ABQ Beta Sigma Phi

"Share our Passport to Adventure"

   

The 2009-2010 theme is

"Share our Passport to Adventure"

Founder's Day 2009

 Thank you to Mary Stanton of Xi Alpha Omicron for sending in some photos taken at Founder's Day 2009. 

Debbie Davis and Mary Stanton of Xi Alpha Omicron welcomes all to Founder's Day!

Nicole Brady, our 2008-2009 City Council Sponsor

Order of the Rose recipients

Silver Circle recipients

 Golden Circle recipients

 

 

Anne Hayward, City Council Woman of the Year

Our outgoing City Council Board

  

Our incoming City Council Board

2008-2009 City Council Board says goodbye and we welcome in the new 2009-2010 City Council Board

We said goodbye to our 2008-2009 City Council Board at the May 4 City Council meeting.

Debbie received flowers... 

and the very special jeweled President's pin.

Isn't it pretty?

Then it was time to install

and welcome our new officers.

 

 It's going to be a great year!

Yardstick Deadline is June 20

 

Sorority year June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009

Deadline for submission is June 20, 2009. 

This is a measuring tool of how your chapter met goals during the year.

Be aware that changes have been made to the Yardstick in the areas of Planning, Social and Bonus points.

Click here for online submission

City Council reminders

Hi everyone - I either forgot to mention these things, or want to remind again, at the City Council meeting on Monday night:

 

1.    Mary Gorenz 856-6202 has extra room at Best Western in Los Alamos for convention. 

2.    The convention committee in Los Alamos needs our assistance.  If you are not attending convention, please consider a donation to the Convention to help them out.  I'm sure they would appreciate it.

3.    Mother - Daughter Legacy Tea is this Saturday at the Towers Apartments community room, 5404 Montgomery NE, or San Mateo and Montgomery, across from Del Norte High School, from 1-4.  Please think about attending, and call Susie Banks at 883-1236, or Carol Pettit at 268-0714, if you can attend.

 

Thanks for all of your kind thoughts and words all year.  I have enjoyed serving as President, and look forward to a new year with Storm!

 

Debbie Davis

Allison King, 2009 ABQ BSP City Council Scholarship Recipient

Congrats to Allison King, this year's recipient of the ABQ BSP City Council Scholarship.  Allison is the daughter of Carla King of Beta Psi.

  

Allison was presented with her scholarship award at the May City Council meeting.  Pictured here are Allison's grandmother, Virginia, Carla King, Allison and Peggy Jourden.

Mothers/Daughter Legacy Tea by Janice Swope

MOTHERS/DAUGHTER—LEGACY TEA

Beta Sigma Phi was founded as a way for women to gather to exchange ideas and to enlarge their circle of caring and sharing concerns and to participate in the betterment of themselves and their community. Each sister has or had a mother and celebrates motherhood in a special way with their family and friends. As a member of BSP since the late 60’s I have been to Mother’s Day Luncheons, chapter celebration at meetings or special locations, City Council Teas or Luncheons that encourage and introduce our closest friends—mother and/or daughter—to the membership in the greatest group of women—BETA SIGMA PHI.

In Albuquerque, in 2005 we put a Mother/Daughter Legacy event on the agenda. Previously, City Council held a Tea in the home of a member or at a church facility. Those I attended were very nicely done and enjoyable. However, the attendance dwindled and the amount of effort to put on the Tea became unrealistic. Preceptor Alpha accepted the chairpersonship and provided a ‘classic style’ tea to honor Mothers and Daughters of Beta Sigma Phi. The Legacy ritual was given to 5 young ladies who later enjoyed homemade cookies, candies and a magnificent fountain of punch plus making new friends. Each year, City Council selects two sponsored young ladies to receive their Legacy membership from the Sisters of Albuquerque Beta Sigma Phi which was drawn at Founder’s Day. Last year, we voted to change the date of drawing to Honor’s Luncheon to facilitate for the planning of this event.

Each Chair Chapter has taken the concept of 2005 and expanded it to include fun activities for past legacies and new inductees. Introductions are made of Sisters who were legacies and are still active, of Mothers and Daughters who are members of sorority and other special relationships. Thus this event is to provide a time to honor our Mothers, Daughters, sisters and the yet-to-be Beta Sigma Phis. The purpose is also to work to keep our legacy members involved and enthusiastic and become, at the proper age, active sisters in Beta Sigma Phi. Among us are sisters who are/were legacies, daughters and mothers. (Our City Council in-coming President was a legacy, her mother is still active and she has 2 daughters that are legacies.)

Come to this event and have FUN with the younger generation—Legacies are aged 6 months to graduated from high school, they are the FUTURE for our sorority, our society and our world.

Janice Swope, Laureate Alpha Epsilon