1.) Name: Suzi
2.)Chapter(s): Illinois Psi Kappa Chicago; Online Theta
3.) Status or Degree: Ritual of Jewels, serving as chapter president for the coming year in our local chapter. Not currently holding office in our inline chapter.
4.) My mom, a longtime Beta Sigma Phi, secured a legacy membership for me when I was a child, but I didn't make good on that promise until about 5 years ago. At that time I took the steps to help Friendly Venture the first Ritual of Jewels chapter to appear in Chicago in more than 15 years.
5.) We've enjoyed 2 years of successful recruitment, (our chapter went from 5 to 14 members in that time!) and are continuing to hold pledge training sessions over the summer for our 5 newest members. We do dinner meetings ("salad suppers")in each other's homes. The hostess supplies the place, beverages, plates/napkins/silverware and everyone else brings the food. We're supplementing the regular lessons in "Invitation to Life" with additional material from the online sorority resources,
http://www.betasigmaphi.org and
http://www.betajournal.com. 