On June 20 several members participated in The Longest Day to help raise funds and bring awareness to The Alzheimer's Association. Thank you to everyone who participated and donated. We raised $530!

Ellyn has accepted the position of State Technology Chairman. She will be running the website, Facebook page, etc, for the state. Her talent will surely be appreciated!

The next meeting will be a planning meeting for the upcoming year. It was suggested that we do that meeting on Zoom as well. We may have to use the free Zoom with a 40 minute limit unless someone has a paid subscription we can use. If you are new to Zoom, feel free to ask Ellyn or Stacey if you have any questions.

Here is a link for the Walk to End Alzheimer's.

https://act.alz.org/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app234a?fr_id=13478&pg=entry&NONCE_TOKEN=398409FF5A024245206D68C694D59E6C (You may have to copy and paste.)

The contact from the organization called to see if I would be walking, but I am unsure due to the covid situation. I would love to do it, but I personally have to wait and see. Please go to the site and look around.

This was the link to join Ellyn's team for The Longest Day. You will probably have to copy it and put it in your browser bar. https://act.alz.org/site/TR?px=11981516&fr_id=13035&pg=personal

At every meeting, each sister is expected to wear her Alpha Delta Kappa badge. If you forget to wear it, you should donate at least $1.00 to the "pot", which will be donated to the food bank in addition to donations from members that will be collected in November and March.

This year we once again awarded sisters for various levels of participation. Sisters earned "violets" as they completed the activities listed below. The sister with the most violets at the end of the year was Jeanie Bastin. She will receive a prize from the Violet Store. The prize will be a magnetic badge unless she already has one in which case another Violet Store prize will be awarded. The current totals earned this year are in the document below the activities. CONGRATS Jeanie!

Activities:

-one violet awarded for responding to the rsvp for each meeting

-one violet awarded for each meeting you wear the badge to

-one violet awarded for wearing pearls or ADK colors to a meeting/event

-one violet awarded for posting on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter (send screen shot to Ellyn)

-one violet awarded for posting on state Facebook page (send screen shot to Ellyn)

-five violets awarded for attendance at each meeting

-five violets awarded for doing something for ADK month in Oct. (treats to a school, etc.)

-five violets awarded for submitting an ADK grant

-five violets awarded for winning an ADK grant

-five violets awarded for hosting a meeting

-five violets awarded for doing an extracurricular activity at school/community outreach (retired members)

-ten violets awarded for each prospective member brought to a meeting (Only those eligible to join will count for points.)

-other violet worthy activities may be added as the occasions arise

July 21- Chapter President and President-Elect Training 10AM****

- Immediate Past President Training 1PM****

July 22 - Membership Chairperson Training 10AM****

- Treasurer Training 1PM****

July 23 - Secretary Training 1PM****

**** The training will be via Zoom. The state will be sending more information, which will be passed on to the officers. There will be no Zoom training for the historian or the chaplain.****

July 24-25 State Convention in Kenner

Aug. 10 - Planning Meeting on Zoom at 5:30

Aug. 29 - Regional Conference (an online event with more info to follow)

Sept. 26 - Walk to End Alzheimer's

Oct. - Founders' Day Banquet

Nov. - open for suggestions

Dec. - Christmas party and auction

Jan. - open for suggestions

Feb. - open for suggestions

Mar. - state convention ?

Apr. - open for suggestions

May - open for suggestions/new member initiation?

We would like to spotlight a different member each month in our newsletter, so we can get to know each other better. Please complete the form and get the information to Stacey to help us do this.

Check the membership list attached below and make sure the information listed for you is correct. Please email ellyn.braud@apsb.org if any corrections need to be made.

New members no longer need to have two or more years of experience in order to be inducted. Teachers who have graduated and met the requirements for certification and are under contract with a school are now eligible to join. Also retired teachers are now eligible for membership.

Email: swascom2@gmail.com
Website: www.alphadeltakappa.org
Location: 21426 Stonebridge Ct. Denham Springs, LA
Phone: 225-963-4394
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alphadeltakappa.eta97708809982/
Twitter: @staceywascom

https://ellynbraud.wixsite.com/adklaeta You may have to copy and paste it into your browser.