Bee the Future of Education

The 2024-2025 Fundraising Campaign is now in full swing!  Chapter presidents and ADSOEF liaisons are busily sharing the theme of Bee the Future of Education with their members and encouraging them to donate to the ADSOEF fund of their choice.  The Fundraising Committee is excitedly preparing for the fall fundraising appeal that runs from National Philanthropy Day on November 15th through Giving Tuesday on December 3rd.  With the help of two anonymous donors, last year’s campaign raised almost $6,000 during this time frame to help fund grants, fellowships, classroom/community projects, and scholarships.  With Giving Tuesday being later this year, the campaign has been extended a week.  Let’s make good use of the additional time for the future of education by contributing to one of the many ADSOEF funds!

The bar has been raised!  The goal for this year is $10,000.87.  It’s also important to remember this is the 87th birthday of OSO. So, when donating, just add an additional $0.87 to reflect the many years that our State Organization has been serving education in Ohio and throughout the world.  As you contribute, you may wish to honor or remember a special person in your life.  So far, the amount donated from July1, 2024, through September 30, 2024, stands at $1,009.87. 

This is a good BEEginning, but much work is still ahead of us!  Let’s join to Bee the Future of Education!

The ADSOEF Fundraising Committee

Joan Avery, Chi

Holly Buente, Gamma Pi

Nancy Russell, Beta Kappa

Linda Diltz, Beta Rho, Co-chairman

Barb Zirke, Alpha Psi, Co-chairman

ADSOEF Contribution Form

*The ADSOEF mission is to promote excellence in education by awarding scholarships, grants, and fellowships for the professional and personal growth of members and nonmembers. 

Three Educational Services Awards are Available…Apply today!

The Educational Services Committee currently oversees three awards: 

• The Individual/Classroom/Community Projects Fund provides up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) in financial support for educational projects that fund targeted learners in non-profit settings and community-based projects.
• The Leadership Fund provides support to members for expenses related to developing leadership knowledge, skills or experiences and provides support to members for expenses specifically related to non-profit leadership or board participation.
• The Lifelong Learning Fund provides support to members for expenses which encourage the ongoing, voluntary and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons.

CREATE CHANGE in your leadership skills, your pursuit of lifelong learning, and/or your individual/classroom and/or community projects! Apply today for a grant for a classroom project, a professional development workshop, or a graduate-level course! The applications can be found at www.adsoef.org under Applications and Forms. They are fillable forms, so you can type the information online, save it to your files, and then email it to the Educational Services chairman, Chris Snoddy (ckvs@sprynet.com). 

Educational Excellence Committee

Chris Snoddy, Alpha Lambda, Chairman

Lona Bowman, Delta Kappa

Karen Dunn, Alpha Psi

JoAnn Krock,  Zeta

M. Kathryn McClendon, Zeta

Candace Haudenschild, Alpha Psi

*Dr. Molly Helmlinger, Beta Kappa

* Serves as liaison for both OSO and ADSOEF  

ADSOEF Needs You!!

Before we know it, the election of directors for ADSOEF will be upon us!   Serving as a director for this wonderful organization is a privilege.   Here are a few reasons you will want to consider applying for a director’s position:

• Opportunities for promoting our mission and purposes.
• Active role in assuring that the Foundation’s legal and ethical integrity is preserved.
• Serve as advocates for ADSOEF to Ohio chapters.
•  Assist in fundraising and thus assuring ADSOEF and its mission will be able to continue far into the future.
• Witnessing the funds of ADSOEF being used to enrich educational excellence.

Our Bylaws governing the election of directors have changed.  We will be electing three (3) directors for a two-year (2) term starting in July 2025 and ending July 2027 and two (2) directors for a three-year (3) term starting in July 2025 and ending July 2028.  This rotation of length of terms will allow for a smoother transition of directors.  

We need your help to insure continued excellence in ADSOEF.  Please join us by applying for a director’s position!  You may apply for a two-year term or a three-year term.  (Applications will be available on the ADSOEF website after October 30, 2024.)

Nominations Committee

Debby Canter, Delta Epsilon

Nancy Waters, Alpha Psi

Hannah Fairbanks, Gamma Theta

Tammy Schroeder, Beta Eta, Chairman

A Message from Della Kartika Sari

Dear DKG Ladies 

I hope this message finds you all in good health. I want to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude for the support you have given me during my journey to earn my PhD. I am especially grateful for the generous assistance provided through the A. Margaret Boyd Fellowship in 2022-2023. Marilyn Slusser and committee members, thank you for selecting me as one of the Fellowship recipients. I also want to personally thank you, Marilyn, for your constant presence, kindness, love, and friendship. I will always remember the after-dinner calls and the laughter we shared. May you be blessed abundantly. 

As I approach the final semester of my coursework this fall, I am enthusiastically preparing for my qualifying exam in spring 2025. It is remarkable how swiftly two years have passed. Your support has been instrumental in enabling me to participate in academic conferences, publish my research, and conduct a pilot project. I am pleased to report the successful completion of my pilot project, which involved collaborating with Indonesian educators in five schools to explore classroom assessment as a relational practice. This research aims to emphasize the emotional dimensions of students' experiences and highlights that assessment should be a tool for facilitating learning and fostering connections rather than merely measuring abilities. I am excited about the impact this will have on their classrooms.

I also want to extend my sincere gratitude to the Gamma Phi chapter in Cincinnati for your endless friendship, sisterhood, and support for both my daughter and me. I fondly remember when she first arrived in Cincinnati and how you welcomed her with love and provided support for her school uniform and supplies. Your kindness truly touched our hearts and reinforced the idea that sisterhood is everlasting. Even after my graduation and return to Indonesia, I am committed to remaining a member of the Gamma Phi chapter. The lessons I’ve learned from all of you—compassion, hard work, and the empowerment of women educators—will always guide my professional and pedagogical values. Diana Haskell, our current president, thank you for being my mentor. You are the role model of a woman with leadership and wisdom. 

Finally, ladies, words fail to fully convey the depth of my gratitude. Thank you once again for your unwavering support and encouragement. I am incredibly honored to be part of the DKG family. God bless you.

With warmest regards

Della Kartika Sari 

Into the Future…Important Dates to Remember!

October 21, 2024 – 7:00 p.m.

ADSOEF Board of Directors Meeting

October 28, 2024 - 6:30 p.m.

Governance Committee Meeting

November 6, 2024 – 6:30 p.m.

Fundraising Committee Meeting

November 15, 2024

Foundation Matters arrives in your email

November 15, 2024

National Philanthropy Day

November 18, 2024 – 7:00 p.m.

ADSOEF Board of Directors Meeting

November 28, 2024

Happy Thanksgiving

December 3, 2024

Giving Tuesday

December 9, 2024 - 6:30 p.m.

Fundraising Committee Meetting

December 15, 2024

Foundation Matters arrives in your email

December 25, 2024

Happy Holidays!!