Here's my story:
When I first started college I had no knowledge of Greek Life. Nobody in my family is Greek so fraternities and sororities were totally new to me. I thought about joining a sorority; and even went so far as to formally express my interest. However things didn't work out for me.
I was working in Student Activities at the time when I received a phone call from someone who was about to be a transfer student. She asked if we had Gamma Sigma Sigma on campus and we didn't at the time. I asked what it was about and she shared with me that it was a service sorority. I was really impressed with the examples of service that her chapter had been doing on her campus; so much so, that we arranged a meeting for the next day! She and I met and clicked almost immediately. I did some research on my own and found that GSS was a perfect fit for me. I have always enjoyed giving my time and service to others and I knew of others that were just like me. We decided to take a chance and have some interest meetings--close to 30 ladies showed up in two days!! It felt good to know that there were others out there who wanted to affiliate themselves with an organization so focused on Service and Friendship.
Making a long story short, the girl on the telephone ended up being my Dean
I and 11 other ladies crossed into GSS in May of 1998. I have never stopped being active since that day!! I continue to show support to the chapter in which I founded, and I am currently serving on our National Board of Directors--I love my job!
It really doesn't seem like close to 10 years ago I took a leap of faith and started Gamma Sig on my campus. I just went to my undergrad chapters' Spring '07 probate show--I remembered when we didn't even probate on campus and the support they got from other greeks, was a really great thing! Just to see GSS grow so much here in Atlanta alone--from having two collegiate chapters, a collegiate colony, AND an alum chapter is wonderful. What's even more wonderful is that I have had a hand in ALL of it.
Most of you probably haven't been in your respective organizations for a long time (and I haven't either, LOL) but always remember that you have a responsibility to your organization! There are always gonna be people AFTER you that will look to you for guidance. Be active, be active...and again, BE ACTIVE!!