A successful year with Eta Pi

As we look back on 2015, we have a lot to be proud of and celebrate this year in Eta Pi!

Our 4th Annual Golf Outing on September 23rd with Claude and Annie's Restaurant at River Glen Country Club in Fishers was a great success!  It was a lot of fun and the ladies of Eta Pi worked really hard to make sure the event ran silky smooth.  Here are some picture highlights from the event.

Sara and Monica were super pumped to get the golfers to participate in the door prize drawings and the 50/50 raffle.

Our president Sue helped to make sure everything was running smoothly at the food station.

Kelly and Lynette waited patiently for the golfers to arrive.

Emma, DeOn, and Jennifer made sure the food was ready for the golfers.

The Eta Pi team at River Glen Country Club.

The golf outing was a huge success and we raised $11,455 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital! A special thanks to chapter member Kelly Hansan for organizing this amazing event.

Kelly Hansan, Bill Smythe, Tammy Bryant, and the St. Jude representative came to our November meeting to accept the check for St. Jude!

The whole Eta Pi chapter was so excited to present the check to St. Jude! Hard work paid off!

We were also able to take on a couple of new philanthropic adventures this fall.  We collected and sorted clothes for Agape Families for Kingdom's Kloset. Kingdom’s Kloset is an outreach program addressing the immediate clothing needs of children in foster care. Children usually leave abusive home situations on very short notice, and their possessions are often limited to what they can hold in their small arms. Agape Families collects clothing donations from area residents and businesses and organizes volunteers to put together personalized, handmade duffle bags containing a week’s worth of new or gently-used clothing and a Prayer Bear.  It is a really worthy cause and we were so excited to get involved this year.

Our chapter enjoying a fun night of friendship and food while working together to sort clothes for Kingdom's Kloset.

Kelly, Courtney, and Amy working to sort clothes for Agape Families.

We were also able to partner with HVAF of Indiana to collect much needed items for the 7th Annual Winter Warm-Up campaign for Homeless Veterans.  Jenni Russ and Ashley Wallace spearheaded the campaign for Hope for Heroes and worked hard to organize and collect the items.  With the help from the community we were able to collect over $2,700 worth of supplies for homeless men and women.

Ashley Wallace at the Zionsville Library with the items donated for Hope for Heroes.

Jenni Russ at the Akard Hardware with items collected for Hope for Heroes.

We finished off the year with a fundraising night at Global Gifts for Easter Seals!  We also had a fantastic December chapter meeting with a delicious pitch-in and fun and games.  The Saran wrap ball was amazing fun!

We had a great turn out at Global Gifts while learning about the amazing people who create the items in the store.

Amy showing off her mad Saran ball skills!

Some tag team action between Sara, Ashley, and Courtney with the Saran wrap ball!

Kelly warming up for some Saran Wrap ball fun!

Jenni's method was to attack the ball with all of her might....and she did spectacular!

We have had a great year and we can't wait to see what 2016 has in store!

Happy New Year from Eta Pi Fishers!