More Information for the Wine Event - Chrysalis Vineyard!

UPDATE:

Unfortunately, due to not meeting a minimum number of attendees, we had to cancel this wine event to Chrysalis. We look forward to exploring different and exciting ways to celebrate our sisterhood in the future.

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Dear Sisters,

Here is more information about the Wine Event to Chrysalis Vineyard on October 4th!

*Price per person for this event will be $65. This price includes transportation to and from the event, admission to the festival, and snacks while we get there and come home.

*Pick-up and drop-off location will be in Fairfax, VA (most likely near Vienna Metro station).

*We will meet at 11:00 AM and should be back at the drop-off location by 4:00 PM.

PLEASE RSVP TO Michele Dominiak (moochichi at gmail dot com) BY SEPTEMBER 15th. We will need a minimum amount of people to make this trip happen, so the sooner we hear from you, the better!

Thank you and please contact Michele D. with any questions. We look forward to seeing you.

SAVE THE DATE!

Dear Sisters,

SAVE THE DATE! Join sisters and friends on Saturday, October 4, 2008 as the Northern Virginia Alumnae Chapter travels to Chrysalis Vinyard in Middleburg, VA for their Bluegrass Festival (http://www.chrysaliswine.com/begin.htm). Join us for a day of fabulous wine tasting at one of the most popular vinyards in the DC Metro area. This will be an all inclusive event that will include luxury transportation to and from Chrysalis Vinyard (pick-up/drop-off info TBD), entry into the Chrysalis Vineyard Bluegrass festival and snacks to and from the event.

And the best part - you will be doing good! This is the NoVA Alumnae Chapter's Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation fundraiser. Profits from this event will go to the Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation (www.phisigmasigmafoundation.org) to aid in their efforts to fund educational grants and donate to charitable organizations.

More details to come, but you won't want to miss this extraordinary event. EVERYONE (SISTER OR NOT) IS INVITED TO JOIN US - SO BRING YOUR HUSBANDS, SIG-OTHERS, BEST FRIENDS, AND PARENTS!

SPACE WILL BE LIMITED, SO RSVP NOW TO MICHELE DOMINIAK AT MOOCHICHI@GMAIL.COM BY SEPT 15, 2008. We look forward to seeing you!

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Michele D.
NoVA Alumnae Chapter Philantrhopy Chair
moochichi@gmail.com

NOVA and Baltimore Alumnae Chapters host Founders' Day at HQ

On November 3, 2007 over 30 Phi Sigma Sigma alumnae gathered at Headquarters in Elkridge, Maryland to celebrate the Fraternity's Founders' Day. The event brought together new alumnae with seasoned volunteers from the Baltimore, Northern Virginia and Washington D.C. metro regions to celebrate the vision of perpetuity shared by our Founders'. Hors d'oeuvres and cocktails were generously provided by the alumnae chapters, and thus, in lieu of an event fee, the alumnae chapters suggested a donation of $19.13 be made to the Founders' Day Campaign in an effort to support the 2008 NKF Transplant Games.

We were very honored to have several very special guests in attendance, including three Past Grand Archons, Louise Kier Zirretta, Judith Distler and Kim Hildred. Also in attendance were Executive Director, Michelle Ardern, Supreme Council Member, Melanie Boone, and Foundation Executive Director, Nancy (Nash) Hay.

Special thanks to Executive Director Michelle Ardern and HQ staff Cara Fabrocini and Lisa Wallace for offering the HQ space for this event and providing all support and assistance necessary to make the Founders' Day a wonderful event. Also, special thanks to Amy Lewis and Rachelle Seeds of the Baltimore Alumnae Chapter and Michele Dominiak of the Northern Virginia Alumnae Chapter on organizing this special Founders' Day event!

Celebrate Founders' Day!

Happy Founders' Day sisters! I just heard about the great way Phi Sigma Sigma is celebrating Founders' Day this year. I've participated, and I thought of the wonderful sisters of the Northern Virginia Alumnae Chapter when the Foundation asked me to spread the word. They're undertaking a special campaign to raise gifts of $19.13 that will support the National Kidney Foundation's Transplant Games. It's a very modest gift for most, but will add up to incredible support when thousands of us participate! As I made my donation, I thought about how our Phi Sigma Sigma Founders never knew you or me, yet they made our friendship and community possible.

If you want to join me in honoring our Founders and helping transplant recipients and their families, just click here to add your contribution: https://www.phisigmasigmafoundation.org/donate/founders.php. The campaign runs through the end of November. (If you want to find out more, I’m told there’s information on the $19.13 Founders' Day Campaign on the Foundation’s Web site at http://www.phisigmasigmafoundation.org/.)