Make It, Bake It Fundraiser 2011

Thank you to everyone who attended our annual "Make It, Bake It" fundraiser, especially our Panhellenic sisters from Delta Zeta and Kappa Kappa Gamma. There were some wonderful items brought to the auction, including hand-made gift boxes, poinsettias, and assorted gift baskets. Together, we raised $884 for literacy.

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Cookie Shine & Pi Phi Salad

The Honolulu Alumnae Club started the new year with our traditional "Cookie Shine and Pi Phi Salad" event. Collegiates, new alumnae, and golden arrows all sat around the club's cookie shine sheet, which gets signed by participants each year it is used.

This year's cookie shine featured a gingersnap cookie recipe from Founder Inez Smith Soule herself!

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Also a club tradition, sisters each brought their favorite salad ingredient and could choose which ingredients to add to create their own "Pi Phi Salad." It is always surprising how the variety of ingredients create the most delicious salads each year.

Honolulu alumnae enjoy their "Pi Phi Salads" on the lanai of Sandy's home.

RSVP for the HAPA Mid-Summer Gathering!

Please join the Honolulu Alumnae Panhellenic Association (HAPA) for their Mid-Summer gathering!

When: Saturday, July 30, 2011 -- 10 am to 1 pm
Where: Sandy's House (Portlock neighborhood)
Who should attend: Alumnae delegates and members, current collegiate sorority members, potential new members, and their parents.

We will all enjoy a potluck luncheon while feasting our eyes on the breathtaking view of the Pacific. Active members will get a vision of the many opportunities sorority membership will have for them after their college years are over. Potential new members will have an opportunity to learn about sorority membership and alumnae will have a chance to meet them before writing recommendations.

Please RSVP to Patricia Kosasa to let her know what you would like to bring to the luncheon.

The Magic of Sisterhood

The Honolulu Alumnae Club was represented by Jessica Wiggs at the 2011 Pi Beta Phi Convention in Orlando, FL. Congratulations to all club members for helping us reach Traditional Club of Excellence!


Margaret, NY Alpha, and Jessica, NY Epsilon, at opening dinner.


Alumnae Region 6 holds up their books for First Book!

A Hike to Kaniakapupu

Led by a guide from the University of Hawaii, Pi Beta Phi sisters and guests explored Kaniakapupu, King Kamehameha's III's hidden summer palace in Nuuanu.


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Afterwards we enjoyed eating the brown bag lunches we had brought for the hike and homemade lemonade. Join us in October for a repeat of this event!

Pi Phi Alumna Gerry DeBenedetti Participates in Straub Women's 10k for 33 Years

Pi Beta Phi sister Gerry D. continued her annual tradition of participating in the Straub Women's 10k event this Sunday. She was recently featured in the Star Advertiser, with ten other women, for their ongoing dedication to the event since it was first held in 1978.

Gerry has collected over 33 race shirts, one from each year, which she quilts together to create a blanket. Gerry also includes her finishing times on each corner of the quilt squares.

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A Visit to Shangri La

In celebration of Women's History Month, the Honolulu Alumnae Group visited Doris Duke's Shangri La. Shangri La is one of Hawaii's most architecturally significant houses inspired by Duke's travels through the Middle East and India on her honeymoon.


After the tour, we were joined by a few more for lunch at the Honolulu Academy of Arts cafe.