CHAPTER MEETINGS AND EVENTS 2024-2025 |
Eta Mu has a year filled with exciting events for members and guests. For complete details visit the Members Only Area.
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FallOur Fall programs begin with the Kick-Off in September. New members will be welcomed at the meeting.
In October, the Area XVII Fall Brunch will be held at San Joaquin Delta Junior College in Stockton. The topic will be The Key to DEI: Considering Another "E" with speaker Erica Dei Rossi. The DKG CA Virtual Leadership Development Seminar will be online October 25-26. The topic is The Emotional Intelligence Advantage: Building Stronger Women Leaders. Register at the link below. In November, Eta Mu will have a speaker on growing orchids. |
WinterDecember will start out with a cookie exchange as members share their childhood Christmas customs.
In December, members will celebrate the season by attending "A Christmas Truce", a play by the Gallo Center Repretory Company followed by a no-host dinner at a local restaurant. This will show our support of our local community and the arts. December's community project will be a Modesto Love Our Kids Comfort Kit Drive. January will be a Soup Super with speaker Justin Conway of the Modesto Gospel Mission telling about the programs for women and children. Collections for Modesto Gospel Mission will be January's Community Service project. February's meeting is a Bunco Party to relax and enjoy the social part of DKG. |
Spring In March members will celebrate Dr. Seuss and Read Across America at Mary Lou Dieterich and Chrysler Schools. As part of the chapter's service project books will be donated to the school's libraries.
A Potato Fest and meeting will celebrate St. Patrick's Day. The program will focus on avoiding scams with a Modesto Police Department member presenting. Another event will be a Seder Dinner to learn about the customs and traditions of our Jewish sisters. In April, Eta Mu members will participate in a Love Modesto Project. In May, members will attend the California State Convention in Los Angeles. May will be a time to assemble Jared Boxes to donate to a local hospital. The year will end with a "High Tea" in June. |
2024-2025 CHAPTER EVENTS
2023-2024 CHAPTER EVENTS
LOVE MODESTO
Members participated in a project making flower pens for school offices at Love Modesto. Here are members with Love Modesto's mascot.
Spring 2024 Jared Box Donations
Eta Mu members assembled a total of 39 Jared Boxes (29 at our meeting last night and 10 more when more boxes were purchased afterwards)! The boxes were donated to a local hospital.
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ABC PROJECT TEA
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Several Eta Mu members attended the ABC (Abundant Books for Children) Tea and donated to support this effort to get books in the hands of children. The ABC Project is part of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library project. It was a great time as we decorated a table with book themes. Chapter members decorated tables for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and We Are All Scientists . The ABC Project is directed by Susan Neufeld a DKG California member of the Eta Mu Chapter.
READ ACROSS AMERICA
On March 1, six Eta Mu members read to students at Mary Lou Dieterich. Mary Lou was welcomed at the morning assembly before reading in classrooms. The readers donated the books read to the school library.
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ETA MU Kickoff Breakfast to Begin 2023
The Founder
On September sixth, the women of the Eta Mu chapter gathered for brunch at the beautiful home of Marla Rucobo. It was a lovely day, and they knew it would be special as they were welcoming three new sisters… and honoring one very remarkable sister; chapter founding member, Adele Little would be receiving her DKG 55-year pin.
The Founder
Adele Little is the chapter’s only remaining founding member and has been an active part of the organization since helping found the chapter on April 20, 1968. Since that time, she has held nearly every position in both the chapter and the area organizations and continues to serve on various committees. In Debbie Mar’s presentation of her 55-year pin, she highlighted Adele’s amazing achievements in both education and the community of Modesto, calling her “an inspirational, very positive, spiritual and blessed person.” During her teaching career, she was an educator of the first water, first as a classroom teacher, then a reading teacher and later taking on the role of Director of State and Federal Programs. Adele has been generous to the community as well, continually demonstrating her dedication to literacy for her community. She has been the community’s Adult Literacy Program Director, sat on the board of the Adult Literacy Network, and worked with Stanislaus County Partners in Education (SPIE). Her contributions to the community led to her being named as one of the Outstanding Women for Stanislaus County 2009, and the recipient of the Jean and Clyde Dunlap Award for her dedication and devotion to literacy-- an honor that is well-deserved. All Eta Mu sisters continue to benefit from her knowledge and guidance. To make this event even more meaningful, Adele donated her previous pins to the chapter, that they may be used to honor the commitment to DKG of others.
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