C*S--
Welcome to the AI process! I wish you the best of luck in finding your home.
You mentioned in one of your posts that some of the groups didn't have local alumnae chapters or even collegiate chapters near you and you wondered how you would get involved without those groups near by. I would like to offer that there are many ways to get involved and be a part of a national sorority beyond local alumnae associations or chapters. When I joined Delta Phi Epsilon I immediately became an international volunteer working with all the chapters in a particular region. I have since taken on other positions in the organization overseeing teams of people who serve our chapters as volunteers.
I recently moved to an area of the country where we have one chapter, a new colony and now a new group that will colonize in the Spring. There is no alumnae association but I have gotten in touch with other DPhiEs from my area. I will advise the chapter beginning in the Spring and I am working with the interest group during their colony process. I also am involved with the local alumnae panhellenic. As you can see--I am VERY involved in my organization without an alumnae association nearby. I do have intentions of starting one before I leave though--
Again, I wish you the best of luck on your search. If you really want to find a group with a local alumnae association nearby, it might help to determine which of the organizations are concentrated in the NE and start there.
And belated Happy Birthday!!!
Heather