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Our Volunteers Rock!
National Volunteer Week is ‘celebrated’ the second week of April annually. The Circle of Sisterhood Foundation is run ENTIRELY on volunteers and we believe a week, just doesn’t cut it! Karyn Nishimura Sneath is the CEO of NPower, a proud … Continue reading
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Graduates: Share Your Blessings, Save the World
Graduation is my favorite time of year on a college campus. Caps and gowns. Pomp and circumstance. Memories and expectations. It’s a season of promise that leads us into the future together, and when the faculty procession begins each Spring, … Continue reading
The Power of “Sorority Girls”
The Southeastern Panhellenic Association (SEPA) has supported the Circle of Sisterhood in various ways and adopted the Foundation as the primary philanthropy for the annual conference this year. The Foundation’s founder Ginny Carroll attended the conference with a small team of … Continue reading
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Q & A with NPHC President Jennifer Jones
Jennifer M. Jones (aka JJ) is currently serving as the 33rd National President of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. The NPHC is composed of nine International Greek letter Sororities and Fraternities and promotes interaction among these organizations. Jones has previously … Continue reading
New Labels, New Hope
Many of the professional women connected to sorority members gathered together last month at the Association for Fraternity and Sorority Advisors annual meeting. Yet again, I was reminded of why I’m building a personal connection to the Circle of Sisterhood. … Continue reading
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Finding the Philanthropist Within
What is your definition of a “philanthropist?” Do you conjure up thoughts of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, billionaires committed to changing healthcare and poverty globally? Do you think of men like Rockefeller or Carnegie, industrialists who made so much … Continue reading
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Raising a Philanthropist
When the shock of a twin pregnancy wore off and I did my gender-finding ultrasound to discover two girls, my husband’s mind immediately went to the financial woes of raising girls-proms, college, weddings AND shoes! My concerns went somewhere different-I … Continue reading
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You Don’t Choose Your Birthplace…
“You never know where you could have been born”. I heard this statement on a regular basis throughout my childhood. My parents recited it so my siblings and I would begin to understand we were lucky. They wanted us to … Continue reading
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Global Adventure Changes Perspective
Why did I join the Circle of Sisterhood Board of Trustees? First reason, the founder of the organization, Ginny Carroll asked me, and people have a hard time saying no to her. Secondly, in 2006 I quit my job and … Continue reading
