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Reunions 2014

Posted on January 12, 2014March 30, 2014 by MAO

AC Marcellino Claudet ’71: Reunion 2014 Manager

Once you reconnect, the memories will come flooding back and a smile will come to your face. You’ll feel as though you never left!! We look forward to meeting everyone to celebrate this milestone in PLP history!! Many of the founding “Pearls” will be in attendance. PLPAA’s reunion 2014 committee has started to plan for our 55th birthday party in June. Got ideas? Have some time to give? Want to join in? Let us know. We can always use another sister assist!!

Contact :

Kathy Henry Powell ’70 ~ 2nd VP & Reunion Manager
AC Marcellino Claudet ’71 ~ Reunion 2014 Manager
Reunions@PhiLamb.org

Come Celebrate Phi Lamb’s 55th Birthday!!

Save the Date! Reunion 2014 will be June 5-8
MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!

Interested in a Regional Reunion?

Contact the PLPAA BOARD or Jeanne Heil ’79 ~ Regional Reunion Manager. Reunions@PhiLamb.org
We have REUNION IN A BOX – all you need to set up your own reunion!

Outstanding Alumnae Award

Posted on January 11, 2014March 30, 2014 by Michelle Klinger-Wellner

At the June 2013 Reunion in Oswego, PLPAA presented Certificates of Appreciation to Jeanne Heil ’79 and Barb Mamino Bauman ’79 as a small token of PLPAA’s gratitude for all that these two sisters have done for the Sorority and the alumnae association. Both were instrumental in creating the PLPAA, served as PLPAA presidents, worked directly with PLP during its darkest hours, and helped PLP and PLPAA grow their numbers and their support. Our thanks and gratitude goes out to two sisters who have truly demonstrated their ongoing commitment to our sisterhood.

Reunion 2013

Posted on March 26, 2013February 11, 2020 by Jenn Owens

Hello Sisters of Phi Lambda Phi,
I’d like to take the opportunity to introduce myself and personally invite you to this year’s SUNY Oswego Reunion June 7-9. My name is Jennifer (Owens) Potter ’05. I am the current Second Vice President of the Phi Lambda Phi Alumnae Association. I have been working with a wonderful team of women to plan this year’s reunion events. My committee includes Leona Stone Scott ’69, Carla Speranza ‘91, Tricia Longo Gibbons ‘70, Amanda Healy Pendock ’04, Erin Griffin Dinneen ‘71, Jennifer Caputo ‘91, and Barbara Mammino Bauman ’79. This year’s reunion will be packed with college events where we will have designated PLPAA areas (Look for those black and yellow balloons!), as well as PLPAA-sponsored sister-only events, such as:
• Friday at check-in you will be greeted by a sister and get yellow and black ribbons to attach to your nametag so that everyone will see you are a Phi Lamb alumna. Later, there’s a happy hour event at The Press Box from 3-5 pm. We can catch up with old friends and start to make new ones. PLPAA will provide snacks and you can purchase cocktails of your choice at the bar. Laughter and old stories are free!!
• Saturday morning is the SUNY Oswego/YMCA 5K walk-run event. It is an early morning event, but it would mean so much to the children in the area if we could donate our time and a little money to support them. The 5K walk-run supports the community and PLPAA feel that it is important to show our community spirit. You can choose to walk or to run in this event. I have already signed up and would love to have as many sisters as possible join me.
• After the picnic lunch, PLPAA will hold its Annual Meeting at 2pm. You will have a chance to meet PLPAA’s board members and learn more about PLPAA. Our president, Bonnie Love ’70, will lead the meeting, reviewing our constitution, budget, and future plans. MaryAnne Oriente Mather ’71 will talk about membership and how to get involved. You will be able to look over a display of memorabilia and a video about PLPAA. Several active sisters hope to join us at the reunion, and we plan to welcome the graduating seniors into the PLPAA as official members. We are also hoping that a few of our “Pearls” may attend this year as well!
• After the meeting, you are invited back to the house where it all began. Here is our big chance to share and reminisce about all the great, albeit somewhat silly at times, things we did as sisters in Phi Lamb. We look forward to sharing pledge memories and mixer debacles with sisters young and younger.
Again this year, reunion sweatshirts and t-shirts are available for purchase through PLPAA’s website (coming soon!) Orders need to be completed by May 6th so hurry!! At our website, you will find PLPAA news, learn about upcoming events, view a gallery of pictures, and shop for items in our store. You can also stay connected through our official PLPAA Facebook group page.
These featured events are in addition to Oswego classics like the Come as You Were BBQ, the Saturday night dinner, and the Greek and Friends’ Social. So when the registration form comes to you from Oswego, make sure you check “yes, I will attend.”
Love in Phi Lamb,

Jennifer (Owens) Potter Sp’ 03
2nd Vice President PLPAA

Sisterhood is Forever

Posted on March 17, 2013March 21, 2015 by MAO

Dear Sisters in Phi Lamb,

I’m proud to introduce myself as First Vice President of the Phi Lambda Phi Alumnae Association (PLPAA). Among my duties falls the responsibility of building membership for PLPAA—an organization that is essential to the vitality and the very existence of Phi Lambda Phi Sorority. (SUNY Oswego now requires an active alumnae group in order for PLP to retain its charter.)

Phi Lamb nurtured us at many levels during our Oswego days. We partied. We sang. We studied. We also learned to live together, share responsibilities, organize, and lead. Personally speaking, the leadership skills that served me so well throughout my professional career had their seeds in my experiences as a PLP officer and as a responsible housemate at 54 West 5^th Street. I’m forever grateful!

PLP brought me friendships that still remain. And my new engagement with the PLPAA brings me in contact with younger alumnae sisters to whom, I am delighted to say, I feel equally connected. It’s rewarding and uncanny! In addition to the opportunity to keep in touch with an organization and its members I once knew, I want to pass this incredible legacy on to future sisters of Phi Lambda Phi. But I need your help to do it!

You may have received our membership brochure in the mail recently. You can also view and download a copy here: PLPAA Membership Brochure. The brochure explains what your dues accomplish. AND…joining today offers you a little something extra—your “annual” membership will be active from now until June 2014. Please consider supporting an effort dedicated to preserving the traditions of an organization that offered each of us so many levels of growth. Without us…withoutYOU…Phi Lamb cannot endure. I look forward to receiving your membership commitment and your renewed (and new!) friendships in Phi Lamb.

If you’re on Facebook, please check out PLPAA’s official new group (we’re trying to consolidate all the PLP pages to one location). It’s a fun way to share and keep in touch: Phi Lambda Phi Alumnae Association (Official Group)

Love in Phi Lamb,

MAO (Mary Anne Oriente Mather ’71)
PLPAA First Vice President

PS We’re gathering in Oswego for Reunion 2013, June 7-9. PLPAA Second Vice President Jenn Owens Potter ‘05 and her reunion committee, made up of sisters from the 1960s through the 2000s, have a very memorable event planned that includes a festive welcome mixer on the river and an annual meeting of the PLPAA. We’ll be featuring a presentation of preserved PLP archival photos, scrapbooks and artifacts, as well as a taste of other projects underway. PLP shirts will be available, and a cookbook is in the making (more on that soon). See who’s attending so far and add your name at: http://www.oswego.edu/alumni/reunion/planning_to_attend.html