The world should be a better place because Kappa Alpha Theta exists.
Adelaide MacDonald Sinclair
Sigma/Toronto, Fraternity president, 1936-1942
Theta Service - Then and Now
The following images reflect the myriad ways Thetas have, over the years, contributed on an international level in the U.S. and Canada, in our communities, and to the Fraternity and Theta Foundation.
Theta Service Through the Years
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1916
Scholarship Fund, 1916
Scholarship Fund of Kappa Alpha Theta, Report, 1916
Los Angeles alumnae established the fund in 1906 to support scholarships for Kappa Alpha Theta members, the first national philanthropy project of the Fraternity.
Jun 1st, 1917
Knitting for War Effort, 1917
Knitting for the War Effort, 1917 Grand Convention, Charlevoix, Mich.
Grand Convention attendees knitted for the Red Cross at all Convention activities. Marie Davis Thomson, Alpha Iota/Washington-St. Louis, with her red, cross-shaped knitting bag.
1936
DePauw Memorial Library Fund, 1936
DePauw Memorial Library Fund, 1936
Established by the 1922 Grand Convention from funds remaining after World War I projects, the fund provided money to purchase books for the library on the topic of vocations for women. The first books were given in 1925. Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation continues to support the purchase of books to this day.
1942
Book Collection, 1942
Collecting Books for the Victory Book Campaign, 1942
Theta college and alumnae chapters participated in many home-front efforts during World War II. Pictured, Rho/Nebraska depositing their collected books.
1943
Merchant Marine Ship Library, 1943
Merchant Marine Ship Library Donated, 1943
Theta funded six libraries for Merchant Marine ships, each named after Thetas who had died in service to their country during the war. Eleanor Campbell Nate, Beta Beta/Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, and member of the U.S. Women's Army Corps, died in 1942.
1950
Foster Parents
Foster Parent's Plan for War Children, 1950s
Many college and alumnae chapters sponsored a child through the Foster Parent’s Plan for War Children. The Fraternity participated from 1942-1973, and by 1964 had raised more than $111,000 to assist more than 600 children.
1956
Friendship Fund
Friendship Fund Collection by the Spokane Alumnae Chapter, 1956
Colleen Cooke Heideman, Alpha Lambda/Washington, Shirley Jane McBride Pettis Pozzi, Alpha Sigma/Washington State, and Patricia Sheely Conley, Alpha Sigma/Washington State. The Friendship Fund was established in 1926 to assist Thetas in need. Annual collections still take place.
1963
Memphis Alumnae Chapter, 1963
Memphis Alumnae Chapter Fundraiser, 1963
Catherine Dyer Wise Harrison and Mary Ann Hodge Fisher, Alpha Eta/Vanderbilt, Jeanne Pauley Smith Broemmelsick, Alpha Iota/Washington-St. Louis, cooked favorite recipes. The event and resulting cookbook raised funds for the Institute of Logopedics and a local charity.
1966
Theta Foundation Table
Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation Table at the 1966 Grand Convention.
Virginia Ford Hood, Alpha Omicron/Oklahoma, Theta Foundation membership chairman enrolled Marian MacDonald, Gamma Omega/Auburn.
1968
Western Ontario
Painting the Campus Tunnel, 1968
Gamma Epsilon/Western Ontario members, alongside other students, participated in a campus improvement project.
1986
Institute of Logopedics, 1986
$1 million for the Institute of Logopedics, 1986
Selected as Theta’s national philanthropy in 1946, the Institute, now known as Heartspring, serves those with communication disorders. In 1986, Kappa Alpha Theta reached the $1 million mark in cash donations to the Institute.
2010
Upsilon Service,
CASA Fundraiser, 2010s
Theta college, including Upsilon/Minnesota, and alumnae chapters find many ways to raise funds to support both their local CASA groups and the national CASA organization.
2012
CASA Walk, 2012 Grand Convention, Tucson, Ariz.
CASA Walk at 2012 Grand Convention
Convention attendees enjoyed walking in Tucson to raise funds for CASA.
2014
CASA Walk, 2014 Grand Convention
Grand Convention attendees in Orlando, Fla., gathered in the early morning.
2015
Spokane Area Alumnae on Day of Service, 2015
Spokane-area Thetas participated in the 2015 Day of Service.
2016
Alumnae Service Trip, 2016
Participants in the first Alumnae Service Trip worked at projects around New Orleans, La., including planting trees in the St. Bernard Wetland. Pictured, left to right: Erin Wood, Upsilon/Wisconsin, Yasaman Karimianpour, Epsilon Sigma/UC Irvine, and Mary Katherine Kronzer, Gamma/Butler.
