Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc.

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1 Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. Congratulations & Best Wishes Alpha Nu chapter & Alpha Omega Chapter On hosting the 30th founder s day celebration Northern Region Alpha Nu Chapter ~ Host Chapter Alpha Omega ~ Co-Host Chapter From the Northern Region Kay davis, Phyllis ponders, Dr. Marjorie harris, sarah young, bertha Crossley, nan Harshaw 30th Annual Founders Day Celebration The Power of Vision: Empowering Women and Inspiring Leaders Saturday, February 25, :00 A.M. The Courtyard at Marriott 100 South Fountain Avenue Springfield, Ohio Kim Cole, Chairperson Evelyn R. Berrien, Regional Director Lenor R. Reese, National President Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. A non-profit organization of Business and Professional Women Elizabeth Garner, Founder Violet T. Lewis, Co-Founder ~ Founded: 1943, Detroit, Michigan

2 Elizabeth Garner Violet T. Lewis BEST WISHES To ALPHA NU CHAPTER, HOST 30th ANNUAL FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATION KEMP S Floor Covering 2296 So. Yellow Springs St. Springfield, OH

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4 Congratulations and Best Wishes Alpha Nu, Host and Alpha Omega, Co-Host Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. Northern Region on hosting A Successful 2017 Founders Day Celebration Soror Yvonne Marvin, Soror Ethel Adams, Soror Darline Long, Basileus, Soror Elva Thomas, Ophelia Hyde, Soror Catherine Aubrey, Soror Deborah Vance, Soror Celia Washington, and Verna Poole. Not pictured: Soror Karrie-Ann Chase, Soror Katherine Davis, Soror Thelma Davis, Soror Sherry Richardson, Soror Dolores Thurman and Soror J. Renee Jackson. Best Wishes and Congratulations Alpha Nu and Alpha Omega Hosting our 30 th Annual 2017 Northern Region Founders Day Celebration Front Row: (L to R) Sorors Shirley Longmire-Nelson, 1st Anti -Basileus, Vivian Shade, Basileus, Angela Jeter, 2nd Anti - Basileus, LaSonya Thomas Back Row: (L to R) Sorors Patricia Crockett-Durhal, Financial Grammateus, Danyale Brown, Sheila Mixon, Grammateus, Melynda Green, Melina Durhal, Patsy Bolden, Rosalyn Craig -Simpson, Teneshia Holmes Not present : Sorors Tamara Myles, Ameera Hamilton, Tamias Winifred Wright-Stroud, Juanita Wright

5 Congratulations and Best Wishes Alpha Nu Chapter For Hosting the 2017 Annual Founders Day From Beta Upsilon and Beta Tau Chapters Cleveland, Ohio All things are possible Luke 18:27 Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. 30 th Founders Day Celebration Good Morning, and Welcome to the 30 th Northern Region Founders Day Celebration. We salute our Founders Dr. Violet T. Lewis and Soror Elizabeth Garner for guiding us on this Gamma Journey. Elizabeth Garner, Founder Violet T. Lewis, Co-Founder - We can be proud as African American women when we look back over the years and celebrate our strength, education, determination and having the will to never give up, for example - Mrs. Michelle Obama. What a role model. The first First Lady of Color. Viola Davis, who stands by her principals in the roles she portrays. Katherine G. Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan, whose stories were finally told (Hidden Figures). Porter - Qualls - Dunlap Funeral Home Congratulations and Best Wishes Alpha Nu Chapter - Host 30 th Annual Founders Day Celebration 823 South Yellow Springs St Springfield, OH A Full Service Funeral Home If we follow the example of just these seven women, how much richer would our lives and the lives of those around us be. We must add our names to this roll call. Reach back and give someone a hand. There are plenty of young women, even in our immediate families, who can use a strong outstretched hand. In 1943 our Founders saw a need in their community to educate women, to get them out of typical Black Jobs and to open more pathways to success. Today, we honor their legacy, if not us, who? Our Founder s, like the previously named women, were, and are perfect examples of our theme: The Power of Vision: Empowering Women & Inspiring Leaders. On behalf of the Northern Region Board, I want to thank Alpha Nu, Host Chapter and Alpha Omega, Co- Host Chapter for joining together in celebrating our Founders and Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. Peace and Harmony, Evelyn R. Berrien Evelyn R. Berrien Northern Regional Director Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc.

6 Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. Northern Region 30 th Annual Founders Day Celebration Alpha Nu Chapter Host Chapter Alpha Omega Co-Host Chapter Elizabeth Garner, Founder Violet T. Lewis, Co-Founder Founded: 1943, Detroit, Michigan Welcome to our 30 th Annual Founders Day Celebration held at the Courtyard-Marriott in Springfield, Ohio. We pay tribute to Sorors Elizabeth Garner & Dr. Violet T. Lewis who founded Gamma Phi Delta Sorority in February The Core Mission of Gamma Phi Delta is to focus on improving the economic, social and political status of ALL women; to establish better relationships among women of all races and creeds, but most of all, to be of GREATER service to our COMMUNITY, OUR COUNTRY AND TO EACH OTHER. This is the foundation of our Founders legacy. Let us stay focused on our National Theme: The Power of Vision: Empowering Women and Inspiring Leaders. We should continue to help each other tap into and embrace our inner Woman Power. Let s increase our work with the youth auxiliaries and rise up great leaders of today to secure our future. I know that our Founders would be so proud to know that the organization they founded many years ago is as successful as it is today. So, let us continue to come together and work toward a common goal Unity & Sisterhood. As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others ~Bill Gates Kim Cole, President Alpha Nu Chapter 30 th Founders Day Chairperson A non-profit Organization of Business and Professional Women National Headquarters: 2657 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan

7 Best Wishes and Congratulations Northern Region Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. 30 th Annual Founders Day Celebration And Congratulations and Best Wishes Alpha Nu Chapter, Host Alpha Omega Chapter, Co-Host 30 th Annual Northern Region Founders Day Celebration Elizabeth Garner, Founder Violet T. Lewis, Co-Founder Evelyn R. Berrien, Regional Director From Adrian T. Berrien & Family The Northern Region Board The Beta Phi Chapter Congratulates Alpha Nu Chapter for Hosting and Alpha Omega Chapter for Co-Hosting 2017 Northern Region Founders Day We Celebrate with All Sisters by Honoring the Founders of Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. The Power of Vision: Empowering Women and Inspiring Leaders Evelyn R. Berrien, Regional Director Jennifer Lewis, Assistant. Regional Director Hellen R. Pacely, Regional Financial Secretary Beverly C. Harris, Regional Treasurer Shirley Longmire-Nelson, Regional Secretary Theresa Dillard, Regional Corresponding Secretary Consuelo A. Martin, Regional Editor

8 Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. Alpha Nu Chapter Congratulations on a successful Founders Day Celebration from Beta Alpha Chapter Seated: Kim Cole, Nan Harshaw, Jessie Shropshire, Phyllisanne Trimble Standing: Dorothy Minor, Grace Tinsley-Clark, Wilma Stone, Karen Young, Dolores Berrien, Gloria Speaks, Ebony Pugh, Ella Barnes, Evelyn Berrien Thanks to everyone for attending the 30th Annual Founders Day Celebration, Northern Region of Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. Best Wishes to Alpha Omega on hosting the 31st Annual Founders Day Celebration in 2018 Top (L-R): Kristie Green, Leslie Andrews, Brandi Latimer, Kimberly Bracey, Sandra Ware, Patricia Hanserd, Gwendolyn Patrick, Lisa Cooper, Nancy M. Beasley, Audrey Kelley, & Angela Tanner-Collins Bottom (L-R): Nykia E. Johnson, Tanisha T. Brown, Patricia Wilson-Stewart, Jacqueline J. Dixon, Lenora Gleton, Aisha Williams, & Celestine Carter Not Pictured: Belinda White, Janice Cruz, Jennora Gaines, Joslynn Collins, Shelia Edmontson, & Wanda Bobyan

9 Congratulations to Alpha Nu Chapter - From Alpha Chapter For hosting our 30 th Annual Founder s Day Celebration The Woman Who Fears the Lord Proverbs 31: 10 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. 11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. 12 She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. Beta Chapter Congratulates: Alpha Nu host for the 30th Founders Day Celebration Karen Solomon-Edwards, Chapter President Ruth Woods Stacey Owens Laura Rooks Janice Jones-Phelps Elma Peddy Bertha Crossley Sheryl Shorts Cynthia Ijames Lula Millendar Talisa Cohen Roudine Bryant Paulette Anderson-Brown Sheryl Shorts Cynthia Ijames

10 Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Incorporated 30 th Founders Day Celebration Honoree Bonita Mills ~PROGRAMME~ Processional Regional and Chapter Officer Mistress of Ceremonies.....Aida Kai Anderson, President Alpha Omega Chapter Welcome Kim Cole, President, Alpha Nu Chapter About Bonita Mills ~ Many years ago, the first director of the Dorcas Society of the Seventh-day Adventist Church had the vision of operating a depository for food and clothes to service the people in the community. As needs grew, operations moved from the church facility into other venues in the community. Bonita Mills became acquainted with serving the less fortunate by her parents, Edwin and Dorothea Mills, who through the Dorcas Society ran a food pantry out of their little yellow house on Yellow Springs Street in Springfield, Ohio. The leadership of the organization has gone through many hands, presently Bonita Mills is the local director of Family Needs, Inc. soup kitchen. Her work experience goes back to Hart s Family Store, where she began as an entry level employee and worked her way up to managing the store. After the business closed, she took on operations within her home in which she manufactured silk screen prints and t-shirt designs. As of now Mrs. Mills rations her time between working in the Springfield City School s after school latch-key program and directing the Family Needs, Inc. Soup Kitchen. She is married to husband James Keith Mills. They have two children, James Keith Mills, Jr. of New Mexico and Marsha Ellen Mills of Washington, D. C.. Negro National Anthem ~ Lift Every Voice and Sing Introduction of the Dias..... Aida Kai Anderson, President, Alpha Omega Chapter Prayer for our Sisterhood Elva Thomas, Gamma Lambda Chapter Youth Presentation Linda Reed, Omega Chapter Beta Tau Undergraduate Chapter Invocation/Blessing of the Meal..... Jessie Shropshire, Alpha Nu Chapter ~ LUNCH IS SERVED ~ Please patronize our Vendors Prayer for the Nation Karen Streeter, Delta Omicron Chapter Musical Selection Tanisha Brown, Beta Alpha Chapter Salute to our Founders Jennifer Lewis, Beta Phi Chapter Assistant Regional Director Introduction of Speaker Nan Harshaw, Alpha Nu Chapter Speaker Rev. Mila Patrice Cooper Wayman A.M.E. Church, Dayton, Ohio Presentation of Awards Kim Cole, President, Alpha Nu Chapter Honoree......Bonita Mills, Director ~Family Needs Center, Springfield, Ohio 2016 Founders Day Host Chapter...Theresa Dillard, President, Alpha Theta Chapter Remarks......Evelyn R. Berrien, Northern Regional Director