Greetings from Bloomington!
So far it’s been a great year here at the home of the Hoosiers. Last fall, Rho welcomed two new initiates into the chapter after the pair blazed through the prospective member requirements and Degrees with flying colors. The active Sisters of Rho also had a productive semester. The Sisters returned to IU in the fall looking to return Rho to its roots in service and get the chapter back on firm financial footing. The chapter accomplished both, organizing a toy drive for children at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and gaining an unexpected windfall from the sale of several boxes of extra t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats and scrub pants which had been stored in the chapter room after their sales had ended. In one weekend of sales the chapter sold nearly the entire supply of leftover goods for pure profit gaining unexpected but much-needed funds.
As the spring semester begins amid sub-freezing temperatures and flooding, the Sisters once again look for a return to service within the band department and the Bloomington community. For the first time, joint recruitment week with our brothers of Alpha Zeta will feature a joint service project with our prospective members: gathering together to clean Marching Hundred Hall, which is in great need of some spit and polish after marching season. We have our work cut out for us! The executive board is united in their commitment to making service the central activity of our organization once again. We are even restructuring our exec board and committee chairs to make Music Service and Development an executive office, not just a committee chair. Plans are also being drawn up for major service projects for later in the semester. Some ideas in the works include building a house for Habitat for Humanity and possibly organizing a supply drive to help victims of the deadly tsunami that has ravaged Southeast Asia. All of this remains to be seen, of course, but the semester has only just begun and as the weeks go on the Rho chapter will only continue to make a difference in service, in the Department of Bands, Bloomington and the North Central District.
Respectfully Submitted in the Bond,
Catherine Page
Corresponding Secretary
The Rho Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma
Indiana University
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