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Welcome to the Memphis Area Alumni Chapter website.
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Matt Griffin
Our brother and friend, Matt Griffin, was diagnosed with ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) this past May 2007. While he continues to make strides in his fight, he still needs your support. Click here to read more at his caring bridge site.

Below is a message from Ashlea Montgomery in part thanks to all who partcipated in the August 10th fundraiser and in part to show how you can still help.

"I just wanted to thank so many of you for coming to the fundraiser this past Friday night in honor of your brother, Matthew Griffin. There were so many of you!!! :) Thank you for supporting the spaghetti dinner and silent auction. We were already able to raise $8,000 dollars. Many of you donated items to be auctioned and I so appreciated that as did Matthew and his family. You can click here and go to the "Journal" section to read his letter of appreciation. You can also sign on to leave him a message. If you haven't signed his "guest book," please let me encourage you to do that. He is checking the site daily and it encourages him so much. He is actually starting his 3rd round of chemo today.

I am still being contacted as to how people can help. There are actually a couple of ways. First, we will continue to accept donations made out to "The Marrow Foundation" and put Matthew Griffin in the memo section. This is his own personal account through the NMDP (National Marrow Donor Program)and will help fund our donor drive on August 25th. You can mail those to: Ashlea Montgomery 45 Balmoral Court Eads, TN 38028. The second way you can help is to attend our donor drive. Again, that will be held on Saturday, August 25, 2007 from 10am-2pm. This is the same location where the auction/dinner was held. First Assembly of God/(FACS)First Assembly Christian School, 8650 Walnut Grove Road. Memphis, TN. The cost is 1/2 price for the first 100 people to be tested then $52 per person. We will use the fundraising money until it is exhausted. Our goal is to have many, many, many people tested. Again, thank you so much for your love, prayers, support and donations.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me."

Sincerely,

Ashlea Montgomery
Fundraising/Donor Drive Co-Chair
ashlea.montgomery@youthvillages.org 901-351-1679

Memphis Area Alumni Golf Tournament
In support of the undergraduate Chapter at the University of Memphis, the Alumni Chapter is sponsoring a golf tournament at Wedgewood on Thursday, October 26th at 2:00 p.m. The cost will be $300 a team for this 4-man scramble which will include range balls, beverage cart on the course, and dinner following the tournament. There will also be prizes for various contests, including longest drive and closest to the pin. In addition, to support this Derby Days event, the sororities will be helping in this fundraising effort for Special Olympics.

Andrew Ruhland will be sending packets out to the teams separately, so please contact him if you would like to field a team. Andrew can be reached at 901.409.5152 or by email at aruhland@isitn.com.

Epsilon Kappa Wins Peterson and Legion of Honor Awards
The University of Memphis chapter of Sigma Chi International Fraternity has won its third straight Peterson Award, the highest honor the fraternity bestows on an individual chapter. Only five to 10 percent of the 220 Sigma Chi chapters receive this recognition. The award was presented at the Balfour Leadership Training Workshop, attended by more than 1,700 Sigma Chi students from across North America, including 14 from the U of M.

Additionally, the Memphis chapter received the Legion of Honor Award, given to the top five chapters for academic excellence. This is the first time the Memphis chapter has received the Legion of Honor and the seventh time it has received the Peterson.

International Sweetheart Amy Jackson, a U of M alumna, also attended the workshop. She participated in the discussion groups and spoke to the entire workshop.

Source: University News, Gabrielle Maxey

Epsilon Kappa brings home Annual Greek awards

Congratulations to Epsilon Kappa for bringing home four honors from the Annual Greek awards, including the All Greek Programming Board Chapter of the Year.

In addition to the chapter award, Jesse Brown was named the IFC new initiate of the year, and Chris Hawk was named the prestigious Greek Man of the Year. Also, Robert Huber won the IFC Centennial Award.

U of M Alumna Named International Sigma Chi Sweetheart
Amy Jackson, a recent University of Memphis graduate, was selected by Sigma Chi Fraternity as its new International Sweetheart at the fraternity's Grand Chapter meeting last month in Cincinnati, where the fraternity celebrated its 150th anniversary.

Jackson was one of three finalists for the honor. Candidates are selected on the basis of their involvement with their university campuses and local Sigma Chi chapters, their community service, academic performance, character, and personality.

Jackson is also the sweetheart of the U of M Sigma Chi chapter and the reigning Miss University of Memphis. She was awarded the Gov. Ned McWherter Scholarship, and she was a finalist for the prestigious Truman Scholarship last year. She was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa honor society and graduated summa cum laude. She is employed with the marketing department at ALSAC/St. Jude.