Tri Delta National Convention

Since its earliest days, Convention has been a time for members to come together, celebrate the bonds of sisterhood and help shape the future of Delta Delta Delta.

"For more than 125 years, Tri Delta has been driven to excellence, and as we gather in Indianapolis for our 56th biennial Convention, we're ready to celebrate the Fraternity's many accomplishments and set the pace for a future filled with achievement. Our members will come away from their time together inspired to pursue excellence in their roles within their chapters and keep Tri Delta on track for success (tridelta.org)."

This year, two of our members were fortunate enough to take part in Convention.  Today's blog post is the recount of Kourtney Dworsky and Hayley Geis' incredible experience there!

"There were four days packed full of events at Tri Deltas 2014 National Convention. We kicked off the four days with a Ritual Ceremony for an honor initiate. The opening banquet was accompanied by a showing of the new State of the Fraternity video which I am proud to say featured Alpha Lambda a great deal.  We continued the weekend meeting other collegiate chapter officers, collegiate chapter members, alumnae chapter members and officers, some amazing women from Executive Office including the National Fraternity President, Phyllis Durbin Grissom, and a few very special guests like Leeza Gibbons, a University of South Carolina Tri Delta alumni and famous talk show host.

Kourtney and Hayley with Fraternity President, Phyllis Durbin Grissom

Kourtney and Hayley with Leeza Gibbons, a USC Tri Delta alumma and talk show host

We learned about Fraternity Bylaws, discussed more about the Pilot Program our chapter was lucky enough to participate in, honored chapters and women who achieved great things in the past biennium, and took a trip through time hearing all about the history of Tri Delta from its founding through today." 

For Kourtney specifically, "The most special part of Convention for me was the St. Jude Luncheon. We celebrated our partnership and all that we have accomplished together over the past ten plus years. We heard from a University of Tennessee Tri Delta whose life had been saved and forever changed by the wonders of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The CEO of ALSAC then announced some extremely exciting news, our newest goal for St. Jude: to raise $60 million dollars in ten years to build 'Tri Delta Place,' a housing facility for the families of St. Jude patients.

This is the single largest commitment ever by any St. Jude partner.

I am so honored to be part of an organization that continues to support such an amazing facility with a great cause. I cannot wait to watch Tri Delta come together and make this commitment a reality over the next few years. 

The girls in front of Tri Delta Place

We ended the weekend with a fun night at the Dallara Indy Car Factory, a special final banquet, and the Delta Shop midnight madness sale, and it truly was madness as eight hundred girls rushed a small room for their favorite t-shirts. 

This was one of the most rewarding experiences I have ever had the privilege of being a part of. I learned so much from everyone I met and cannot wait to take everything I learned back to our chapter in the fall. I absolutely loved sharing this experience with Hayley; we have the same passion for our chapter and Tri Delta as a whole."

As for Hayley, "Going to convention as a freshman was such a blessing and a privilege. I was able to not only learn so much and gain insight into Tri Delta chapters from across the nation, but it also ignited my passion to live our values and make Tri Delta the best it can be. I loved spending time with Kourtney, and there are no words to describe my love for her, DDD, and our purpose."

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Kourtney Dworsky and Hayley Geis