Sincerely Yours

Hey everyone! Today we have a special post from our incredible Philanthropy Chair, Julia Morgan, on our most recent philanthropy event called "Sincerely Yours". Julia's huge passion for St. Jude is easy to see and we are all so lucky to have her as a leader in our chapter. Enjoy!

Since November of 1999, Tri Delta has partnered with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for our philanthropy. We take a pride and dedicate ourselves to helping so many children each year and giving hope to their families. As a whole, Tri Delta has current goal of raising $15 million in five years and we are more than half way to accomplishing it.

At Alpha Lambda our dedication is no different. We take pride in all that we do for the best children's hospital in the world! Just last year, we were the first chapter of Tri Delta to reach $100,000 in only one year for St. Jude. We ended up raising $103, 738.05 during the 2011-2012 academic year.

Of all that we raised $68,059.50 from our annual letter writing campaign; Sincerely Yours. For Sincerely Yours, our members address envelopes and send letters to family and friends describing our bond with St. Jude and how much we would appreciate it if they would share our passion. This campaign simply asks for them to join us in giving hope to families across the country by making a donation for the hospital.

On Sunday, February 10^th, 2013 our members came to our house to write and address their letters. The girls were able to hang out with sisters, eat pizza and share their love for St. Jude. We ended up mailing out over 12,000 letters! We cannot wait to hear back from St. Jude as to how much we raised. (We will not know until July because the donors have until June to donate!). However, we really hope to break our record from last year!

If you did not receive a letter from any of us, but would like to donate, please contact me! My information is on our contact page here at The Delta Diaries.

I could not be more proud of all of our members. The amount of letters we mailed validates our love for St. Jude and reminds me how truly great it is to be a member of Tridelta! As Dr. Mari Ann Callais said at the Tridelta St. Jude Leadership weekend, “The money you raise for St. Jude is what you do, the people you save is who you are!”

Delta love and all of mine,

Julia