Reasons Why It's Great To Be An ADPi!
 

Roll Call! Sisters, list your top reasons on why it is great to be an ADPi!

Here's mine:

1) Our new members can wear letters, vote, come to meetings and hold office! They never feel like they are in the dark!
2) PRIDES!!! Tell me any other sorority that actively helps members really get to know one another better, by pairing sisters in small groups each term for fun activities and more one-on-one sisterhood events!
3) We are First and Finest... Forever!
4) We pioneered TME, and saved the Greek System by showing Greek membership provided community value and now almost every other GLO has membership education programs patterned after ours!
5) It's great to be an ADPi because no matter where I go, there will always be sisters to lift me when I am down and light up my life with our shared joy and laughter!

* it's incredibly awesome and unique to be part of the first sorority in the entire world!

* alphie is adorable!

* we help so many people through our international philanthropy The Ronald McDonald House, as well as our local philanthropies!

* we show that our membership is a lifetime experience! we have a TON of alumnae organizations so we can always stay connected to our sisters no matter where we move after college :)

and because...

**WE LIVE FOR EACH OTHER** :)

adpiucf, couldn't have said it better! here's a couple more to add

1. Diamond Days!!!
2. i know it's cheesy, but i love Ritual, everything about it; I really believe it's what binds us as sisters!
3. Lions, violets, and blue & white.... never tacky no matter what the situation!

and I definately agree with you on our TME, we have a fantastic program!

Maybe we should go with an ongoing list, since I agree with all of the above! I'm adding:

*A rich historical tradition.

*Sisters there at every juncture of your life!

*We "get" it!

*Who else can claim a Civil War history?!

*We're universally known as a class act.

*Paws are just so precious!!

I thought this apropriate for here...and I dont know if we actually have it posted anywhere else on greek chat.


ALL I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIFE I LEARNED FROM ALPHA DELTA PI!

I learned that we live for each other.
I learned lions and violets can be worked into any décor.
I learned about sisterhood.
I learned about the beauty and power of women.
I learned that you can sing ADPi songs to your children.
I learned to follow the rules.
I learned never to say, "I was an ADPi."
I learned diamonds are a girl's best friend.
I learned recruitment week is the best of times and the worst of times.
I learned that practice makes perfect.
I learned friendships do last a lifetime.
I learned how beautiful memories are: Bid Day, Initiation, candle lights, dances and mixers, Homecoming, football games, graduation.
I learned that footsteps do echo and disappear, but memories of laughter and sisterhood are treasured forever.
I learned that my sorority is more than a ritual, it is a way of life.
I learned that you can never have too many ADPi friends.

Not only are we the first and the finest ever ;), we are also the first sorority on my campus (Omicron--Duke) back in 1913.

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Another great reason to be an ADPi: Ronald McDonald House, our international philanthropy--- it's an honor to be working together with "the house that love built" and helping children and their families find joy during times of illness and sorrow.

The Orlando-area ADPi's recently raised funds and decorated/donated an "ADPi room" to the Orlando Ronald McDonald House!

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I definately agree!

The Ronald McDonald House in Amarillo, TX has "Alphie Camp"! I believe one of the ADPi alums from their area helped start it. The ADPi alums in Amarillo are so awesome! Every semester when my chapter goes to help them, members of their alumae group visit us :)

tell us more about Alphie Camp-- I'd love to hear! :)

Random RMH news, is they are replacing the one at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Ca...I am curious if any of the alumnae in the area have been involved in that since there isnt a nearby colegiate chapter.

another thing i just thought of!! ... we get to take the cutest pictures because of the diamond symbol we can make with our hands! <> <> <> diamonds are a girl's best friend! hehe!

(Inspired by Blue Violets' post)

*We can personalize our pin to suit each of our individual personalities, and yet, it's still the same since 1851!!! :D

I agreed with everything on here...thanks for posting that, nauadpi!

As to everyone else's reasons, each one is wonderful...the only one I can think of is:

* You get to meet women from all over the country (and in some cases, the world) that otherwise you may never have come across, and they become the best of your friends because you share the bond of sisterhood

*Making diamond-shaped cookies & petit fours are SO much easier than a lot of other designs!

*Coconut makes good manes for lions!

Lalala... someone's in the kitchen with HONEY, someone's in the kitchen, I know-o-o-o,
Someone's in the kitchen with HONEY.....

:)

It's great to be an ADPi because there always new bonds to form, and new friends to be made, and wonderful ideas to share! I'm so proud to be an ADPI!