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KAPPA DELTA
GEORGIA SOUTHERN
ABOUT
DELTA LAMBDA
A LITTLE HISTORY
Founded October 23, 1897, the sorority still holds true to its original object adopted sometime before 1902...
"The object of Kappa Delta Sorority is the formation and perpetuation of good fellowship, friendship and sisterly love among its members; the encouragement of literature and education; the promotion of social interest; and the furtherance of charitable and benevolent purposes."
Our Vision
Kappa Delta Sorority is committed to providing opportunities and experiences that inspire women to greatness.
Mission Statement
Kappa Delta Sorority is a national organization for women committed to:
-Inspiring our members to reach their full potential;
-Preparing our members for community service, active leadership and responsible citizenship;
-Creating opportunities for lifetime involvement through innovative and responsive programs, and strategic collaborations and partnerships; and
-Fostering the development of our time-honored values within the context of friendship.
Kappa Delta Purpose
The purpose of Kappa Delta Sorority is to promote true friendship among the college girls of our country by inculcating into their hearts and lives those principles of truth, of honor, of duty, without which there can be no true friendship.
Kappa Delta Creed
May We, Sisters in Kappa Delta, strive each day to seek more earnestly the honorable and beautiful things. May We each day through love of those within our circle, Learn to know and understand better those without our circle. May the diamond shield that guards our love find us each day Truer, Wiser, More Faithful, More Loving, and More Noble.
Kappa Delta Open Motto
Ta Kala Diokomen
Let us strive for that which is honorable, beautiful and highest.
OUR VALUES
Lenora Ashmore Blackiston
Julia Gardiner Tyler Wilson
Sara Turner White
Mary Sommerville Sparks Hendrick
Kappa Delta's founders were four very different women. They ranged in age from 15 to 23, yet brought a singular sense of purpose to this particular endeavor. Their dream was to create something more lasting than a club -- a sorority! It was to be an entity that would grow beyond their own chapter at State Female Normal School. But they never dreamed that it would grown into an organization of nearly 200,000 women, over 200 chartered chapters and nearly 500 chartered alumnae associations nationwide.
OUR FOUNDERS
Fast Facts
Founded
October 23, 1897 at State Female Normal School (now Longwood University), Farmville, Virginia
Membership
More than 230,000 throughout the world; 156 active collegiate chapters and more than 500 chartered alumnae chapters nationwide
National Headquarters
3205 Players Lane, Memphis, Tennessee 38125
Symbols
nautilus shell, dagger and diamond shape
Mascot
teddy bear
Colors
olive green and pearl white
Jewels
diamond, emerald, pearl
Flowers
white rose
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Girl Scouts of the USA
Prevent Child Abuse America
Historical Philanthropies
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Orthopaedic Research Awards
