Mothers Pin

[carnation]

I don't think Pi Phi has one...AOII does and if Chi O and Zeta have them, I've never seen them. I do, though, have a massive amount of "mom" T-shirts!

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by carnation

I don't think Pi Phi has one...AOII does and if Chi O and Zeta have them, I've never seen them. I do, though, have a massive amount of "mom" T-shirts!

Oh- that could be a fight in your house if you ever decided to wear all of the mother's pins at the same time- which one is higher than the others?

[carnation]

Let's just say that maybe it's a good thing that they don't all have pins!

[speedsters]

ZTA does have a mother's pin and its a turquoise and grey crown with a white violet on it. we do a mother's pin ceremony once a year in my chapter.

[KDAngel]

Kappa Delta has the mother's pin:


And the mother's charm:

[AOIIalum]

Originally Posted by KDAngel

Kappa Delta has the mother's pin:

Wow, this is really pretty!

[tld221]

Question: would a mother who is a current alum of an NPC wear a mother's pin for their daughter's GLO?

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by tld221

Question: would a mother who is a current alum of an NPC wear a mother's pin for their daughter's GLO?

That's what these are talking about:

Originally Posted by AZ-AlphaXi

my mother uses her mother's pin as the guard to her Quill instead of a chapter guard.

A Quill is AXiD's badge.

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Gamma Phi has one - it is shaped like the shield of our pledge pin, but has a pink carnation instead of a crescent. My mom wears hers right next to (but a little lower) her Gamma Phi Beta badge!

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by KDAngel

Kappa Delta has the mother's pin:


And the mother's charm:

I really like these ^^^. I especially like them b/c they say mom on it. Some of the others, although very pretty, could be confusing to outsiders and would lead them to beileve that they are members of that organization. I know if I saw a woman with some of those pins I would assume she were greek.

[ZTAMich]

Originally Posted by speedsters

ZTA does have a mother's pin and its a turquoise and grey crown with a white violet on it. we do a mother's pin ceremony once a year in my chapter.

HA I'm jealous of my mom's ZTA mother's pin - I think the crown is so pretty!

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by carnation

I don't think Pi Phi has one...AOII does and if Chi O and Zeta have them, I've never seen them. I do, though, have a massive amount of "mom" T-shirts!

Carnation, you would look like Idi Amin!!! LOL

No, Chi Omega has never had a mother's pin.

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by carnation

I don't think Pi Phi has one...AOII does and if Chi O and Zeta have them, I've never seen them. I do, though, have a massive amount of "mom" T-shirts!

carnation, the Herff Jones site shows a Pi Phi mother's pin. It's an arrowhead with the three lettes.

[SWTXBelle]

Gamma Phi has one - it is shaped like the shield of our pledge pin, but has a pink carnation instead of a crescent. My mom wears hers right next to (but a little lower) her Gamma Phi Beta badge!

[barbino]

Originally Posted by exlurker

carnation, the Herff Jones site shows a Pi Phi mother's pin. It's an arrowhead with the three lettes.

I gave my mom a Pi Phi mother's pin in the late seventies. My mom had never gone to college and I distinctly remember her being very excited about it when I gave it to her. It was as you described it, and there was a pearl in the shaft of the arrowhead. I have not seen it for many years, but my mom is still alive & I'll bet that she still has it somewhere. Now I have to raid her drawers and jewelry boxes to see where it is. Mothers play such an important part in our lives, and I wanted to honor her. Mother's pins are a great, sentimental tradition that I think very definitely has a part in Greek tradition. After all, most GLO's have "auxiliary" pins - chapter pins, sweetheart pins, scholarship pins, officer pins, & other types of recognition pins. I can also think of legacy pins, 25 & 50 year member pins, etc. It's nice to know that so many GLO's have mother's pins so we can all honor our mothers!

[barbino]

Originally Posted by exlurker

carnation, the Herff Jones site shows a Pi Phi mother's pin. It's an arrowhead with the three lettes.

I gave my mom a Pi Phi mother's pin in the late seventies. My mom had never gone to college and I distinctly remember her being very excited about it when I gave it to her. It was as you described it, and there was a pearl in the shaft of the arrowhead. I have not seen it for many years, but my mom is still alive & I'll bet that she still has it somewhere. Now I have to raid her drawers and jewelry boxes to see where it is. Mothers play such an important part in our lives, and I wanted to honor her. Mother's pins are a great, sentimental tradition that I think very definitely has a part in Greek tradition. After all, most GLO's have "auxiliary" pins - chapter pins, sweetheart pins, scholarship pins, officer pins, & other types of recognition pins. I can also think of legacy pins, 25 & 50 year member pins, etc. It's nice to know that so many GLO's have mother's pins so we can all honor our mothers!