Tri Deltas NOAH way to rock Sigma Chi's boat!

Meet the animals!

The highlight of this week was Sigma Chi's philanthropy: the 41st annual Derby Days.  Sigma Chi partnered up with Children's Miracle Network in order to aid local children with an ailment or defect and raise funds for their treatment.  The series of events consisted of the Derby chase, field games, roller derby, brother auction, and Airbands.

Inarguably, my favorite part of Derby Days was the night of Field games.  Our theme was Noah's Ark, and included Deltas in pairs dressed up as animals and coaches dressed in appropriate biblical-times clothing, down to a walking stick and long cloak.  Each organization paraded down the grassy hill, showing off costumes and holding their sign.  Given our theme, we thought it would be fitting to walk in twos, behind an Ark cutout and our coaches flailing their sticks in the air.  A finishing touch was two sisters dressed as turtles, crawling slowly behind the line!  However, amongst all of this excitement and chaos, it was important to reflect on and support the cause behind each event.

Tri Deltas at field games

You DDD-on't Want to Miss Big Sis Rev!

The time we all had been waiting, living, crafting, and planning for was finally here… clue week and Big Sis Reveal 2012! Clue week took place on March 6th through March 10th, and Big Sis Rev occurred the friday of the same week.  


Girls from the Beta Tau pledge class slaved over each individual basket for their littles (and twins), which grew in sheer size and content exponentially with each passing day.  Stumbling across massive amounts of gifts ranging from candy, chocolate, baked goods, magazines, spa packages, personalized mugs, letters, pass-down apparel, and stuffed animals became the norm when stepping inside the Tri Delta house. 


I personally familiarized myself with the excitement when I found out who my little was that previous Sunday night.  The entire process of giving baskets and leaving clues was exhilarating, and the anticipation leading up to Big Sis Rev was immeasurable.  When Friday rolled around and I finally revealed myself to my little, the feeling of anxiety and expectation dissolved into joy as she was greeted with open arms.  We are all so excited to continue participating in sisterhood activities and bonding with our new littles!

Our beautiful Beta Phis eagerly awaiting their bigs

Give Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Tri Delta celebrated with an officers transition and a sisterhood Thanksgiving potluck! 

Upon revealing our new slate of officers, our vice president of administration Emily Dougherty has been organizing transition sessions so everyone can feel comfortable in their brand new positions. A fresh officers council is a great way to make improvements to our chapter and continue our successes.

The Wednesday before the Hokies’ Thursday night game, our sisterhood council provided a turkey and everyone brought a homemade side or dessert to share! Getting together at our cozy house on Oak Lane put us in a food coma bliss, and it was a great way to start the holiday season. We are so thankful to have each other as sisters- that we are all in good health, good spirits, and can spend the best four years of our lives together!

The first Saturday of break, our sisters living in Roanoke, Richmond and Northern Virginia gathered in their respective locations to team up and walk in the St. Jude Give Thanks Walk. We are so proud to support St. Jude and besides our Flapjacks and Football annual philanthropy at Virginia Tech, we look for opportunities elsewhere to show our love for this worthy hospital. Give thanks for the healthy children in your life, and give to those who are not. Let us steadfastly love one another! 

Sisters at the northern VA 

Give Thanks walk for St. Jude

Tri Delta Tribe

This past week we were very busy with Mock Rock, a Linkous Ladies party, a Semi-formal, and our Founders Day celebration. We also took advantage of the gorgeous weather this week by gathering up and taking pledge class pictures in Oak Lane.

Our Mock Rock theme was “Tri Delta Tribe Unites Against Domestic Violence.” We teased our hair,  threw on some tribal paint and busted out our best Zumba moves on stage in Burruss! It’s always fun when the entire Greek community gets together for this much-anticipated talent show.

Our Linkous Ladies party at Gilbert Linkous Elementary School was a fun craft project- mentors took Polaroid pictures with their GLE girls, and then we made frames for them! Nothing better than going back in time to the Elmers glue and colored pencil-filled elementary school days.

Semi-formal was so much fun at 622 North! Grabbing a date, getting dressed up with your sisters and dancing the night away is a recipe for one fun night! (Ok, and the food at 622 is amazing).

Finally, our Founders Day celebration was on Sunday the 13^th at the Blacksburg Country Club. We enjoyed a sit-down meal and listening to our guest speaker- Beta Nu’s own Katie Schafer! Katie is a 2010 Virginia Tech alum, who served as our President and now travels around the country as a Delta Delta Delta field consultant! She gives so much back to Tri Delta and we couldn’t be happier she found time to visit us! 

Sister Spotlight: Nicole Adam

Our Vice President of Public Relations, Nicole Adam is our sister spotlight! Within Tri Delta, Nicole worked so hard campaigning during Homecoming Week- she organized our booths and was there whenever our candidate needed her support. Amongst all of the Homecoming-palooza, Nicole also managed to put together a phenomenal PR package! T-shirts, hoodies and hats galore! She is an inspiring sister, leader and person. Today we are also recognizing her for her Relay for Life efforts- she is an executive member this year and has done a tireless job bringing cancer awareness to VT and getting the campus excited for the Relay for Life event on April 20th, 2011 (go to vtrelay.org for more information). To show her dedication, along with convincing multiple girls in our chapter, Nicole dyed a strip of her hair hot pink in honor of breast cancer awareness month.


We are proud of you Nicole!

Tri Delta's Outrageous October

I’ve dubbed this month our Outrageously Outstanding (slightly Overprogrammed) October! But we wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.

Our philanthropy chair and our assistant philanthropy chair Mary Frances Dudley worked so incredibly hard planning this year’s Flapjacks and Football. They both have an unmatched intrinsic motivation and passion to support St. Jude patients and we could not have raised so much money without them. Delta love you girls!

At squires and outside of TOTS on a rainy Tuesday, teams came out hard with friendly faces and empty stomachs. We raised significantly more than in previous years! New this year was the pancake-eating contest which was intense and made for some healthy competition for a good cause. Saturday’s College Game Day was a huge success, and our chapter cheered on the participating teams at Sunday’s flag football tournament. We will know soon the total amount we raised for St. Jude!

Friday the 14^th Gilbert Linkous Elementary students had a pumpkin painting party with their Linkous Ladies and Lads mentors. It’s so rewarding watching these young girls transform into confident, smart, social butterflies!

Deltas flipping yummy flapjacks at our event in Squires!

Alice, Tiffany and Sarah with their Linkous Lady Mariana (cute pumpkin!)

Tri Delta's Fall Festivities

Hello readers! First off, how adorable is this new blog? Kylie Bopp did an amazing job getting this off the ground and running. “The Ladies of Oak Lane” will be such a great resource to keep the community updated on all of the terrific philanthropic efforts of the Panhellenic community! I am excited to post the latest happenings of Tri Delta.

September and October have been busy months for us! After we participated in our first philanthropy of the year, Lambda Chi’s ‘Watermelon Bash’ for the North American Food Drive, we went on a Sunday “Sister Hike” to the Cascades. We enjoyed some fresh air, exercise, hilarious stories, and one of the last days of warm weather! A big thanks to Angela Tabb for organizing the hike- she’s an outdoorsy one, that’s for sure!

September 23-25, we had a beautiful Parents’ Weekend, organized by our Member Development Chair. We began the weekend with a dessert social at the house on Oak Lane for parents to see the “Dolphin Tank.” Sisters made delectable desserts to share, and our house furnishing chairwoman, Heather Hopkins, and our landscaping committee did a wonderful job making our house sparkle for the weekend.

Saturday was jam-packed with Parents’ Weekend activities – First, a Virginia Tech v. Marshall tailgate-inspired event at the Blacksburg Country Club, where dad’s battled in corn hole and ladderball, then, a banquet dinner at the German Club Manor that couldn’t have gone more smoothly. Wrapping up our weekend was a yummy Sunday farewell brunch. Phew!

We are thankful some of our sisters were able to partake in Greeks Giving Back amidst a very busy weekend. We’re especially proud a sister who served on GGB’s exec committee.

Rounding out the month of September, sister Jessica Arbogast organized “Up ‘til Dawn,” a letter-writing fundraising event for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Jess took initiative to bring this event to the Virginia Tech community for the first year ever, raising money and awareness for our very own worthwhile philanthropy.

Speaking of philanthropy –  our 5^th Annual “Flapjacks & Football” is coming October 11^th!  Look for my next post to feature our fun-filled week for St. Jude! Also, I’ll spotlight our mentoring program, “Linkous Ladies and Lads” with Sigma Chi and Gilbert Linkous Elementary School. Until then, Delta Love!

Senior Tri Delta's pose with their moms at Parents' Weekend