AOII La State Day
 

Hello everyone! Today was AOII LA STATE DAY in New Orleans. I had a blast! It was awesome to meet new sisters from LA! My chapter was invited since we are the only AOII chapter in MS! Anyway, Nu Beta won the scrapbook contest and one of our collegiates took home an AO Cutie Pi award! Fun times!

We had a WONDERFUL time Saturday! Our theme was “It all started in a library.” For our philanthropy, we collected children’s books to donate to the YMCA Children’s Castle. It is an after school program which includes reading. There were about 90 registered to attend and 80 showed up! I can’t say if that is the largest turn out but as Co-chairwoman, I am very pleased. We estimated an attendance of ~50.

We thank the Ole Miss delegation for coming down as well as Donna for driving in from Mobile. Wasn’t she awesome, Katherine? Rene, our ANS, is a hoot and I am glad that she could come in from Texas. We also got some great feedback on our luncheon speaker. Danielle is a dietician for the New Orleans Saints and she spoke to us about the myths of dieting. There were some great questions during the Q & A period.

This year we added an awards component. We had chapter accolades in the categories of scrapbook and tabletop display. The judging was tough because everyone did an awesome job! We also had accolades for individuals. The award names are from AOII song titles. They are the Flaming Alpha (Outstanding alumna) and the A-O-Cutie-Pi (Outstanding collegian). These awards honor the persons who are living examples of our Ritual. Each chapter could nominate one person and each was recognized at AOII Day.

Collegiate Scrapbook
Winner - Ole Miss
Runner up - Kappa Tau
Runner up – Delta Beta

Alumnae Scrapbook
Winner – New Orleans Area
Runner up - Baton Rouge

Collegiate - Display Board
Winner – Kappa Tau
Runner up – Delta Beta

Alumnae - Display Board
Winner – Baton Rouge
Runner up - New Orleans Area

Flaming Alpha
Baton Rouge and New Orleans Area

A-O-Cutie-Pi
Nu Beta

Collegiate Chapter with the highest chapter % in attendance – Delta Beta.

Thank you to the committee members and volunteers for making Louisiana AOII Day 2004 such a success!