Members of my sorority have formed a small, but dedicated national network which aims to bring KKG bages and pledge pins back into the hands of Kappas or Kappa Nationals.
So far, we have "rescued" over 50 pins (several of them dating back to the 1890s), plus other historic Kappa items that we have returned to the National archive/museum.
We sometimes get help from members of other GLOs--a Chi Omega in California found an 1890 KKG badge at an Antique Mart just last week; she notified us through KKG nationals, and we got the pin back; it turns out to be the pin of one of the founders of an early Kappa chapter--very valuable to our history! (So thanks, Chi O!)
Additionally, I have helped and have been helped by Pi Beta Phis, Alpha Phis, Sigma Chis and Kappa Sigs--who have either let me know about a pin they've seen for sale, or vice versa.
This whole endeavor can get quite expensive, as you may be able to guess, and we don't have any "official" support from Nationals. But most of us are Alumna Advisors, and some of us are even National officers. We try our best to find other Kappas who want to buy these badges, or sometimes we donate them to the chapters they originally came from (as award badges), or sometimes we just buy them ourselves (I personally have over 10 KKG badges alone!)
If anyone from any other GLO group would like further information on how we work to get these pins back, please email me at hawkeyehoosier@hotmail.com
I'd be happy to help you out!
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Oh, Kappa Kappa Kappa Gamma,
I'm so happy that I am a
Kappa Kappa Kappa Gamma,
Nobody knows . . . how
happy I am!
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