We are currently putting the finishing touches on the schedule, but we promise there will be something for everyone. Look for old favorites and new events, too.

Ewe Can Shop will be returning for the sixth time (wow!), and we will be offering booth space for both chapters and lamb-owned businesses. Be watching for details about how to reserve your space.

Convention registration is not yet open but be watching your emails for more details soon. You will be able to register on-line. Hotel reservation details will accompany the registration information.

There have been some very good prices on airfares to Atlanta. Many major airlines fly into Atlanta, so you won't have difficulty getting there. Or check a map...you may be able to drive there! 

Looking forward to seeing YOU in Atlanta!

One of the more popular features of our convention in recent years is Ewe Can Shop, a shopping event like none other! This event is set up like a vendor fair and features a wonderful assortment of goods for sale. Many of our chapters use this event as a fundraiser for their chapter or for one of their philanthropies (such as Project HOPE). A few of our very enterprising sisters also participate in other businesses, including direct sales and even their own businesses.

At Ewe Can Shop in Scranton, we were really pleased to be able to feature several of our sisters who have their own businesses--and we are pleased to be able to do so again!

Watch for details on how to get involved with Ewe Can Shop at the 2017 LKS Convention in Atlanta.

Graduation is right around the corner for our sisters in the Class of 2017!

In their graduation year, LKS sisters are granted one year of free dues! How is that for a graduation gift?

I am often asked how we can make these sisters feel welcomed as new alumni. Here are some ideas:

• Pay their local chapter dues for a year.
• Send them a gift card for a local coffee shop.
• Invite them to professional meetings or continuing education.
• Drop them a card in the mail. Don't underestimate the power of a handwritten note delivered by snail mail!
• Contact HQ to find lambs who have recently relocated to your area.
• Take a new grad out to lunch or dinner.
• Include sisters in their last year of pharmacy school in the activities of your alumni chapter. I've heard sisters say that this is like getting to go to high school while you are still in grade school--and it makes you feel very grown up and appreciated!
• Give your phone number to a new grad. Sometimes they just need the security of someone who cares.

If your chapter has had success in recruiting new graduates, drop me a line. I'll feature your success story in an upcoming alumni newsletter!

Florence (Flossie) Katz (Eta Alum) (pictured below) recently stopped by the offices at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP) for a visit. She graduated in 1936 with a BS in Bacteriology and was a proud LKS sister! She was a legacy, too...her father was a professor and her brother graduated from there in 1942. She even met her husband there! According to the yearbook, Flossie "charmed people with her Pep, Vim and Vigor, and was a champion side-splitting, after-dinner speaker. She was also good in Chemistry with proficient use of the slide rule". She also fondly recalls Dr Arthur Osol, husband of our Past Grand President Virginia Osol. What a great sister!
Dixie Leikach (Epsilon alumni) is the principal of her new company called PEER, a pharmacy ethics education group. She was one of our featured speakers at the convention in Scranton, where she shared her knowledge of ethical (and unethical) situations that we face in pharmacy.

Christina Inteso (Alpha Phi alumni) (pictured at left) has completed a PGY2 residency in St Louis, Missouri, and has accepted a job in Indianapolis, Indiana. She has enjoyed her adventures in discovering St Louis and Indianapolis...and even became a "dog mom"!

Jera Wilburn (Alpha Zeta alumni) is engaged to Bart Tuetkin. We are so excited for both of you!
Nicole Landis (Alpha Chi alumni) became a mother to a wonderful baby boy. Congratulations to the happy family!

Nicole Lombardo (Alpha Zeta alumni) recently became engaged to Eric Hellsinger. They are planning a spring 2018 wedding!

Marina (Grgas) Trefethen (Alpha Beta alumni) (pictured at left) married Phil Trefethen in January 2017. It snowed the day of their wedding and she was very excited! The snow made for some beautiful wedding pictures, too. The newlyweds honeymooned in Australia, where they did the Sidney Harbor bridge climb!

Kara Feldhake (Alpha Zeta alumni)
Tameya Sam (Alpha Sigma alumni) (pictured below) was selected as an honored member of Trademark Women of Distinction, Honors Edition 2017. She says that she is very humbled to receive this award. (I roomed with Tameya at the recent Grand Council meeting...everyone should take an opportunity to meet this wonderful sister!)
Courtney Desjardins (Alpha Beta alumni) (pictured below) married Richard Genovesi on March 4, 2017. Congratulations!
I love to be able to feature news about sisters in our newsletter. Many people tell me this is one of the most enjoyable parts of the news, especially when there are pictures!

If something has happened to you, big or small, please let me know. New job? New home? A baby? Engagement? Something serious? Something funny? Send it to me! Send a picture too, if you can. You can send it to GVPAlumni@lks.org.

I am looking forward to hearing from you!

I am from Missouri, which is known as the Show-Me State! Lately, I've noticed more and more lambs showing off their LKS pride with their clothing choices.

The picture at left was taken during the Grand Council interim meeting in February. I won't tell you whose legs these are, but we were all very impressed by her leggings featuring LKS colors!

Email me pictures of YOUR LKS-inspired clothing to GVPAlumni@lks.org. 

I'd love to feature YOU in an upcoming issue of the Alumni Newsletter!