Welcome to the Gamma Chi Chapter web page! The Gamma Chi Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (DKG) consists of dedicated women educators. Located in rural Warren County, the Gamma Chi Chapter is in Region III and is part of the North Carolina State Organization of DKG. Warren County is in north central North Carolina bordering the state of Virginia and sharing two beautiful lakes with that state.

Gamma Chi Chapter received the
Order of the Rose Achievement Award and the Communications Excellence Award at the 2023 NC DKG Convention

Eight Members receive the Shirley White Professional Development Grant


May 16, 2023 - Eight members received the Gamma Chi Shirley White Professional Devel-opment Grant to enable them to attend the 2023 NC DKG Convention. Pictured on the front row from left are Gail Coleman, Evelyn Hall and Shirley White. Pictured from left on the back row are Debra Clayton, Sallye Duncan, Sheila Robertson, Nancy Tunstall and Dr. Sylvia Alston. White was honored for her 50+ years of membership in DKG at the December 2021 meeting of the Gamma Chi Chapter and received over $1,000 in donations to the Gamma Chi Scholarship Fund from members in her honor. Members continue to contribute to the scholarship fund in her honor.



Nancy Blankenship Grant-in-Aid Recipients


For the 2023-2024 School Year - Two $500 Nancy Blank-enship Grant-in-Aid Awards were presented to, from left to right, Heidy Labra-Franco and Holly Hughes.  Nancy Blankenship was a charter member of the Gamma Chi Chapter before her death in 2010. These awards are made possible by the Blankenship family in memory of their mother.

Josephine Myrick Grant-in-Aid Recipient

For the 2023-2024 School Year - Robin Edwards received the $500 Josephine Myrick Grant-in-Aid Award. The award is named for Josephine Myrick, the mother of President Dr. Sylvia Alston. Each year Myrick makes and donates a crocheted afghan for the members to raffle in order to raise money for the Gamma Chi Scholarship Fund. For her efforts, she has been named an honorary DKG member.

 


Next Meeting

6:00 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2024
St. Paul's Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 114 Poplar Mount Road, Norlina, NC 27563
See the next Gamma Chi Newsletter for details

 

Gamma Chi Chapter
(taken May 12, 2022)

 
 

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