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Originally Posted by kathykd2005
I think most NPC groups' philanthropies have "evolved" over the years, and thankfully, this has been a move toward helping more people in more ways. I know that Kappa Delta has four national philanthropies--Girl Scouts of the USA, The Orthopoedic Research Awards, Children's Hospital in Richmond, and Prevent Child Abuse America (founded by Kappa Delta Donna Stone), along with the fact that each chapter selects a local charity to work with for 80% of the profits of the annual Shamrock event. It's really something special to see the Children's Hospital in Richmond, and to know that your sisters have helped to fund this hospital for decades. I am proud to say that KD has more national charities than any other NPC group. Actually, I just found out yesterday that Sigma Delta Tau shares Prevent Child Abuse America with KD as their sole national philanthropy, which I never knew! 
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I'm really glad to hear this change...I was a Brownie when I was young and LOVED IT! We didn't have a sponsor for the "juniors" so when you were too old to be a Brownie, you just stopped going.
We had a retired school teacher as our director...I'll never forget her...Georgia Smith (how Southern is that?)...she told us old ghost stories at the end of our meetings...she had a classic called, "Bloody Bones"...it was years, and years later that I realized that what she had recited from memory and long tradition, were old ghost stories that had been around these mountains for years and passed down.