Chapter Updates
SandSlam
4th Annual Volleyball Tournament
September 12, 2009
1:00pm
Beach Volleyball Courts
Benefits the Make A Wish Foundation
Email sandslam.chio@gmail.com for more information
Contact Us
Chi Omega
Eta Lambda
4410 Massachusetts Ave NW
Pmb 130
Washington, DC 20016-5561


chiomegaetalambda@yahoo.com
Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is Chi Omega Fraternity's National Philanthropy. Since the start of our alliance, Chi Omegas have made a difference in many children's lives through volunteering time, talents, and dollars. The Make-A-Wish Foundation has honored Chi Omega for the incredible volunteer efforts of our members.


Eta Lambda has donated over 300 Hourss and $13,993 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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Our Story
It all began on April 5, 1895, at the University of Arkansas when four young women, with the help of a local dentist, established the secrets and symbolism that today bind over 260,000 women. This small band of women founded Chi Omega after realizing a need for an organization that would foster both friendship and respect for the potential and inherent value of women. Over the years, Chi Omega has provided its members with unique opportunities in leadership, scholarship, and lifelong friendship - striving to provide each Sister with a commitment to personal integrity, excellence in academic and intellectual pursuits, intergenerational participation, community service, leadership opportunities and social enrichment.
Recruitment
Chi Omega is FUN! Every year, over 5,000 young women across America join the largest women’s fraternity in the world for sisterhood and lifelong friendships.



Recruitment is over for the Spring but stay on the look out for Spring 2010 Recruitment! For More Information Email: Allison Ghegan at chiomegaetalambda@yahoo.com

For more information on American University Greek Life please visit: www.american.edu/greeklife

Sisters Flourish

Divya Baliga PC '09 is a shining example of sisters flourishing outside of Chi Omega. She is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society. She is Scholarship on Cardinal Cabinet. This summer Divya helped put on a conventionm for Konkani Youth that docused on building the Konkani community and perserving their heritage.



Symbols
Chi Omega’s symbols are a visual representation of our purposes and ideals.



Colors: Cardinal and Straw

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Flower: White Carnation

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Mascot: Owl

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Symphony
The Chi Omega Symphony has reflected the purposes of Chi Omega members since its composition in 1904 by Ethel Switzer Howard on the eve of her initiation into the Xi Chapter of Chi Omega at Northwestern University.

To live constantly above snobbery of word or deed; to place scholarship before social obligations and character before appearances; to be, in the best sense, democratic rather than 'exclusive', and lovable rather than 'popular'; to work earnestly, to speak kindly, to act sincerely, to choose thoughtfully that course which occasion and conscience demand; to be womanly always; to be discouraged never; in a word, to be loyal under any and all circumstances to my Fraternity and her highest teachings and to have her welfare ever at heart that she may be a symphony of high purpose and helpfulness in which there is no discordant note.

Ethel Switzer Howard, Xi Chapter, Northwestern University, 1904

Updates (National)
Chi Omegas Celebrate New Beginnings: A Message from the Governing Council

This is a month of new beginnings for Chi Omega. We have new members who...

A New Year's Message from the Chi Omega Governing Council

As we ring in the New Year, our thoughts turn to optimism and renewal. As...

Chi Omega Featured on National Sorority Life Website

Britta Christine Hill, a sophomore and Chi Omega at the University of...

Welcome

"Chi-Os were ideal partners for all occasions. They were discrete, desirable, tactful, polite, and fun... Every mom dreamed of her son coming home with a Chi Omega, a woman's woman."

David Letterman, The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi: David Letterman, the College Years