ZTA & Yoplait: 6 Years of Partnership

ZTA will soon begin its sixth year of a partnership with Yoplait and its Save Lids to Save Lives® program. The partnership began in 2004, when Yoplait asked ZTA to help collect lids on 10 college campuses as part of a pilot project. Now, Yoplait and ZTA have expanded the effort to all of our collegiate and alumnae chapters. For every lid collected by ZTA, Yoplait donates 5 cents to the ZTA Foundation and 10 cents to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. By placing Yoplait lid collection boxes all over campuses and hosting special events, Zetas collected over 311,000 lids in 2008!

Zeta Day 2010 in Springfield, MO

Save the date and plan to attend Kansas & Missouri Zeta Day 2010! We will be gathering in Springfield, MO on Saturday, April 10. You will not want to miss this day of sisterhood, service and awards. More information will be coming soon.

Free Lucky Magazine Subscription

All 2009-10 dues-paying alumnae members will receive a complimentary subscription to Lucky magazine thanks to ZTA's partnership with Self Magazine. Since alumnae annual dues range from $20 to $40, this makes it a bargain when you consider the sisterhood benefits, magazine subscription and direct support of the fraternity and the ZTA Foundation. To find an alumnae chapter near you or to join the new virtual chapter ZTAlways, visit www.zetataualpha.org. Pay your dues and get involved! All Zeta alumnae are LUCKY!

District Silver Award 2010: Fundraising

This year the district silver award will be given at Zeta Day to the alumnae chapter who demonstrates excellence in fundraising for the ZTA Foundation. A special scorecard will be created and sent to chapters soon so that you know the award criteria and can start working to achieve the award. Chapters are encouraged to evaluate fundraising plans now, and we will have a district conference call to support your efforts soon. Make fundraising a priority in 2010!

Make Emotional Connections

The basic idea behind emotional connections is taking the time to get to know ZTA alumnae as individuals and then to apply the information to benefit each of them and the chapter. This may mean tailoring communication styles, modifying chapter programming or meeting days/times, matching or introducing members based on interests, creating special interest groups, or any combination of activities. If your chapter hasn’t surveyed your current members and potential members, please consider doing so this year to help you achieve at least 10% membership growth and to make your alumnae chapter the GROUP OF CHOICE!

ZTA National Leadership Conference 2009

I recently returned from National Leadership Conference (NLC) in Indianapolis, where the topic was “The Business of Sisterhood.” What is Zeta selling? SISTERHOOD! What is our goal? TO BE THE GROUP OF CHOICE! The entire week was focused on the topic of marketing Zeta to not just potential new members at the collegiate level, but to our own collegiate and alumnae members as well. With so many choices available to us, how do we decide where to direct our time and resources? Of course, we will choose the organization that best meets our interests and needs, and ZTA can do that for each of us.

ZTA to return to Kansas State University in fall 2010

The Kansas State University Panhellenic Council has selected Zeta Tau Alpha to become the new sorority on campus. The vote came Monday night and the K-State Greek Life office posted the official announcement on its Web site yesterday!

So, May 6 is once again an amazing day for ZTA at K-State. Beta Upsilon Chapter was installed on May 6, 1931. Reopening the chapter has many excited, including Muriel Fulton Alexander, a 96-year-old initiate of Beta Upsilon and a former ZTA National Council member, who shared via a video message the reopening of the chapter at K-State “just gave her goose bumps.”

After a lengthy Extension process, the process in which the Panhellenic sororities decide which new sorority would be the best fit for the current community, Meghan Butler, K-State Panhellenic Council president, was able to call for a special meeting of the Panhellenic Council to make official the recommendation of the Extension Committee. A resolution drafted by the Panhellenic Extension committee shares how Zeta Tau Alpha met the desired qualifications of a new sorority. This resolution, two pages in length, highlighted the commitments and programs of the international sorority.

The next step is to begin the process of creating an alumnae chapter in the Manhattan area. We are planning a brunch event for Saturday, June 6, so mark your calendars and contact mokszetas@yahoo.com for more information.