ALPHA DELTA KAPPA - LOUISIANA ETA
Bee the Sunshine
MISSION STATEMENT
Alpha Delta Kappa is an international honorary organization of women educators dedicated to educational excellence, altruism and world understanding.
PURPOSES
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To give recognition to outstanding women educators.
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To build a fraternal fellowship among women in the field of education which will add to their effectiveness in the promotion of excellence in education.
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To promote high standards of education and thereby strengthen the status and advancement of the education profession.
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To promote educational and charitable projects and activities, to sponsor scholarships, to further and maintain worthy standards in the field of education and to cooperate with worthy community programs relating to education and charities.
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To contribute to world understanding, goodwill, and peace through an international fellowship of women educators united in the ideals of education.
More than 30,000 women educators around the world have discovered the many opportunities provided by membership in Alpha Delta Kappa — opportunities for recognition of their commitment to educational excellence, for personal and professional growth and for collectively channeling their energies toward the good of their schools, communities, the teaching profession and the world.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, Alpha Delta Kappa has more than 1,200 chapters located in towns and cities in every state in the U.S., and around the world in Australia, Canada, Jamaica, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
Membership, which is honorary and based on peer recognition, provides a wealth of opportunities for leadership development and networking through workshops, training sessions, conferences and conventions. But, perhaps the greatest opportunity Alpha Delta Kappa provides is the opportunity to make a difference. Around the world, Alpha Delta Kappa members combine their energies and talents to enrich their lives and the lives of others through thousands of heartwarming, community-based altruistic projects.
GIVING BACK
Community Altrusim
MEMBERSHIP IN ALPHA DELTA KAPPA IS A GIFT, ONE THAT "KEEPS ON GIVING".
In the words of our members:
"Alpha Delta Kappa is so much more than the sum of its parts . . . together we accomplish amazing things . . . Alpha Delta Kappa is an extended family of sisters, some whom I know well, some I do not know so well, or some not at all, but still sisters . . . Alpha Delta Kappa means fulfillment, friends, fun, fellowship and family . . . My teaching abilities have expanded through knowledge and ideas gained at chapter programs, workshops and seminars . . . I have developed leadership skills and been given opportunities to travel . . . Alpha Delta Kappa has provided me with a network of friends who share my love of teaching, altruism and leadership development . . . Our members have inspired me, given me courage and offered great joy and blessing to my life . . . My membership is a valuable treasure . . . I have grown in knowledge of world understanding . . . I realize the effect and power we have when we all work together to get something accomplished . . . My Alpha Delta Kappa membership has given me my best friends . . . My sisters laugh with me and cry with me . . . Membership in Alpha Delta Kappa has allowed me to make connections with sisters all over the world and develop special friendships . . . my membership has helped me become a better person, and I look forward to many years ahead . . . my membership has challenged me to move beyond my comfort zone, which has helped me develop new skills and personal confidence . . . I have gained the skills to preside at a business meeting and speak confidently in an assembly . . . I have joined my gifts with others to impact my community, state, nation and world altruistically . . . who else could have given me sisters from 55 states, provinces and nations to visit, exchange ideas and laugh with at regional conferences and International conventions . . . Alpha Delta Kappa has helped shape the person I am today . . . I cannot imagine my life without Alpha Delta Kappa . . . I have made connections I would never have made . . . Alpha Delta Kappa is the only organization I’m in that I didn’t choose; it chose me."
HELPING WOMEN IN NEED
Alpha Delta Kappa - Louisiana Eta has identified a need in our community to help struggling women. We are supplying toiletries and other personal hygiene items to women in shelters in our area. We are dedicated to stepping up and making an effort to provide these women with the tools necessary to improve their mental and physical health in order to get back on their feet. If you would like to learn more about how you can help, please contact us.
OLOL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
At Alpha Delta Kappa - Louisiana Eta, we are dedicated to helping children in any way we can. Donating money to the children's hospital makes it possible for children within our community get the care they need so that they may be successful inside the classroom and out. This year, Eta sisters donated $505.00. We are always striving to make a difference, and invite you to learn more and lend your support.
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
With this initiative, Alpha Delta Kappa - Louisiana Eta's goal is to raise money to help facilitate the Alzheimer's Association's goals to find a cure, lobby for medical care for those affected, promote brain health and provide care for those diagnosed. Eta raised $295 last year and $1,152 this year. Learn more about our work by getting in touch with our organization today.
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."
-Dr. Seuss
