End of Year Update

Well, it’s been quite an eventful semester, especially the last month. Here’s what we’ve been up to and what’s to come!

• On April 7th, we had initiation and welcomed 21 girls into the sisterhood, and we are so thrilled to have more unique women in our sorority.
• We had our annual Pink Tea on April 23rd where we had guest speakers from Breast Friends. We also had raffle baskets and were able to raise over $4,000 for Breast Friends.
• On April 29th, we had our formal – this years theme was Great Gatsby. It was a great way to have fun with everyone before finals start!
• On April 30th, some of our current sisters met up with alumni at Lucchi Family Winery during Alumni Weekend. Other sisters went to a Breast Friends event to help support the organization.

Now that the semester is coming to a close, all we have left is Farewell. To all on these next few weeks of the semester: good luck! And to all of our seniors: we will miss you dearly. Be sure to check back next semester for more updates on what we’re up to!

January/February Update

We are back and the Spring semester is in full swing! It’s been a while since we updated you, so here’s everything we’ve been doing since the semester started!

• We had our Retreat on January 27th and had a great time bonding and getting ready for rush!

• Rush followed shortly after. Our rush week was January 30-February 1st!

• After rush, we had our Bid Day Party for our new Sigma Class! We added 21 girls to our sisterhood!

• Last week, February 20th, was Big/Little Reveal. All of the Rosebuds found out who their bigs were, and everyone was so excited!

We’ve had a very busy and exciting semester so far, and we’re super excited for what’s to come. Check back at the end of each month for updates on what we’ve been doing!

End of Semester Update

Hello everyone! Here’s what we’ve been up to the past month:

• We took part in the annual Scranton Santa Parade in Downtown Scranton on November 19th. We carried an awesome float through the streets of Scranton!

• Afterwards, we delivered Thanksgiving baskets as a part of the Adopt-a-Family program.
• We also celebrated Thanksgiving together before break with lots of yummy food!
• We had our Fall Farewell on December 1st, and three wonderful sisters graduated. We will miss them dearly.
• On December 4th, we had our last social of the semester, which was a Christmas Party! We had Secret Santas, fun Christmas sweaters, and great food to celebrate the end of the semester.

Finals week is approaching, and we want to wish everyone good luck during the last days of school. We also wish everyone a wonderful winter break and holiday season!

 

October 2016 Update

A lot of exciting things have been happening with Zeta throughout the month of October.

• We celebrated our 15th Founder’s Day. Zeta Phi Delta was established 15 years ago on October 6th, 2001. We had such a fun time with current sisters and alumni!

• We spent most of the month of October prepping for our Fall Recruitment. Check out the video here!

• We also collected items for our Chemo Baskets that we make each year. We can’t wait to put them together and deliver them! We also made fun bras for the Bra Crawl that happens each October.

• Our Fall Recruitment was on October 24th-26th and we had such a blast getting to know the Potential New Members!

• On Halloween, we and the sisters of Alpha Sigma Psi went to houses near Marywood and collected donations for the Thanksgiving Adopt-A-Family basket. In total, we collected $621.

Keep checking back for more updates each month, or follow us on Instagram @zetaphidelta or like us on Facebook at Zeta Phi Delta to see what we are up to!

September 2016 Update

We are back for the Fall 2016 semester and so much has happened already!

• On Thursday, September 15, we had our first ever Meet the Greeks night with the sisters of Alpha Sigma Psi. Here is the link to the video we shared with the Potential New Members!
• Also, the next day we held our annual Pink Party. We had so much fun bonding and making ribbons for the Race for the Cure.

• On Saturday, September 17th, we participated in the Race for the Cure. We had such a great time helping out for such a great cause.

• Currently, we are preparing for our Fall Recruitment that’s coming up on October 24-26. Also, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so we will be doing a lot of awesome projects to help in any way we can. Stay tuned for our October update – we have great things coming!

 

Spring 2016

As the summer comes to a close and we begin the 2015-2016 school year, it’s time for a mass Zeta update to inform everyone on what we’ve been up to!  The Spring 2016 semester and following summer brought great things our way!  Here’s what’s been going on:

• In April we welcomed all of our beautiful new rosebuds into our arms as sisters!  We’re so excited to finally have the Rho class as our latest addition to Zeta Phi Delta to participate in all of our events! Congratulations!!

• This April we held our Pink Tea – a fundraising memorial and educational luncheon.  We heard from speakers Vivian Vega Schoch & Kelli Mercurio from Breast Friends, as well as our sister Kelly Sullivan’s Aunt and Dakota ___ mother.  Together the event had a great turnout and raised $1,1. We’d like to thank everyone for attending this special day with us!

• In April we also celebrated our sisterhood with our annual Formal, this year theme was Kate Spade.  It was an amazing night full of new memories and laughter.

• Additionally, this past semester we participated in Kidstuff, which is a carnival set up for children through United Neighborhood Centers and Friends of the Poor.

• Overall, we did 971+ hours of service this year, with a value of $21,892.
• Also, we said goodbye to some sisters on April 28th, at farewell. We will miss you all!

Now it’s time to turn a new page and start the Fall semester!  Keep checking our Facebook page for upcoming Recruitment events.  We hope everyone has a great year!

Fall Update 2014

Very exciting things have been happening for Zeta Phi Delta!

• We celebrated our 13th Founder’s Day on October 6th and were joined by so many of our beautiful alumnae!

• We honored breast cancer fighters, survivors, and lost loved ones at our annual Breast Cancer Awareness Memorial.

• We had an extremely successful “Finding Nemo” themed Fall Recruitment and met a lot of fantastic girls!

• We raised enough money to make nine Thanksgiving baskets for struggling families through the United Neighborhoods Adopt-A-Family program.

• We had a blast carrying a balloon in Scranton’s annual Santa Parade!

• And finally, we celebrated Christmas with our Marywood family by hanging an ornament at the Christmas Tree Lighting and enjoyed the holidays at home with our own families!

Winter Update 2015

We’ve only been back for about a month, but we’ve been busy as bees!

• We started off the Spring semester with our annual sister retreat.  Here are the canvases that we made for each other!

• Our “Grease” themed Spring Rush went extremely well and we had so much fun finding our new Rosebuds and future sisters!!

• Now we are SO happy and excited to introduce our 23 new Rosebuds to our growing Zeta family!! This week leads up to next Monday’s Big/Little reveal, and we’re sure the Pi Class is just as excited as we are!

Pink Party & Race for the Cure 2014

This weekend was dedicated to our philanthropy, breast cancer – specifically through the Susan G. Komen foundation.  On Friday night we had our Pink Party, where we made decorative pink bows, as well as decorated bras for an event later this fall.  It was great to spend time together and get ready for the following morning.  Early on Saturday we gathered in downtown Scranton to participate in the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.  Together we walked the 5k to show our support for everyone whose life has been affected by breast cancer, whether it be fighters, survivors, those lost, or family and friends.  In addition, we raised $822 to aid research, in the hopes that one day we can find a cure.  Thank you so much to everyone that donated through Zeta Phi Delta’s team.  You given suffering people worldwide the hope that together we can conquer cancer.

“We walk so that little girls will grow up in a world where pink ribbons are for pony tails and prom dresses.”

Check out this article Marywood’s newspaper, the Wood Word posted about our participation in the race:

http://www.thewoodword.org/sports/2014/09/21/zeta-phi-delta-continues-support-of-komen-foundation/

Spring/Summer 2014 Recap

As the summer comes to a close and we begin the 2014-2015 school year, it’s time for a mass Zeta update to inform everyone on what we’ve been up to.  The Spring 2014 semester and following summer brought great things our way!  Here’s what’s been going on:

Spring 2014

• In March we welcomed all 22 of our beautiful rosebuds into our arms as sisters!  We’re so very happy to have the Omicron class as our latest addition to Zeta Phi Delta! Congratulations ladies!!

 

• In April we celebrated our sisterhood with our annual Formal, this year themed Masquerade.  It was a fabulous night of dancing, food, and friendship.

 

• The day after Formal, we held our Pink Tea – a fundraising memorial and educational luncheon.  We were extremely lucky to hear from a few wonderful speakers:  Vivian Vega Schoch & Kelli Mercurio from Breast Friends, as well as our sister Mariah Wolk’s Aunt Lorrie.  We also had the pleasure of hosting Alpha Sigma Psi at this event, bringing Greek life at Marywood together in order to stand up against breast cancer.  We’d like to thank everyone for attending this special day with us!

 

• Additionally, this past semester we participated in both Wheelchair Basketball, which raises money for the St. Joseph’s Center, and Kidstuff, which is a carnival set up for children through United Neighborhood Centers and Friends of the Poor.
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• Overall, we did 971+ hours of service this year, with a value of $21,892.

 

Summer 2014

• Recent Zeta Phi Delta and Marywood graduate, Cassie Schwartz (now Cassie Poppe) said “I do” in June!  We wish her a lifetime of love and happiness!!

 

 

Now it’s time to turn a new page and start the Fall semester!  Keep checking our Facebook page for upcoming Recruitment events.  We hope everyone has a great year!