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AXO NATIONAL AWARDS!  Over the next several weeks, we will be announcing our alumnae chapter and collegiate chapter award winners. Check in as we announce a new category each week, and join us in celebrating these chapters that have done outstanding work over the last awards period! The Philanthropy Award is presented to alumnae chapters that have shown outstanding commitment to philanthropic and service endeavors at the local and national level.

Our 2022 winners are:
Delta Omega Delta (Orange County, California)
& Sigma Sigma (St. Louis, Missouri)

PROMOTING ALPHA CHI EVERYDAY!
AXO Sisters we have more PACE Packets yay!  It is always great to share our wonderful Alpha Chi stories with others. In solidarity with the installation of our new Alpha Chi Omega collegiate chapter at Chapman University we are declaring February 27th as RED CARNATION DAY!  All AXO's in our region are encouraged to wear your AXO letters and colors! Put red carnations on your car as you run your errands! A great story, two AXO alumnae sisters here in Orange County were living in the same apartment complex but never knew they were AXO sisters :-( Until one day one of them wore her AXO sweatshirt to go pick up her laundry in their laundry room, the other sister saw her shirt and a sisterhood connection was made! Two sisters from different universities coincidentally meeting, forming a friendship and rekindling a bond of sisterhood! :-D That is what we are trying to recreate on Feb 27th!  Let's go rediscover our sisters out there!! And enthusiastically support the new generation of AXO's at Chapman!  If you would like some of these PACE materials contact Kathleen at axodod@gmail.com. LITB dear sisters!!

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CARNATION BOUTIQUE: AXO sister owned businesses! Shopping for the holiday's? Check out this Facebook page:-)  www.facebook.com/AXOCarnationBoutique/
From Linda: Hi Sisters,We are looking for those of you with unique items/talents to help you with your businesses! To post your items, you must be a member in good standing, and preferably a dues-paying member of an alumnae chapter! Posts will be limited to once a week at this time. We are not approving individual posts for company reps/consultants, real estate, etc., but we can put up a generic post, and everyone involved (Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, etc.) can put their contact info in the comments. If your items use any AXO trademark/copyright, your products must be Greek Licensed. Thank you for supporting our sisters during the holidays and beyond!

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NOVEMBER: A TEA PARTY to CELEBRATE OUR FOUNDER's : November 6th, 2021 at 11am to 1:30pm  We are gathering in person (with all COVID CARE protections) at The Spring Tea Garden in Fullerton to joyously celebrate our sisters who founded AXO, Epsilon Kappa Collegiate Chapter and Delta Omega Delta North Orange County Alumnae Chapters!  We are REAL STRONG WOMEN together forever!  Join us for a scrumptious tea party, fun activities, and AXO guest speakers! Dress code is garden party dresses and AXO pin attire.  (For covid care please wear a mask)                                       

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OCTOBER:  AXO FOUNDER's DAY CHALLENGE | Real Strong Women Fund 
Join the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation for Founders’ Day Challenge October 1-31, 2021. During Founders’ Day Challenge, donors can pay tribute to our Founders while supporting the Real. Strong. Women.® Fund, impacting all sisters – collegians and alumnae! Be sure to check out the online giving dashboard to see how your chapter is stacking up in this year. Are you up for the challenge? Supporting the Real. Strong. Women. Fund is the best way to impact all Alpha Chi Omegas. Your gift allows for flexibility and agility in providing critical support for priority programs through our annual Fraternity Grant. Click here to give now!

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Education Initiatives for DOD : We welcome Bronte to our leadership team as our Education Initiatives team leader!  Bronte has a passion for learning and development (currently she is working on her Masters degree in Higher Education yay!) and is excited to take on the creation of our DOD chapter's learning journey.  The first initiatives will focus on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion endeavors in support of the work being done at AXO headquarters.  To best identify our needs and wants, Bronte will be sending out a brief survey to calibrate awareness levels and learning desires of our membership.  Please find the survey (Google doc) located on our My Chapter Room platform - click SURVEY tab.  She has also sent out individual email invitations via MCR to make it easy to access and complete the survey.  All responses will be protected for privacy (only Bronte and KQ have access) so please feel free to be as candid as possible.  Our goal is to hear from every active member! :-) 

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AXO|DOD Philathropy | Food Drive 
June 2021: We have created a dedicated fundraising page for our OC Food Drive endeavors! Let's help make a difference in our communities! We are inspired by the work of Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAP OC) and its OC Food Bank and wanted to support them by raising money as part of our participation in their Virtual Food Drive. Please help us help them by giving whatever you can using the donation button. The more people that know about CAP OC, the greater their impact, so please also spread the word by sharing our page with your friends and family. Thank you in advance for your generosity, it means a lot! For online donations: www.justgiving.com/AXODOD-NorthOCAlumnae.

Note: if you or your families are in need yourselves we want to help!  Please contact Kathleen or Marty (Hera's Helper Team) at axododo@gmail.com. We promise your request for help will remain private. 

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AXO Day of Giving!  April 7th 2021 is Day of Giving! Celebrate 1 day, 8 hours and 85 minutes to #AXOempower by joining our special Day of Giving Facebook group. During Day of Giving, we’ll celebrate our campaign theme, Empowered Women Empower Women, and help to sustain our sisterhood by supporting the Real. Strong. Women. Fund. Thank you for giving generously dear sisters these dollars will help many sisters now and into the future!  Love and loyalty always! Follow the fun (campaign Facebook page): https://www.facebook.com/groups/axoempower
 

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DOD TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE FUND:  The alumnae sisters of AXO|Delta Omega Delta, of North Orange County California are raising funds to endow a needs-based AXO Foundation Scholarship Fund to help any regional AXO sisters with desperately needed technology resources – educational expenses including the cost of virtual education. This fund has the intention to both support sisters pursuing their careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) as well as any AXO alumnae or collegiate sister desiring to build and enhance her technology skills.  As technology rapidly changes and skilled technology competencies are in demand, no sister should fall behind or be left without. Target Recipients: Any AXO sister in Orange County / Southern California: undergraduate, graduate, alumna at any stage in life.  Specifications: Scholarship to be awarded annually.  Awards to be determined by AXO Foundation.  The goal is to award $1000 each year. The fund will be endowed when contributions reach $25K.  Per AXO Foundation, we have 5 years to lock in funding for our scholarship to be endowed for life.  DOD’s focused fundraising campaign for this fund to officially begin January 2021, soft launch in December 2020. 

To donate please click the AXO Foundation link below. Thank you for your support and giving generously! 
give.alphachiomega.org/DOD

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AXO Delta Omega Delta North OC Alumnae T-SHIRTS are here! :-)   To order your shirt contact us at axodod@gmail.com   

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​PANDEMIC UPDATE:  A message to all AXO sisters, please remember during this global pandemic that we are a strong COMMUNITY of sisters in the bond.   In an effort to embrace this challenging time and desiring to be of service, the women of Delta Omega Delta Alumnae Chapter have new resources we are excited to share: 

• First, a HERA's HELPERS TEAM!  Sisters in need are sisters indeed - we commit to be of service for all sisters!  Please let us know how we can be of assistance (grocery shopping, errands, a shoulder to lean on, etc. ) any day any time!  Marty DeSollar is heading up this team, feel free to contact her at axodod@gmail.com  attn: HERA HELPER
• Second, SISTER's SUPPORTING SISTER's TEAM, we know that businesses are minimizing their operations and closing their physical doors to be good citizen's and prevent the corona virus from spreading.  In light of this, we want to make sure we collectively support our sisters that have small businesses.  Please share news and updates about your businesses and we will spread the word via our social media venues.  Jessica Taylor is heading up this endeavor, feel free to contact her at axodod@gmail.com  
• Third, our DOD Monthly NEWSLETTER!  Get updates about upcoming events, news about AXO National, news about Epsilon Kappa Chapter at CSUF, and fun stories about your sisters in the area!  Michelle Crowe is our newsletter editor, make sure she has your email address :-)  Contact Michelle at axodod@gmail.com attn: NEWSLETTER

We want to help any and all AXO sisters! Leaving a request for assistance, sharing news about your small business, needing help navigating Zoom.com, or if you have any questions or concerns, we want to hear from you.  Kathleen Quinn, our DOD President can be reached at axodod@gmail.com  she will forward your requests to our support teams.   We hope and pray that you and your loved ones stay safe and healthy dear sisters!   Love and Loyalty always, your DOD Leadership Team!  (Updated January 2021 by KQ)