Mom and Dad pins

FuzzieAlum · #1 07-11-2002, 07:54 PM

Does your sorority have Mother's and Father's pins? If so, what do they look like? And what excuse do you find to buy them for your mom and dad?

I don't know how to post pictures, but here is a link to the AXD pins:
http://www.alphaxidelta.org/merchandise.asp?Section=3

I never got either of my parents the pins. We didn't have mom or dad's day in my chapter since sisters were from all over.

EagleChick19 · #2 07-11-2002, 07:55 PM

Alpha Sigma Tau--I don't think that we have them....But any other ASTs can correct me about that........

CutiePie2000 · #3 07-11-2002, 08:09 PM

Delta Gamma has a mother's pin. It is a white shield and has Delta Gamma letters (one on each side of a gold anchor in the middle of the shield). No pins for Dads.

Actually, Delta Delta Delta is doing us all one better; they have a sorority for Tri Delta Moms! It is called Psi Psi Psi!

Krisber81 · #4 07-11-2002, 08:33 PM

Phi Sigma Sigma has both a mothers and a fathers pin...I dont recall what they look like but we have a mother's pinning where we pin our mom's and fathers..
LITP,
~Kristen

#5 07-11-2002, 08:37 PM

Alpha Gamma Delta has a mothers' pin:

sweetie adpi · #6 07-11-2002, 09:17 PM

adpi has a mother's pin:

the greek on the left is for mother, the right, daughter... with a violet in the middle with a diamond...

we have a mother/daughter picnic, at the end of april and that is when we have the ceremony... my mom just thought it was so beautiful, and it was a really nice way for her to learn about the sorority

OTW that's a really pretty pin!

PurdueGirlie · #7 07-11-2002, 10:38 PM

Sigma Kappa has a Mother's pin. I bought one for my mom. We had this big ceremony for Mother's Weekend where we gave them to our moms and said something about each of our moms before giving it to them. We did this candle-lighting thing too. It was very cute. All the moms cried

nauadpi · #8 07-11-2002, 11:57 PM

I am in adpi also, like sweetie adpi, so we use that same mother's pin. What we do is during parents weekend we do a mothers ceremony on the friday night that parents weekend starts, where most of the moms cry. Then after words we have dessert usually of pies.

phisigduchesscv · #9 07-12-2002, 01:53 AM

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Originally posted by Krisber81
Phi Sigma Sigma has both a mothers and a fathers pin...I dont recall what they look like but we have a mother's pinning where we pin our mom's and fathers..
LITP,
~Kristen

Kristen we have a fathers pin??? I know we have the mothers pin (and it is beautiful in my opinion) but I haven't heard anything about a fathers pin.

The Mothers pin is a gold bar with I believe Laurel leaves on it. In the center of the bar is the Phi Sigma Sigma crest, on the back is a red enamel heart. The most awesome thing about the mothers pin is that outside of initiated sisters, only mothers who have been presented with the mothers pin can wear the crest (and then only when they wear the pin).

The Iota Gamma chapter celebrated their 1st anniversary on March 24, 2002 and as a tradition we started we will hold a mothers pinning ceremony as close to our chapter founding date as possible evey year. The ritual was so moving and I think helped mothers, I know my mom at least, understand more about what the sorority means.

For all Phi Sigs I recommend you do a mothers pinning if possible. Just order your mothers pin at least 6 months in advance, or try to buy it at convention. We ordered our pins at the end of January and didn't receive them until middle of May. We had to improvise and make really nice ribbon pins to use during the ceremony. Oh well, i just got to do a nice pinning ceremony at home with my mom when the pin finally came in.

Carolyn

aephi alum · #10 07-12-2002, 09:20 AM

AEPhi doesn't have mother's and father's pins as far as I know.

AZ-AlphaXi · #11 07-12-2002, 10:09 AM

My mom, who is also an Alpha Xi Delta, wears her mother's pin as the guard to her Quill. She's really proud of the double relationship. The father's pin must be relatively new as we didn't have them when I was in school (early 1970's). My dad would have loved to have one.

I like the idea of the mother's pin pinning ceremony. Great idea for getting your family involved.

ZTAngel · #12 07-12-2002, 10:13 AM

Zeta Tau Alpha has a mother's pin. We give the pin to our mothers during a mother/daughter tea ceremony.

ShaedyKD · #13 07-12-2002, 10:45 AM

Kappa Delta does not have a mother's or father's pin as far as I know of...but any of my sisters who know otherwise, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong! I really like the idea, most parents support our organizations, either by donating time or money. I would really love to be able to give a pin to them for Mother's Day or Father's Day.

MooseGirl · #14 07-12-2002, 02:15 PM

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Kristen we have a fathers pin??? I know we have the mothers pin (and it is beautiful in my opinion) but I haven't heard anything about a fathers pin.

Yeah only a mother's pin for us. My chapter actually did a mother's pinning ceremony before National ever included one in ritual. I wrote it since I was one of two sisters NOT participating in it. I wish we had a Father's pin (i know we have phi sig Dad hats, but my dad doesn't wear hats). It sucked being left out, there must be others who feel the same.

We prolly cold use just a recognition pin for our fathers. We give those to boyfriends and to chapter sweethearts. But then we'd have to make up another ceremony, and I doubt national would approve of that.

Stacy · #15 07-12-2002, 03:36 PM

ZTA also has a mother's pin. It is a small blue crown with a white violet on it. I give my mom her's one year at Mom's weekend at the house. She wore it every year after that and to all sorority functions I had. Neat way to make parents feel special about what their kids are involved in!

Stacy

ZTA