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PLPAA Board News
At this month’s board meeting, PLPAA welcomed two new members. In the continuing tradition of the PLPAA board’s spanning all generations from the Sisters of the early 60s to recent graduates in the 2000s, two alumnae have joined the board as our newest appointed board members.
Debbie Bauriedl Thesing ’76 is serving as special advisor to the president and board. Her professional experience as a paralegal has been a great asset in dealing with the complicated matters related to the sale of our House.
Leanne Rasha ’10 served most recently on the 2014 Audit Committee and made several wonderful suggestions about PLPAA’s financial matters. Presently, Leanne works at an accounting firm specifically assisting nonprofit groups. PLPAA is lucky to have her now working on our annual budget and audit as well as backing up our treasurer Linda MacGuidwin Kimball as needed.
Thank you Sisters for your dedication to Phi Lambda Phi.
Our shining Star
PLPAA started a new tradition last year – recognizing alumnae who have gone above and beyond to assist their Sister alumnae. The Alumnae Achievement Award is given to deserving Sisters each year at our Annual Meeting in June during Reunion Weekend.
This year we recognized Leona Stone Scott, a constant figure in Reunion planning for the past five years. Leona, a 1969 Oswego graduate, pledged Phi Lamb in spring 1967. She married her Beta college sweetheart, raised two sons, taught elementary school, and stayed connected to her Phi Lamb Sisters. Each year, she meets a variety of sisters for lunch or dinner in many NY locations. And for our 50th birthday celebration in 2009, Leona reached out to as many 1960s sisters as she could find, insisting that they return to celebrate this important milestone. She has continued to represent PLP on the College’s Reunion committee and this year produced 100 little black and yellow ribbons, her specialty for the past five years. A favorite among all the sisters from the 1960s, Leona has made friends with sisters from all eras and says that doing that is the best part of being a PLP sister.
Thank you Leona for your work and your devotion to Phi Lamb.
Reunion 2014 is Fast Approaching
Hey Sisters, start packing those bags with yellow and black (and don’t forget your lamb!) for the 55th Phi Lamb Birthday Reunion on June 6th, 7th, and 8th in Oswego. The PLPAA Reunion Committee is hard at work planning the PLP 55th Anniversary Luncheon & Memory-Maker Event at Bridie Manor. Walk down memory lane and see displays of PLP memorabilia, composite photos, a lamb herd photo-op, a short PLPAA annual meeting, hopefully a surprise guest speaker (a Lamb with a story!), and singing, singing, singing. So blow the dust off those lambs, stock up on nostalgia, and join your Sisters for another round of “Somewhere over the Rainbow.”
Don’t worry if your closet is devoid of yellow…Phi Lambda Phi t-shirts and sweatshirts can be ordered until May 1st. Order Online or Download a Printable Order Form
If you sign up for the SUNY-sponsored Friday night barbeque, you can lodge inexpensively in the Lakeside dorms and take shuttles to all events (the perfect designated driver!). Sisters staying in the dorm are planning a pj party to top last year’s—complete with Flaming Lambie dance lessons if you want some after-hours fun.The Reunion Committee is planning a fun Silent Auction to take place at the PLP 55th Anniversary Luncheon & Memory-Maker Event on June 7th. Please contact Juliet Lee if you have something you’d like to donate. Especially wonderful would be anything PLP-related with which you are willing to part. Some lambs are “collecting.”
PLEASE JOIN US … Our list of attending sisters from every decade is growing daily!!
Jennifer Caputo
AC Marcellino Claudet
Emily Cohill
Cherie D’Amico
Erin Griffin Dinneen
Stephanie Holt
Lauren Lavin Hughes
Linda Calver Jackson
Brenda Perry Jaynes
Linda Villani Karp
Susan Davis Kassal
Linda MacGuidwin Kimball
Jennifer Owens Lallier
Nicole Lawler
Bonnie Love
MaryAnne Oriente Mather
Lila Orencia
Kathy Henry Powell
Leona Stone Scott
Donna Gardiner Snyder
Carla Speranza
Linda Panarites Sweeting
Debra Bauried Thesing
Michelle Klinger-Wellner
Diane Watson Williams
Kelly George
Terri Simpson McNamee
Linda Carlin Peters
And more every day…
TAKE ACTION: If your name is not yet on the list, email Mary Anne Oriente Mather ’71 know you definitely or tentatively are planning to go — include your first name, name while attending Oswego, current last name, pledge year, and graduation year. We’d also love to know where you live now (city/state/country).
Registration and lodging information will be mailed from SUNY Oswego in April.
