Join us to celebrate Founder's Day on March 5 at the University of Illinois where the Society was founded 100 years ago on March 8, 1911 by Dr. William Chandler Bagley.  Please RSVP online or by calling 800-284-3167. March 1 is the registration deadline. If you attend, you have a chance to win a complementary registration to Convo 2011!  

The program will be streamed LIVE starting at 12:45 p.m. from the KDP Web site. Be there as we cherish our past, celebrate the present, and create the future!

Spring Initiations
In the next few months many chapters will host spring initiations. As you start planning for this event, think of ideas to make this a meaningful experience for members. Need ideas? Check out the Initiation Guidebook online.

Other resources at your fingertips: Ceremony Booklet Template and  the Society Certificate Template

Don't forget to use the revised Initiation Cover Sheet and list two-year members on the second sheet.

Thanks for all you do for Kappa Delta Pi!

Chapter Rebate Policy

Chapters are asked to deposit their rebate check as soon as possible. We will re-issue rebate checks upon request within 1 year of the original issue date. If checks are not cashed within the 1-year time frame, all money is forfeited.
a.  If KDP Headquarters does not receive the original check:
          i. The chapter will be required to pay $25.00 for a stop-payment fee, plus a $5.00 administrative processing fee.
          ii. Original check amount must be $35.00 or more to be re-issued.
b.  If Headquarters receives the original check:
          i. The chapter will be required to pay $5.00 for the administrative processing fee.
          ii. Original check amount must be $10.00 or more to be re-issued.

Two Months Left to Meet the Chapter Challenge! TOGETHER, WE WILL REACH OUR GOAL.  
The KDP Educational Foundation has challenged each chapter to raise at least $150 by May 12, 2011 to help support the Foundation's programs, such as scholarships, classroom teacher grants, Literacy Alive! grants, and professional development opportunities.

Thank you to the chapters who have already completed the Challenge!
Questions? Check-out the Chapter Challenge Web Section or contact the Foundation at foundation@kdp.org

The Educational Foundation is rolling-out a new powerful tool to help your Chapter meet its fund-raising goals. KDP's FirstGiving Web page is an easy-to-use, online awareness framework that can link to your members' social network page and provide a way to meet and exceed your Chapter Challenge, Chapter Scholarship, or Convo goals. View our FirstGiving KDP page at www.firstgiving.com/kdp and register for the March 23 information session that runs 7-7:30 p.m. EST.

To sign up, please visit https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/712279587. The session also will be recorded and available after March 23rd for those unable to participate in the live session.

Make sure your officers are receiving The Leader! To receive this essential KDP information, officers must be listed on the Officer Report through the Web Portal. If necessary, please forward The Leader to the appropriate officers.