ANNUAL NEWSLETTER 2015-2016 Sensational! 2016-2017 Even better! THEME FOR 2016-2017 FUN AND FRIENDSHIP! MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT It must be the middle of the summer-I see the Street & Smith College football magazine on my husband's desk. The anticipation of another football season is in the air. This past year, football was a focus for some of our chapter activities-the September tail gate party at the Okatie Ale House, meeting Jon Brown from the Nittany Lion Club, sponsoring a bus trip to the Taxslayer Bowl game in Jacksonville, and highlighting the year by showing the documentary "The Joe We Know" at our annual Luncheon. The film was powerful! Powerful because the message "student first, athlete second, and always with Honor" was emphasized by every player in the film. Most of us were not student athletes, but those standards were ingrained in all of us-I don't know how, but it was. It makes us all very proud of our degree(s), our University's accomplishments, our graduation
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ANNUAL NEWSLETTER
2015-2016 Sensational!
2016-2017 Even better!
THEME FOR 2016-2017FUN AND FRIENDSHIP!
MESSAGE FROM THE
PRESIDENT It must be the middle of the summer-I see
the Street & Smith College football magazine
on my husband's desk. The anticipation of
another football season is in the air.
This past year, football was a focus for some of our chapter
activities-the September tail gate party at the Okatie Ale
House, meeting Jon Brown from the Nittany Lion Club,
sponsoring a bus trip to the Taxslayer Bowl game in
Jacksonville, and highlighting the year by showing the
documentary "The Joe We Know" at our annual Luncheon. The
film was powerful! Powerful because the message "student
first, athlete second, and always with Honor" was emphasized
by every player in the film. Most of us were not student
athletes, but those standards were ingrained in all of us-I don't
know how, but it was. It makes us all very proud of our
The Big 10 Group Continues to Grow on Island. Their activities
include a Fall Picnic (Sunday Sept. 18
4-6:30pm), Pedal for Kids, Cookies for
Troops, and an annual Golf
Tournament. Enthusiasm for the Big 10
is good for all of us!
2015-2016 EVENTS:
Okatie Ale House Kick Off
Tailgate Sept 12, 2015PSU defeats Buffalo 27-14. Thanksto the Okatie Ale House for hostingus, and thank you to all the fans thatcame out and together, cheered theteam on to victory.
Meet and Greet with Jon Brown, Nittany Lion Club director
Bowl Game Bus trip to Taxslayer Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida Jan. 2 PSU vs Georgia
Super Bowl Sunday Annual
5k benefiting thonOver $4,000 raised-Woo Hoo
Wine Tasting Feb 25
Behrend Tennis Team
participated in the spring tournament
on HHI March 8. The
Chapter provided court time and
a picnic afterwards.
Annual Luncheon Saturday, April 2
The Joe We Know-WOW!!!! Many thanks to Brian and Nina
Hand for all their efforts to make this happen!
Service Project Wednesday, April 20, 2016The Chapter provided manpower to prepare the grounds for the Annual Art Showat Honey Horn Plantation/CoastalDiscovery Museum