Alumnae Dinner

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Originally Posted by Blondie93

I know it is hard for the actives to imagine, but the chapter's welfare and sucesses are still very important to us, even long after graduation. It would also be of interest to those who live in your area but who may have attended college elsewhere. Showing the alumnae that they are relevant, and keeping them informed of chapter happenings, has much more value than a party favor.

This reminds me of my favorite quote from my favorite founder, Peter Schermerhorn Johnson:

In the usual course of things I should have been forgotten at graduation. This is the keynote to the fraternity. The fraternity man never graduates. He receives his diploma and leaves his Alma Mater for the larger affairs of the world, but as long as his chapter stands he is as much a part and parcel of it as he was in his undergraduate days. His success is theirs, and their success is his. He belongs to the family for life...

On a related note, my chapter sends a monthly e-mail newsletter to alumni that briefly outlines what we've done in the past month and what's coming up in the next month that they might want to attend.