ADK MEXICO - Newsletter January

ALPHA DELTA KAPPA MEXICO

JANUARY 2021

photo by Marli Camargo

Happy New Year!

Dear Sisters,

The New Year is well underway and we have high hopes for 2021. We hope this will be a year of good health for all our sisters worldwide. We hope the vaccine can reach our entire nation and the world and that all peoples can soon feel safe.

We hope that we all can carry on meeting again where many hugs can be shared, many hands held, many smiles seen.

We hope we can reach more members and guests in our shared journey of Excellence in Education, Altruism and World Understanding. 

Some important news from the Board Meeting held on January 11thfollow here.

Epsilon invites all to hear special guest Theresa Rohaly, California Beta Omicron, talking about “Horticultural Therapy.”

ADK Eta will also have a great speaker, our very own long time member Psychologist

Raquel Muñitz speaking on“Déficit de Atención, en el alumno sin daño neurológico.”

  

To ADK Gamma we are so glad to hear that your President Martha is doing well after her surgery and we wish her a speedy recovery.

To our sisters who have been directly affected by Covid and sadly lost relatives, friends and school members we pray you to find healing aided by fond memories.   

Hurray! The December Kappan journal mentions México. Let´s keep writing and let our sisters here and abroad know more about our wonderful work. 

Altruism in Action- For April’s Children’s Day ETA will donate toys and books in rural Jonacatepec.  Please help us with donations, and Alejandro from The Morelos Rotary Club will help to deliver everything safely.

EPSILON and GAMMA continue with their milk drive, helping Bernardo and  Domus Alipio.

Thank you to Lorraine Castañeda for being our National Altruistic Chair.

Word Understanding in Action- 

All of us live and breathe World Understanding. Some of our newest projects include: “Hands Across Borders ”, “The English Club” and  “Classroom Exchanges.” 

Excellence in Education 

Our Excellence in Education Chair is Mary Yonker. Bravo!

*ADK Blog – Our blog has a wonderful article from Madeline Bosma, Colorado Alpha Iota Chapter, who spoke in December about Diversity. This is a truly World Understanding in Action. Thank you, Madeline!

*Social Media –

Thanks to all our sisters who have posted comments on our Social Media (Facebook and Instagram). Please, help update our “adventures” weekly by sending pictures of your meetings, celebrations, and activities.

FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE

The new Fellowship Committee will be keeping in touch with our sisters and caring for those in need as well as making video interviews. Thanks to all who have accepted this challenge!

 

REMEMBER: 

Dues due now.  

 SAVE THE DATES

Chapter Meetings

                                 Epsilon - Thursday, January 14th 
                                 Eta  -    Wednesday, January 20th 
                                 Gamma - Saturday, January 23rd

Educational Symposium- International Convention 

 July 10, 2021 - Austin, Texas 

“Empowering Teachers to Change the World” Lorraine Castañeda -Epsilon

“Promoting Altruism in the Community” Marli Camargo –Eta

Love,

Marli Camargo

National President Mexico: 2020-2022

ALPHA DELTA KAPPA MEXICO NEWSLETTER 12/2020

                      

Dear Sisters,

Many of us are celebrating Christmas, Hanukah, and other special winter holidays!  How great it is to make all of the preparations- house decorating, baking, and all the other fun activities –and to remember all of our family traditions and past good times. 

We in Alpha Delta Kappa Mexico will miss celebrating this season together with the beautiful decorations, turkey, fruitcake, eggnog (yummy!), the music galore from Mama Perla’s heartwarming concerts and the good times as in years past.  

This year we cannot gather together but we can laugh, smile, be kind, call someone and bless many.

The year 2020 has been a sad and difficult one for many of us, some with temporary setbacks and others with permanent losses or changes that have left holes in their lives. Although this has been a hard year, let this also be the time to explore new options, review our infinite possibilities and start to innovate.

We do hope 2021 will be a better year and wish that soon we can get together and celebrate life once again.

Wishing You Happy Holidays and a Blessed New Year! 

¡Abrazos Fuertes!  

 

Altruism in Action-  *ADK Eta donated mattresses and many household articles to the Jonacatepec community, and we thank the Rotary Club for helping us to deliver it all safety.

*ADK Epsilon and Gamma, through our dear Angela Florio, delivered milk to the children of the Chiapas hospital. 

* ADK Epsilon also made a special monetary donation to Domus Alipio and passed on a donation of cash from Colorado Alpha Iota to The Navarro Family which was hard hit with COVID losses.

Word Understanding in Action- *A meeting with our International representatives was held this past month and the main theme was DIVERSITY. *Elizabeth Elmer was also named to the new ad hoc Diversity and Inclusion Committee for our South Central Region and has already met with them. *All members who participated in the international survey are thanked and the results are being tabulated and will soon be shared. *Epsilon’s December meeting featured Madeline Bosma, a committee member from her region, sharing her experiences as a Native American and Hispanic Educator.

Educational Excellence in Action – *“The Project Approach”-an Epsilon presentation- by Carmen Castillo.  See it in our ADK Blog.

 *Laurie Saunders, Director of the Colibri Youth Orchestra, is in our Social Media this month. Please have a look at her lovely work first presented at an Eta meeting.

*Coming Soon – YouTube interviews with all of our Golden Sisters so we can register their legacy with ADK MEXICO.

KEEP UPDATED - https://www.alphadeltakappa.org/

REMEMBER: 

December is the month to pay annual dues to your Chapter Treasurers.

 SAVE THE DATES

Chapter Meetings -    Epsilon  Thursday, December 10, 2020

                               -    Eta          Wednesday, December 16, 2020- Cancel.

                               -    Gamma  Thursday, December 17, 2020

International Convention   Austin, Texas     July 2021  

Please answer the International survey:

https://www.alphadeltakappa.org/ADK/Library/News_Articles/Announcements/International_Convention_Survey.aspx

Love,

Marli Camargo

National President Mexico: 2020-2022

Photo was taken by

Marli Camargo

Cuernavaca Greenhouse Poinsettias