Phi Times – February 2015 Update – You Make the Difference

Phi Times – February 2015 Update – You Make the Difference

Posted on by MAO

You Make the Difference that Ensures “Sisterhood is Forever”

We were pleased to welcome seven new supporting members of the PLPAA at the Florida Reunion:
•    Peggy Hallock Kracker  ‘72
•    Sharon Hoolan Ortiz ‘93
•    Carol Seneff Morgenstern ‘80
•    Judy Gilbody Mortiz ‘70
•    Gail Kubetzka Waters ‘60
•    Karol Harding Schieffer ‘63
•    Laurie Woodworth Sutton ‘72We thank these sisters who generously contributed to carrying on the legacy of our Pearls. With the addition of these sisters, we now bring our current membership to 83.  The PLPAA board is very appreciative of each alumnae sister who has chosen to become a contributing member. However, we know we can grow even more. A membership of 83 is less than ten per cent of the approximately 1100 alumnae sisters we have in our data base.

PLPAA is working to ensure that Phi Lamb remains a valued and prominent aspect of undergraduate life at SUNY Oswego. We are saving our history as well as our future. We are planning reunions to reconnect sisters and help sisters become friends with sisters from other eras. Please join us.

Being a supporting member means that you are agree with these efforts. Suggested “dues” are $50 per year, but we encourage sisters to send what they can. Any contribution is accepted. Your commitment is as important as your contribution.

Become a supporting member now at https://philamb.org/join-plpaa/
54 West 5th House Update

54 West 5th House Update

Posted on by Bonnie Love
The past month has moved slowly but steadily toward the final sale of the House. The buyer has cleaned up the yard – mowing, trimming, and picking up trash.  He has also been busy securing liability insurance and finalizing his prepossession agreement so that he can get started on renovating and repairing the building. He has repeatedly insisted that he wants to rent back to Phi Lambda Phi, starting June 1st  when he expects to be completed with his work. PLPAA has shared photos with him which show  how the House looked in “better days.” And great news: he plans to tear down the half-completed front porch and start fresh with a porch more like the original one.

On our part of the sale process, PLPAA has hired an appraiser to complete a detailed and updated report on the property as required by the legal approval process. Once that report goes to our attorney, she will finalize her paperwork and send it on to step one – the State Attorney General’s office in Syracuse where the sale needs to be reviewed and approved. After that, it goes for approval to the state Supreme Court in Oswego. No one knows how long these two steps will take, but once completed, we can finally go to closing to finalize the sale.

It’s a long and winding road, but at the end, we hope to have our beloved House back. Stay tuned.

Lovely Lamb Reunions

Lovely Lamb Reunions

Posted on by Bonnie Love
Please continue to share your reunions and get together with us so we can spotlight in upcoming issues of the Phi Times.
Leona Stone Scott, Tricia Longo Gibbons, MaryAnne Oriente Mather and Jane Wolff recently spent time together in Massachusetts:

“Tricia, MAO, Janie, and me with our lambs! (MAO brought them!)”

Alumnae sister Keersten Heskin Martinez shared this lovely picture of a wedding at which many sisters were in attendance:

“TBT – With my Sista’s ! Finally got my wedding photos transferred after 13 years so figured I’d do my first TBT! Miss you! Pictured are Elizabeth Rapple, Jo Shelmidine, Michele Miller Thurston, Cheryl Williams, Caryn Kolber Noble, Maura Greeley Ambrosino, Heather Landau Battaglia and Gretchen Miller Basso.”

Regional PLP Reunion: Gathering of the Sunshine State Sisters

Regional PLP Reunion: Gathering of the Sunshine State Sisters

Posted on by Bonnie Love

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January in some parts can be cold and dreary, so consider trading your snow-gear for shades for a few days. Join PLP sisters in the Sunshine State (Florida) for PLPAA’s first official regional reunion!

PLP has more than 50 alumnae from all eras living in Florida. We’ve selected West Palm Beach as our destination for a PLPAA luncheon on Saturday, January 10, 2015, (restaurant venue & cost TBA). Sisters from Naples, St. Pete, West Palm, and even New York are already planning to make this a weekend event (arriving Friday and departing on Sunday). PLPAA is discussing a welcome event on Friday evening. More on that as the time gets closer.

Our sister, Linda Villani Karp, has arranged a great deal for us at the Hawthorne Suites by Wyndham. It’s only $109 per night (plus 11% tax) for a one-bedroom suite with kitchenette, sitting area, two queen-size beds and daily hot buffet breakfast. The hotel will provide optional airport pick-up/drop-off and shuttle service to any destination within a 5-mile radius of the hotel for $20 per stay per room. That includes downtown, the beach, a new mall, and the airport.

PLPAA is holding a block of 10 rooms. Call 561.472.7000 to make your reservation. Be sure to mention “Phi Lambda Phi” as our group name. A credit card will hold the suite and will not be charged until you arrive. You can cancel with no penalty up to 48 hours before arrival. The price is good from now until January 15th.

For more information contact:
PLPAA Reunion VP Kathy Henry Powell.  If you plan to attend, please email Kathy.IMPORTANT: include where you are coming from and when you will arrive/leave. We will need a headcount to plan for the Friday welcome event and lunch reservations. We may also need to add more rooms to the block. Thanks for letting us know your plans!

We look forward to a memorable weekend of fun, and we hope to see YOU there!