ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, September 20th, 2017
Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey ALDPES-ers,
I know it’s technically the 21st, but let’s just ignore that.
Our social and service coordinators have an enormous amount of events planned, and they’re all amazing (both the events and the officers)! If you’re interested in IM sports, fill out the survey on Facebook to vote for your favorite sport!
Our next meeting will be two weeks from today, Wednesday, October 4th in FAC 21 at 6:00 pm (in the basement, same place as this week). See you then!
Best,
Alan Stepchinski
Alpha Lambda Delta President
This Week’s Guest Speakers
Best Buddies – 9/20
Afshan Irani talked to us at the meeting about Best Buddies, an organization that fosters friendships between UT students and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. If you have any questions about the program, feel free to contact Afshan (afshan.irani@utexas.edu), who is super friendly and happy to talk to people about the organization.
Texas Undergraduate Law Review – 9/20
One of our very own members, Muhtadi Choudhury, spoke about the TULR at UT today. They are currently looking to fill positions for writer, editor, PR specialist, and web design. If you are interested in being a writer or editor, go to the website here and fill out the application by September 25th. For all other positions, email Muhtadi (muhtadiachoudhury@utexas.edu) or the Editor-in-chief Bahar (bahar.b.sahami@gmail.com).
Previous Guest Speakers
Texas THON – 9/6
Johnathon and Aleesha spoke about Texas THON a few weeks ago. THON runs year-long fundraising for the Dell Children’s Medical Center and ends with a 12-hour dance marathon. They are seriously an amazing organization, and they are close to raising their first cumulative $1 million this year! For more information, check out their website here or email texasthonstudentorgrecuitment@gmail.com to join.
Miscellaneous Events
Workshop Ideas
Alex would really love it if y’all could fill out this survey to let her know what kinds of workshops you’re interested in. Have fun while you get your miscellaneous point! 🙂
New t-shirts
Our brand-new ALDPES t-shirts will be in this Friday! See the front of the shirt here and the back here. Shirts will be $15, and you can buy them at office hours or the general meetings. We will have sizes S-3XL.
I also want to give a shout to last year’s Historian, Alex Roper, for designing this awesome shirt!!
Points
Points are here! Points will probably be updated on Fridays, so don’t panic if your points haven’t shown up and it’s only been a few days. If you have any issues with the points sheet, just email the ALDPES account and include “Points” in the subject of the email.
We will be adding people to the sheet as you earn points; you won’t be on the sheet if you haven’t earned any points yet.
Office Hours
Building 2609 University Avenue (UA9) room 2.112 located right behind SSB
Monday 11:00-12:00 pm Historians
Monday 12:00-1:00 pm Senior Ambassador & Pillars Coordinator
Monday 1:00-2:00 pm Social Coordinators
Monday 3:00-4:00 pm Outreach Coordinators
Tuesday 9:30-10:30 am Liaison
Tuesday 11:00-12:00 pm Service Coordinators
Tuesday 4:00-5:00 pm Treasurers
Wednesday 10:00-11:00 am Presidents
Wednesday 2:00-3:00 pm Vice Presidents
Thursday 2:00-3:00 pm Media Coordinator
Friday 1:00-2:00 pm Webmaster & Secretary
Social Events
Union Starbucks Coffee Social on September 25th at 6:30-7:30: Join us for coffee in the Union Starbucks. Wear your shirt for an extra point!
UT IM Kickball Tournament on September 29-30
ALDPES will be participating in a kickball tournament on Sept. 29-30th. Sign up to play or come to show your support. Earn a point either way! Earn TWO points if you wear your shirt!
Sign-up is here: Kickball Sign-Up
Mount Bonnell Picnic on October 8 at 2:30pm: Spend a nice, cool (fingers crossed) afternoon with ALD/PES and join us for a picnic! Bring your favorite picnic-ky food and hang out! We’ll meet outside of the ALD/PES office at 2:15, so we can sort out rides! Sign-up here if you’re interested in joining: Mount Bonnell Picnic
Wonder Woman on October 19th at 6pm in the Texas Union Theater (UNB 2.228): Come watch Wonder Woman with ALD/PES at the free screening in the Texas Union Theater! Meet outside of the Union Starbucks at 5:40! Wear your shirt for an extra point!
Halloween Movie Night on October 26th at 7pm at Jessica and Katelynn’s Apartment!: Come watch a spooky movie with ALD/PES in preparation for Halloween! We’ll have spooky snacks. Wear your ALD/PES shirt OR a costume (we recommend) for an extra point! Address location will be in later email! Fill out this form if you’re interested: Halloween Movie
Please answer the Facebook poll about which IM sports you are interested in playing this semester!
Service Events
Our service coordinators would greatly appreciate if you took this survey to let them know how you like to volunteer!
UT Campus-Wide Donation Drive
We are accepting donations through Tuesday, September 26 at 12pm for those who have been impacted by Hurricane Harvey! This is a great opportunity to help out our fellow Texans and earn a service point. 2 items from the list below will earn you 1 point, and 1 item will earn you .5 points. You can only earn a maximum of 1 point through this donation, but feel free to donate as much as you want 🙂 We will accept items during meetings and any office hours.
- Non-food items:
- Mouthwash
- Large or small deodorant
- Soap (either bar or liquid)
- Shampoo
- Paper towels
- Paper plates
- Plastic cutlery
- Wet wipe/baby wipe packs
- Ziploc bags
- Food items:
- Creamy peanut butter
- Squeeze grape and strawberry Jelly
- Black beans (if canned prefer those with pop top); dry beans are fine too
- Rice
- Chunk light tuna in water (pop top can or easy open package)
- Beef stew (pop-top can)
Blood donations
Anytime throughout this semester, you can donate blood at any local blood center and earn a service point with some form of proof (ex: non-graphic pic, donor receipt, screenshot of appt confirmation, etc.)
Ongoing opportunity: Breakthrough Central Texas
BT CTX is a non-profit organization serving students and families in Austin and surrounding areas. Their main goal is to help 1st generation college students from 6th grade forward be the first in their families to graduate from college. Volunteer opportunities with Breakthrough include: after-school tutoring, high school or college application coaching, and helping out with special events. For more information contact Katelynn Hobbs at mailto:kah4242@utexas.edu or visit during her office hours Tuesdays at 11-12 pm.
Scare for a Cure (not Scan for a Cure)
We have a spooky, life-saving, awesome event planned for you guys this weekend! Scare for a Cure is a non-profit organization who hosts a haunted house each year and gives all proceeds to cancer research. Volunteers build props, decorate rooms, paint, and more! We will meet Saturday, September 23 at 9:30 am and return to campus at 12:30 pm. Information about what to bring and wear will be sent after you sign up. We hope to see you there. 🙂
Sign up here!
Inside Books Project
Inside Books Project is an Austin-based community service volunteer organization that sends free books and educational materials to prisoners in Texas, which we will be helping them do! Inside Books is the only books-to-prisoners program in Texas, where over 140,000 people are incarcerated. Inside Books Project works to promote reading, literacy, and education among incarcerated individuals and to educate the general public on issues of incarceration. Join us for this great volunteer opportunity Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 7pm – 10pm. We can only bring up to 5 people, so be sure to sign up quickly here!
Street Youth Ministry
The Street Youth Ministry is dedicated to serving the homeless youth of Austin by providing them with food, clothing, and community. On Tuesday, October 10th from 6:30 to 9, ALDPES will be helping the Street Youth Ministry host a game night. This event is the perfect opportunity to make a direct impact on the lives of people in our community while also playing games and just having fun! The event will be held at the Congregational Church which is located across the street from the University Co-op.
Sign up here!
Scholarships
Apply for a chance to win free money soon!
Other Things
Scrapbook
We are always working on the scrapbook for ALDPES. If you attend any event this semester or cherish a specific meeting speaker/ice breaker, email ALDPES your pictures and captions! Point allocations are still being decided at this time.
UTALDPES Follow Train
If you follow @TXALDPES on Twitter you can earn a half point. You can also earn a half point for following txaldpes on Instagram. Put them both together, and you earn yourself a whole point! Just email our account with your usernames during the last few weeks of class.
T-shirts
We are still selling red shirts for $10 but only have L and XL left. New shirts will be coming later in the semester! (Sadly, only treasurers can accept cash, but any officer can take check or credit card.) Wearing a shirt to any event will earn you an extra point, so these help a lot in becoming active.
Graduation Cords
If you’re really ahead of the game, cords are $26 for active members and $36 for inactive members (this is for both ALD and PES; individually cords are $13 for active members and $18 for inactive members). Come by any office hours to purchase. (Remember cash can only be accepted at the Treasurers’ office hours though!)
Credit Cards
Stop by any of the officer’s office hours to pay by credit card for all your ALDPES purchasing needs. Be warned: there is a convenience fee! Prices (subject to change) for payment by credit cards are $10.28 per shirt, $13.37 per cord if you’re active, or $26.74 for both cords, and $18.51 per cord if you’re inactive, or $37.02 for both cords.
Point Opportunities
- MEETINGS
- Meetings are worth 1 point each.
- If you wear your ALDPES shirt to a meeting you get an additional point.
- DRIVING TO AN EVENT
- Get 1 extra point for volunteering to drive other members who need rides to an event.
- You must tell the officer in charge if you can drive BEFORE the event to get a point.
- If you sign up to drive and fail to show up, you will lose a point!
- EVENT PICTURES
- Earn 1 point for submitting 4 pictures from an event.
- Or, earn 1 point for submitting 2 pictures with a caption from an event!
- POINT CORRECTIONS
- An updated points list will be sent out on a regular basis to give ALDPES members a chance to check that all their points have been counted correctly. Any discrepancies or mistakes must be reported to the secretary within two weeksof the spreadsheet being sent out. After the two-week deadline has passed, no changes can be made to those events/points.
Important Policies
- POINT POLICY
- Of your points, in order to be considered an active member, you must have the following:
– At least 1 service point (i.e. you must attend at least one service event)
– At least 1 social point (i.e. you must attend at least one social event)
– At least 1 miscellaneous point (we recommend study hours or workshops, but a separate social or service event can count as well)
- Old members need 12 points, new members need 9 points
- DONATION POLICY
• We are looking into this policy for this year. More details in the next newsletter.
- WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
• Instead of getting a ridiculous number of emails for sign-ups and meeting reminders, we will be sending out a weekly newsletter every Wednesday!
• Sign-ups and everything else you used to get weekly will be linked in the weekly emails.
Contact Us:
- E-mail address: utaldpes@gmail.com
- Our website: https://sites.utexas.edu/aldpes/
- Facebook Group: Alpha Lambda Delta/Phi Eta Sigma
- Twitter: @TXALDPES
- Instagram: txaldpes
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Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
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