck in her new kitten at the time!
~ My entire chapter decided it was time to turn around and rebuild and start a new leaf.
~ A sister and I driving out to KY to help with a reading camp that is ran through our national philanthropy.

there A LOT more but those are the ones that stick out the most in my mind.

... Every time I turn on the TV and see First Lady Laura Bush with Lynn Cheney, VP Dick Cheney's wife, being strong, confident and speaking out for the causes they support.

It makes me proud to know that I share special bonds through Kappa Alpha Theta with women of such character and compassion.

I felt really proud to be a Sigma Delta Tau when...

... i wore my lertters for the first time
... when i opened up my bid card and saw i had gotten a bid from my first choice.
... when my big big big was named greek woman of the year.
... when my big was named outstanding sophomore, i ws named outstanding freshman, and my big big big was named outstanding senior at our year end award ceremony
... when i was elected pldge class president
... when we challenged ourselves as a pledge class to raise $1000 in 24 hours for our philanthropy, and went above and beyond and raised almost $1900
... when i had my heart broken...
...1st, when my big sis came and dragged me out of bed, and forced me to face my fears.
...then again, the day after the breakup, i wanted to go to pick up several rolls of pictures, but realized that included in those were the pictures from his semiformal, spending the holidays together, and other "happy couple pictures," and i didnt know if i'd be able to handle that, and didn't want to go alone. i made one call, ONE, and ten minutes later had a pledge sister walking with me to wallgreens.
...and once again, the following nightfollowing night, when i fell apart like a dime store kite, i had another pledge sister to wipe my tears, bring me home, and reassure me that there was more to me than being someone's armpiece.
... any time when i needed my sisters to be my rock, and they were, without asking any questions or expecting anything in return.
... when we had a sister from texas show up at our door one day, and we welcomed her in to join us for dinner.
... on my birthday, when my big sis stood up and toasted me, with "sdt is better for having you as a sister and a leader, and i am better for having you in my life."
... at sig ep formal, whre there were 42 sdts as dates, more than a quarter, because we were loved and respected by others as much as we loved and respected each other.
... on initiation day, when i got a card and yellow roses from mybest friend's mother, who was an sdt and had written my rec, telling me that she was so proud and happy for me, that she hoped my experience was as good forme as it had been for her, and that i am everything she hopes her daughter will someday be.
... and every single day, when i slip on my sdt flip flops or carry my sdt keychain.

I am proud to be a Kappa Beta Gamma when

We had a big storm hit by us with tornados and my sisters were the first ones to call and make sure me and my family were safe. One actually called me before I even knew that the tornado hit that close to my home.

I thought of more! :)

--For my first three years, my chapter had only 6 or 7 members. We typically only had MIT classes of about 3 or 4. I worked my butt off to make us grow, and when we initiated *11* this year--bringing us to about 20 actives--I was so proud!

--Seeing one of my best friends in the world get initiated

--Every single time I sing the Chorale. The best ever was at Convention...1000 SAIs all singing the Chorale, hand in hand..that was really something!

--We have a tradition where, on the night of Initiation, the actives elect a Best Member-in-Training, and the MITs elect a Best Member...however, to make it fair, the VP Membership (pledge trainer) CANNOT be elected since they are the one who is with the MITs the most. Well on Initiation, the MITs announced the winner but then mentioned that they wanted me to be their honorary Best Member. :)

--In a recent e-mail I got from the moderator of our national Listserv, she said: I have truly enjoyed your postings on the listserv, as I'm sure many others have as well. I
think your chapter is very lucky to have you as their President. Your energy and enthusiasm are infectious and they will be better members
because of it!" I was so flattered.

I felt REALLY proud to be in Alpha Phi Omega when...

-Night of Petitioning ritual, sitting down elated and talking to the Section Chair and alums
-Regionals... feeling the brotherhood and knowing I made a good choice (I was still a petitioning member)
-Receiving invites from other chapters to visit
-Being Chartering Co-chair and realizing the outcome of the ceremony was on me
-Receiving my first jersey (which I paid for) and not letting it down for more than 15 minutes that night, except for the initiation
-Sectionals, staying with the Embry-Riddle chapter as they helped me through personal problems going on in my life (nothing funnier than a bunch of male engineers trying to help)
-Election night and being voted in as the next President of my chapter


There is bound to be more...

I was proud to be a DPhiE when:
 

-I received my bid and realized that the Panhel secretary who I had befriended during rush was a DPhiE and was also going to be my pledge mom

-when there was an anthrax scare on Pitt's campus about a week after 9/11 and they evacuated the dorms and made us all run down the blocked off streets to get away from the middle of campus and I ran into a few sisters and they immediately told me I could stay in their apartment for the night if I wanted to (and I had only signed my bid about 2 days earlier...I couldn't even remember their names but they were there for me anyway!)

-when my roommate who joined (and later quit) a different sorority would repeatedly say "I should have just joined Delta Phi Epsilon with you!"

-when I got my Big & realized that I had been her #1 pick for a little since Pref night as she had been mine too! (I later found a thread about Big/Littles on GC and saw posts she made about being so excited to get me as a Little!)

-after I came back to school for my sophomore year and for the first time met sisters who had been abroad the previous year and found out that they were IMMEDIATELY my best friends and I could automatically talk to them about anything

-when we won Most Improved Chapter, Best Recruitment, New Member Educator of the Year, and Best Sorority President for the Spring 2003 Cathedral Awards

-when we initiated the first Winter NM class in 2002, no one else on our campus had done that

-when my twin was the best VPP ever and almost single-handedly put together our first annual and very successful Deepher Dude pageant

-when I got my wonderful little Rayna and found out that she ranked me #1!

-when Lindsay, who had been an amazing President for 2 years, was elected Panhellenic President! I have never been more proud of anyone!

And so many more, but I ran out of time!

CASIGKAP ,

That was a great example of Greek Life, it was also great that your boyfriend "FINALLY" figured out what it really is all about . WAY TO GO

Finally, a boyfriend that was able to see through all the stereotypes and realize that the reason why his girlfriend joined a sisterhood was because of the sister/brotherhood that makes us all united as Greeks and not the parties or formals.

You have a great boyfriend from what I read .

I felt proud to be an Alpha Xi:

*When I pledged.

*When I got my big sis.

*When I was initiated.

*When I got my badge, even though it was the next semester since nationals lost our paperwork 3 times.

*When I was able to tell girls during recruitment all the wonderful things that makes Alpha Xi what she is and show them some of our beautiful insignia, like _my_ crown pearl Quill.

*When we got our list back of girls that matched our bid lists this last year, even though it was only about half of quota, and we went out and cheered so loud we were heard above the other 15 sororities on campus.

*When our parents came down for Parent's Weekend and I was able to pin my mom with our Mother's Pin.

I also felt proud to be a member of the AU Panhellenic system:

*When the Greek system at AU raised over $50,000 for the Spann Endowment, which gives scholarships to the children of soldiers killed in the line of duty.

*When another sorority's president knows she can email the others and ask them to ask their sisters to donate blood for one of her own.

I'm most proud to be a D Phi E when:

- I see my own chapter, that had been on the brink for so long, now being successful, thriving and viable. It brought me to tears when they won the most improved recruitment program award at Convention. They are my home, and the reason I am a D Phi E today, and no matter what, I will always be there for them.

- Being a colony advisor and watching new women, who have only been new members for a short time, and just knowing that they get it...they understand and live our values and principles. Again, brought to tears when they won 5 colony/new chapter awards at Convention, and cried again, when I was named one of the colony advisors of the biennium, along with my 2 co-advisors.

- Listening to our outgoing international president at any point in time since I've known her. She is amazing!!

- Getting our charter for our new Delaware Valley Alumnae Association!

- Meeting the women of our Alpha Gamma Chapter and seeing their dedication to our sorority.

I could go on and on...but let's just say it's GREAT to be a D Phi E and setting the standard for sisterhood!

The moments that make me proud to be an Alpha Delta Pi (since I'm always proud of my sorority) are:

* When I opened my bid card and saw that I was "going home"

* When we received our first diamond four-point chapter award, only two years after we received our charter

* When we received our second diamond four-point chapter award the very next year

* When I walked into my room that I was sharing with a chapter sister in Cambridge my semester overseas, and we found the box of supplies and note that was left by a fellow chapter sister who had studied there the semester before us

* When our chapter was the leaders of a movement to not participate in a fraternity's philanthropy unless they changed their theme to one that did not refer to alcohol in any subtle or overt manner

* When I got to participate in a long-distance baby shower for a chapter sister

* Anytime I wear my letters and/or lavalier and someone asks me about them

* When I read the warm words a woman who went to my school had to say about my chapter

* When fellow GC sisters came up with original ideas such as Violet & Pearl sisters, Virtual Violets, etc

* Everytime I see my letters in sisters' signatures, read one of their posts, or see one of them online

Co-sign ;)