Penny Tower Cook, Jamie McComiskey, Anne True Massey and Gloria Eulich Martindale

Carolyn Lichtenberg Crest Award: Gloria Eulich Martindale

Evelyn Peters Kyle  Award: Jamie McComiskey Moore

Emma Harper Turner Award: Anne True Massey

Community Service Award: Penny Tower Cook

Young Alumni Achievement Award: Kendall Anne Shiffler

Kendall Shiffler

Blair Knouse, Cyndi Bassel, JoAnne Moore and Pi Beta Phi Grand President Mary Loy Tatum

Alumnae Club President Paula Davis, Founders' Day Chairmen Anne Palles, Lisa Reid and Mary Joy Hinton

Texas Beta Actives

The holidays are just around the corner and with them comes the Annual Pi Phi Christmas Open House. Pi Phis along with their sisters, daughters and granddaughters are invited to join the Dallas Alumnae Club for a holiday celebration at the SMU Pi Phi house featuring food, friends, Christmas cookie decorating and special angel ornament favors.

Hosted on Thursday, December 14, 2011 from 4:00 to 6:00pm, guests will enjoy the music of the Highlander Strings Trio as well as complimentary valet parking. In the spirit of giving, guests are asked to bring a children’s book to donate to West Dallas Community School.

A big thank you to hosts Avery and Casey Bratton and Hutton and Sandra Hipps. We look forward to seeing you there!

The Junior Day Group’s Pictures with Santa event was a HUGE success this year! Reservations were full several weeks before the event, with over 100 total sign-ups. Pictures with Santa is one of our premier events, and it once again has proven to be one of the highlights of the holiday season for many of our members, friends and children!

Stacy Bratton Photography was on hand to capture all the excitement. Check out more photos from the event by clicking on the thumbnails below. A big thanks to Stacy for working with us again this year!

The Little Cupcakes Company was set up at the event, selling their adorable personalized items, scarves, etc. which make wonderfully unique Christmas gifts. They have generously offered to donate 10% of all proceeds from the event to Pi Phi charities. You can still order online and make a difference to Pi Phi charities by selecting “Pi Phi Santa” when ordering online at www.littlecupcakescompany.com.

Halos: Many thanks to Amy Ramirez and Megan McFarland for organizing such a spectacular event. Also, halos to Beth Malloy for assisting during the entire event.

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{Photos Courtesy of: Stacy Bratton Photography}

Congratulations to the Dallas club!!

The Dallas Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi was honored to receive the 2009-2010 national award for Excellence in Chapter Support.  The club also received Region Four awards for Excellence in Communication and named a Club of Excellence.  Our own club member, Jo Marie Lilly, was honored by being named one of the national Carolyn Helman Lichtenberg Crest Award recipients for professional achievement.

Texas Beta Pi Phis prepare to participate in the Founders' Day Celebration.

On Friday April 23 the alumnae club gathered to celebrate 143 years of Pi Beta Phi. The event was held at the Pi Phi House at SMU and was chaired by Cara French, Marion Henry, Kathryn Henry and Lee McGuire.

We honored our alumnae club award winners for 2010: Jo Marie Lilly – Carolyn Lichtenberg Crest Award, Frances Flaig – Evelyn Peters Kyle Angel Award, Sally Wightman – Emma Harper Turner Award, and Ann Swope – Community Service Award. Texas Beta collegians led the Founders’ Day program off with the traditional Candle Lighting Ceremony. Cara, Marion, Kathryn and Lee introduced each Golden Arrow recipient and read their most memorable Pi Phi college experience.

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Landon Darling, Pris Darling, Mary Tatum, Marla Wulf and Audrey Pennings

The Dallas-Ft. Worth Area Council celebrated Pi Beta Phi’s Fraternity Day of Service on Saturday, March 6 at our own Pris Darling’s ManeGait. ManeGait Therapeutic Horsemanship’s mission statement is about helping riders move beyond their boundaries through the power of the horse. We heard straight from the “horse’s mouth”, from a rider’s mother, Kelly Waterman, about the physical and mental success riding has brought to her beautiful daughter.

Our group enjoyed a complete presentation about ManeGait and performed a rousing Speed Read benefiting First Book. We then moved to the arena to watch the riders and tour the grounds and barns, but we still had time to mingle and visit with our Pi Phi friends in the area. Region 4 Alumnae Director, Marla Wulf, traveled here from The Woodlands, and the day was led by Region 4 Programming Specialist, Audrey Pennings. Another honored guest of the day- Mary Tatum, Pi Beta Phi Grand President.

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Members of the Dallas Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi spent the day at West Dallas Community School with 4^th grade students from Mrs. Angela Elledge’s art classes.  The students pulled out their colored pencils to decorate and personalize bookplates to be affixed into books that First Book, Pi Phi’s partner in literacy, will distribute to children in need.

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First Book provides new books to children in need addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books.

From Left to Right: Nancy Rogers, Karen Shuttee, Jo Marie Lilly- Dallas' Club award nominee and Pi Phi National award winner of the Carolyn Helman Lichtenberg Crest Award, Jamie Moore and Liz Beatty

Visit the awards page to read more about Jo Marie Lilly’s many accomplishments. Congratulations Jo Marie!

Martha Edwards, Ann Phy, Barbara Pinkston and Sally Wightman

The Dallas Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi held their annual “Tasting Party” at the home of Jane Gibson.  The rainy weather did not deter the Pi Phis from showing up in force.  Chef Chad Bowden served a menu of Goat Cheese and Sun Dried Tomato & Pine Nuts stuffed tenderloin, Smoke Gouda Mac and Cheese, Blackened Chicken Satays and much more.  Pi Phi desserts were yummy items from Paula’s Derby Pie, Anne’s Chocolate Fondue, JoAnne’s Cheese Cakes and more.  Hostesses Lisa Reid, Anne Palles and Jamie Moore created a beautiful Cupid Country evening.

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