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September 30, 2010

At this time, you should have received your chapter's fall mailing and rebate. Please contact your Regional Chapter Coordinator at HQ if you have not yet received the packet. We would appreciate your help in completing a brief survey , so we can make the fall mailing better for you!

Report Reminders:

The Chapter Planning Report is due tomorrow, October 1st! This report is valuable to your RCC's service to your chapter!

Please make sure your Officer Report is complete! If it is not yet filled out, your officers are missing valuable information from Headquarters. Please follow these instructions and visit the Web Portal today!

Although the deadline for the Annual Financial Report was August 1, the report is still available to fill out. Please complete it ASAP!

Start making plans to be there!

Mark your calendar for November 3-5, 2011 in Indianapolis, Indiana!
The biggest celebration in Kappa Delta Pi's history is fast-approaching, and you won't want to miss it! Start making plans for you, your colleagues, and your students to join thousands of other members from around the globe as they gather at the Crossroads of America.

Counselors: get your chapter members involved in Centennial Celebration events and prepare to lead a delegation to Indianapolis.
• Learn about the opportunity to submit an essay in KDP's Centennial Celebration Essay Contest.
• Check out the Crossroads of Excellence video.
• Short on funds? Discover some innovative and fun ideas for fund-raising with your local chapter.

You and your chapter members are Kappa Delta Pi. This is your chance of a lifetime to celebrate 100 years of educational excellence!

Follow the Kappa Delta Pi Centennial Celebration on Facebook.

Visit the Centennial Celebration site often for the latest updates.

Literacy Alive! is Changing!
Kappa Delta Pi chose Literacy Alive! as the national community service project. We know you do great events in your communities and we want to share the news. This year, KDP will start a resource bank of highlighting all of the great events and programs across the country and the globe. And thanks to your votes, Literacy Alive! is one of the five finalists in the Tom's of Maine Campaign 50 States for Good. With funds from this campaign, Literacy Alive! can reach even greater heights and more people.

So watch the Web and KDP newsletters for updated guidelines, program ideas, and the application. Until then, revisit 2010 and 2009 events to kindle ideas for your chapter's project and add these deadlines to your calendar:
Dec. 3: Register your chapter to participate in Literacy Alive!
April 1: Complete you Literacy event or project.
April 15: Submit a Completion Report about your project or event.

A Big Thank You...
to everyone who made the Northeast iLead conference a success. A special thank you to the Zeta Nu chapter at Arcadia University in Glenside, PA, for hosting the event. Energized participants walked away from the conference with new confidence and skills to make their educational visions a reality.

The next iLead conference is October 1-2 at St. Edward's University in Austin, TX. Go to the KDP Web site to find out more about this new leadership initiative.

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.