MTM BlogMTM Bloghttp://axomtm.squarespace.com/journal/2009-11-24T02:00:45ZSquarespaceVirtual philanthropy project for November 24, 2009http://axomtm.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/23/virtual-philanthropy-project-for-november-24-2009.htmlMTM Exec Board2009-11-24T01:39:18Z2009-11-24T01:39:18ZGratitude month continues... and we have an easy project for Thanksgiving week! Check out Let's Say Thanks then help us spread the word and our gratitude! Here's how:

On Twitter, tweet a message like this:

Let's say thanks! Thank our troops serving overseas today: http://ow.ly/F491
#AXO #gratitude

OR 

Use the widget box on Let's Say Thanks to tweet for you! http://www.letssaythanks.com/GrabOurWidget.aspx

 

On facebook,

use the tweet above as your status

OR

post a link directly to Let's Say Thanks: http://www.letssaythanks.com/Home1280.html

On email, send a link to this post to your friends, family members and Alpha Chi Omega sisters. 

... and did you think we could make it a whole month without a Domestic Violence Awareness story? Big news today as Rihanna will appear on 20/20 Wednesday to talk for the first time about her relationship with Chris Brown. Read more at http://axomtm.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/23/rihanna-speaks-out-this-wednesday.html

I'll be tweeting about it - and looking forward to tuning in. Hopefully this time next week we'll have a link to the video to share, in case you miss it.

Thank you for being a part of our weekly philanthropy project!

 

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Xerox is making it easy to tell the troops thank you. Just visit http://www.letssaythanks.com/, choose a card, write a message and they'll print it out and deliver it! 

]]>Rihanna Speaks Out... this Wednesdayhttp://axomtm.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/23/rihanna-speaks-out-this-wednesday.htmlMTM Exec Board2009-11-24T01:25:41Z2009-11-24T01:25:41Z E-400x274-rihannaspeaksout

TUNE IN

"Rihanna Speaks Out: A Lifetime and 20/20 Special" on Wednesday, November 25, at 10 pm et/pt

Music superstar Rihanna speaks out to raise awareness about domestic violence inher exclusive emotional interview with Diane Sawyer , where she publicly reveals for the first time what happened last February with singer and ex-boyfriend Chris Brown.

During the in-depth interview, Rihanna talks candidly about the incident, which resulted in the couple's seemingly fairy-tale relationship being shattered and Brown being sentenced to community labor, five years probation and one year of domestic violence counseling.

Lifetime is also proud to provide Lifetime viewers with a special domestic-violence public service announcement from Kim Delaney, star of "Army Wives."

"Rihanna Speaks Out: A Lifetime and 20/20 Special" will encore on Lifetime Television on Wednesday, November 25, at 10:30 pm and Thursday, November 26, at 1 am and 1:30 am.

 

]]>Virtual philanthropy project for November 17, 2009http://axomtm.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/16/virtual-philanthropy-project-for-november-17-2009.htmlMTM Exec Board2009-11-17T00:34:08Z2009-11-17T00:34:08ZGratitude month continues! This week we focus on philanthropies that mean the most to Alpha Chi Omega sisters - and the gifts we receive through service. See the full post at http://ow.ly/CUeQ and then help us spread the word and our gratitude! Here's how:

On Twitter, tweet a message like this:

Saluting and thanking volunteers! Alpha Chi Omega gives and supports Service. http://ow.ly/CUeQ #AXO #gratitude

OR 

Meet #AXO's Real. Strong. Woman. of the Month! Stefanie founded a marrow donor non-profit. http://ow.ly/zQbt #gratitude

OR

Video: Through bone marrow donation you could save a life! Register today @BeTheMatch http://ow.ly/CUn9 #AXO #gratitude

OR

Do you have a philanthropy you devote your time and effort to? We appreciate you! Share your story http://ow.ly/CUeQ #AXO #gratitude 

On facebook,

use one of the tweets above as your status

OR

post a link directly to Perfect Match http://perfectmatchproject.org/
or Be the Match http://www.marrow.org  or just say thank you to your friends for the volunteer work they do. 

On email, send a link to this post to your friends, family members and Alpha Chi Omega sisters. 

Thank you for being a part of our weekly philanthropy project!

 

 

]]>Gratitude for the Opportunity to Servehttp://axomtm.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/16/gratitude-for-the-opportunity-to-serve.htmlMTM Exec Board2009-11-16T23:24:05Z2009-11-16T23:24:05ZContinuing our focus this month on gratitude: We're grateful for the opportunity to serve.

Domestic Violence Awareness and support for DV survivors is our Alpha Chi Omega national philanthropy and we've spent many a worthwhile week raising awareness about domestic violence. We've also talked about many of the great programs made possible by your contributions to the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation. But we also have room in our lives for other worthy causes. This week we focus on one that's important to many sisters and invite you to share your favorites (please comment below).

We believe that through giving our time and talent, we learn and grow. We become stronger and more compassionate. The rewards far outweigh the costs, and for that we are grateful!

We chose bone marrow donation to feature for 3 reasons: it's an easy way to save a life; we've been committed at MTM to signing up donors since 2007; and this month's Alpha Chi Omega Real. Strong. Woman. of the Month, Stefanie Sacknoff, with her mother created the non-profit Perfect Match Donor Match Project "to increase bone marrow matches and donations by encouraging registry at routine dental visits."

You can learn more at Stefanie's Perfect Match site http://perfectmatchproject.org/

or register to become a donor at Be The Match http://www.marrow.org/JOIN/index.html

This video is the story of Christine Pechera (her sister is a CWRU Alpha Chi). A bone marrow transplant saved Christine's life. 

 

Last week Alpha chapter co-hosted (with Delta Tau Delta) a bone marrow registration drive at DePauw. Read all about it here: http://media.www.thedepauw.com/media/storage/paper912/news/2009/11/10/News/Depauw.Wabash.Compete.To.Register.Bone.Marrow.Donors-3827536.shtml

Are you a bone marrow donor? Has your chapter had a donor drive? Share your story today!

What is your favorite service project? What gifts have you received from service to others?

]]>Support Teach for America this weekend!http://axomtm.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/11/support-teach-for-america-this-weekend.htmlMTM Exec Board2009-11-11T14:40:25Z2009-11-11T14:40:25ZAn easy way to support Teach for America and our CWRU Alpha Chi Omega sisters – Elyse ZU ’04 is a Teach For America alumna and Esther ZU ’06 is serving now!

To view this email as a web page, go here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHOP!  SAVE!  SUPPORT!

Dear friend,

Here's a great opportunity to support Teach For America while getting a jump on the holiday shopping season, or at least a new pair of jeans!

Teach For America has been selected as one of the primary charitable beneficiaries of the Gap's holiday Give & Get campaign. From Thursday, November 12th to Sunday, November 15th, you can receive 30% off any in-store purchase made at the Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy. 5% of your net purchases will benefit Teach For America. 

To take advantage of the opportunity, please visit this link www.teachforamerica.org/shopgap for a coupon to present at the point of check-out.

The Give & Get program has raised nearly $400,000 for Teach For America to date. Thanks so much for your continued support, and happy shopping!


Warm regards,
Heather Anichini


*Help us go viral*  Please share this coupon with family, friends, co-workers, neighbors and online networks. Simply pass on this URL: www.teachforamerica.org/shopgap

 

 
]]>Virtual philanthropy project for November 10, 2009http://axomtm.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/10/virtual-philanthropy-project-for-november-10-2009.htmlMTM Exec Board2009-11-10T16:27:24Z2009-11-10T16:27:24ZPlease join us this week as we say thank you to all our veterans and current members of the armed forces for their service to our nation. If you know an Alpha Chi Omega sister serving (or retired from) the military, today and tomorrow (Veterans' Day) is a great chance to say thank you. Many of you probably also have AXO sisters whose husbands, boyfriends, brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers or other family members are deployed, on active duty, in the reserves, and/or are veterans. These families make big sacrifices and deserve our gratitude. Take a minute to send them a note, post a message on facebook, or give them a call. It will make a difference to them!

Learn more about Alpha Chi Omega and Veterans' Day (and share your story) here http://ow.ly/B34Z and then join us in helping spread the word and our gratitude. Here's how:

On Twitter, tweet a message like this:

Thank you veterans and current members of the armed services! We appreciate you! #AXO #gratitude

OR 

Learn more about being a military family from #AXO columnist Brenna Berger http://ow.ly/B3c9 #AXO #gratitude

On facebook, use one of the above tweets as your status, or post thank you messages on your friends who serve in the military or who have family members serving.

On email, share this post with friends, family members and Alpha Chi Omega sisters!

Thank you! We're looking forward to focusing all month on things we as Alpha Chis are thankful for - see a preview at http://ow.ly/B3h5

 

]]>Veterans' Day Gratitude from Alpha Chi Omegahttp://axomtm.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/10/veterans-day-gratitude-from-alpha-chi-omega.htmlMTM Exec Board2009-11-10T15:42:52Z2009-11-10T15:42:52ZWe begin our month of #gratitude by thanking all our veterans and current members of the armed forces for their service to our nation. If you know an Alpha Chi Omega sister serving (or retired from) the military, today and tomorrow (Veterans' Day) is a great chance to say thank you. Many of you probably also have AXO sisters whose husbands, boyfriends, brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers or other family members are deployed, on active duty, in the reserves, and/or are veterans. These families make big sacrifices and deserve our gratitude. Take a minute to send them a note, post a message on facebook, or give them a call. It will make a difference to them!

Learn more about what it's like to be a military family from Iota Mu (Richmond) alumna Brenna Berger. She writes a column about her life as an Army wife for the Fayetteville Observer in North Carolina. Here is one our favorites http://www.fayobserver.com/Articles/2009/08/27/928077

Here's a little about Alpha Chi's history: From Alpha Chi Omega: The First Fifty Years:

No chapter of the fraternity failed to serve at the time of the country's greatest need. During the World War Alpha Chi Omegas everywhere, like their contemporaries in other fraternities, did all in their power to assist in wartime activities. Red Cross sewing, bandage making and knitting were done in all groups; entertainment for soldiers came from many a chapter, while one turned over its chapter house for government use... Clothing was made and sent to Belgium and to the Near East. From the alumnae were drawn many workers to fill positions in their own communities and in Washington that the war machinery might go on. Twenty-nine of the fraternity's members served their country overseas.

Read more about Alpha Chi Omega's war-time work and contributions here.

If you have a relationship with the military (as a servicewoman, or friend of family member of one), we'd love to hear your story! Please comment below! Thank you!

]]>November's virtual philanthropy theme: Thankfulnesshttp://axomtm.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/10/novembers-virtual-philanthropy-theme-thankfulness.htmlMTM Exec Board2009-11-10T15:30:08Z2009-11-10T15:30:08ZFor the remaining Tuesdays in November (and potentially into December as well) we'll be focusing on things we are thankful for as Alpha Chi Omegas. 

First with Veterans' Day this week we thank all our veterans as well as our current service men and women. We'll take a look at Alpha Chi Omegas serving in the armed forces as well as sisters with family members protecting our nation and our freedoms. This is a great time as well to look back on some of the ways Alpha Chi Omegas have worked to support the military over our 124 year history. We hope you'll join us to show our gratitude!

In future weeks, we'll thank all our sisters who devote parts of their lives to service to others. This is a great tradition in Alpha Chi and we look forward to shining the spotlight on a few special projects. We'd also like to recognize our sisters who are entrepreneurs - their work building their businesses provides jobs, opportunities and ultimately strengthens our nation's economy. [If you have a business or a service project you'd like us to recognize, please comment below, thanks!] We're also grateful for our good health and for the gifts of family and friendships. 

What are you grateful for? We'd love to hear your thoughts!

]]>Virtual philanthropy project for November 3, 2009http://axomtm.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/2/virtual-philanthropy-project-for-november-3-2009.htmlMTM Exec Board2009-11-03T00:46:27Z2009-11-03T00:46:27ZIt's a milestone for the Alpha Chi Omega weekly virtual philanthropy project - today marks our 26th week (half a year!) of working together to support and promote the causes we care about. 

We'd like to thank Mu Tau Mu alumnae chapter for hosting our projects each week by shining the spotlight on two of their Domestic Violence Awareness projects - Shop for DVA and Music for DVA. Each of these webpages presents a variety of great items that support and benefit domestic violence shelters and programs. Please check them out and keep them in mind as you make your holiday wish list! They'd also make wonderful gifts for friends, relatives and Alpha Chi sisters.

Then we hope you'll join us to help spread the word 
On Twitter, post a message like this:

Looking for meaningful gifts? Shop for #DVA and make a difference! http://ow.ly/yKQl #AXO #DVA #charitytuesday

OR

What's on your holiday wish list? Why not ask for items that promote #DVA! http://ow.ly/yKQl #AXO #charitytuesday

OR

This holiday season, give a gift that benefits a #DVA shelter or program! http://ow.ly/yKQl #AXO #charitytuesday

 

On facebook,

use one of the tweets above as your status

OR

post a link directly to Shop for DVA - http://axomtm.squarespace.com/shop-for-dva or Music for DVA - http://axomtm.squarespace.com/music-for-dva - you can even choose your favorite product to use as the thumbnail photo on your facebook page!

On email, send a link to this post to your friends, family members and Alpha Chi Omega sisters. 

Thank you all for your participation each week and for making a difference for domestic violence awareness! Here's to another successful and meaningful 26 weeks!

P.S. Thank you @craftsquatch (via @mashable) for the cute social media pillow graphics - check out Craftsquatch's Etsy Store http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6956228

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