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-your GLO
Alpha Omicron Pi
-how long you've been a member
Since 1988
-how active an alum you've been
Pretty active recently, though not so much right after I graduated. I'm currently holding several adviser positions with the local collegiate chapter, and I'm about to run for VP of the local alumnae group.
-why you come to GC
I stumbled over GC this past summer, and I love reading about what the collegiate chapters are doing and what other alum chapters do - I'm getting LOTS of ideas!
-what you still enjoy about your GLO/why you're active
Once an AOII, always an AOII. I'm still active for the networking opportunities and the friendships I've made. I also want to show the local chapter that it doesn't end when you graduate.
-anything else you care to share
This story epitomizes why GLOs are a good thing. My grandmother died last fall. For a number of reasons (not the least of which was their age), I could not take my children with me across the country to the funeral. Unfortunately, I do not have any relatives in town (or nearby), and I was going to have to be gone for an entire weekend. I thought I was not going to be able to go at all because I could not find ANYONE willing to help me out among my friends in town. I was relating my dilema to another adviser while we were at the house, and members of the chapter overheard me. Two of them volunteered to take care of my children for me while I was gone - UNASKED, and for the ENTIRE weekend! Because of the kind hearts and the ability of members of my GLO to live our ritual instead of just mouth the words, I was able to go across the country and support my family in a time of sorrow.
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