For the past thirteen years, the women of Kappa Delta have hosted the "Reach for the Sky" auction, which now benefits Children's Protection Program at Seattle Children's Hospital. With our most recent event, parents, alumnae, and members of our community helped us bring in more than $50,000, putting us among the top of Kappa Delta chapters nationwide.
Donations can be made to Seattle Children's Hospital (Memo: Pinwheel Guild) and can be sent to our address:
Kappa Delta Sorority
C/O Caitlin Surdi
4524 17th AVE NE
Seattle, WA 98105
On April 25th and 26th, Sigma Iota’s Shamrock Shootout basketball tournament took place. This year we had a total of 41 teams participating. Two or three Sigma Iota members were assigned to coach each team.
The championship tournament was held on Sunday the 26th between Tau Kappa Alpha and a Residence Hall team. The Residence Hall team won by just three points this year, becoming the second ever non-Greek house to win our tournament! Last year, the Christian Men’s House on 17th Avenue won the tournament.
In May 2007, Kappa Delta was awarded with the Panhellenic "Excellence in Philanthropy" award for our Shamrock project and efforts to include the greater community in our fundraising efforts.
In early 2006, Kappa Delta joined the groundbreaking Dove Campaign for Real Beauty to help raise self-esteem in girls and women.
The campaign is a global effort intended to serve as a starting point for societal change and act as a catalyst for widening the definition and discussion of beauty.
Girls and women of all ages benefit from the campaign as we explore what it is to be beautiful with our friends, coworkers, mothers and daughters.
The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty has included controversial and groundbreaking ads of real women with real curves in their underwear, a SuperBowl ad promoting self-esteem among girls, activity booklets, a comprehensive website and more.
The minute-long Youtube video above is created by the famous ad agency Ogilvy & Mather for Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty.
Kappa Delta is proud to join forces with Dove to make a difference in the lives of women and girls across the country.
Since 1981, Kappa Delta has been a proud supporter of Prevent Child Abuse America, an organization founded by the late Donna Stone, one of our own Kappa Delta sisters. To date, Kappa Delta has donated over $7.1 million to help prevent child abuse in our country.
In 1998, Kappa Delta and the Girl Scouts of the USA began this one-of-a-kind partnership.
Kappa Delta members are making great things happen in the lives of countless girls across the country. Kappa Delta collegians and alumnae serve as mentors and volunteers, reinforcing our common values of honesty, integrity, friendship and leadership.
The Sigma Iota chapter has adopted several troops, and we invite the girls to our chapter house to earn badges and participate in fun activities, such as Halloween and Valentines Day parties.
In early 2006, Kappa Delta joined forces with the groundbreaking Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, promoting self-esteem among girls nationwide through the Girl Scout Uniquely Me! program. Girl Scouts who take part in Kappa Delta-sponsored events earn a special Kappa Delta badge.
Kappa Delta's support of the Children's Hospital in Richmond, Virginia dates back to 1921. Beginning with our initial pledge of $1,200 to support two beds, Kappa Delta's commitment to Children's Hospital over the years has never wavered.
The sorority's monetary and tangible gifts have totaled more than $2.2 million. Contributions have gone to develop a motion clinic, purchase hospital equipment, medical braces and neurosurgical instruments, provide playground equipment and purchase vans to transport patients.
Local chapters and alumnae groups also sponsor the annual Halloween and Easter parties and assist with events like the Teddy Bear Toss.
In 1947, the sorority established the Kappa Delta Research Fellowship in Orthopedy (now known as the Kappa Delta Orthopaedic Research Awards).
Starting with a $1,000 contribution in 1950, Kappa Delta now presents three $20,000 awards annually to leading orthopaedic researchers, for a total of over $1.1 million since the partnership began.
Often referred to as the Nobel Prize of orthopaedic research, the Kappa Delta Orthopaedic Research Awards have gone to researchers who have made key discoveries pertaining to bone grafting, treatment of polio, surgical correction of scoliosis, knee replacement, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, arthorscopic surgery--in short, most of the leading orthopaedic advancements of the past 60 years.
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