Houston Alumnae Panhellenic Association

Join us on our Instagram Stories on June 15th for an Arkansas Recruitment Q&A! Have your questions answered live by past Panhellenic VP of Recruitment, Emma Drury! She'll be available 12 PM - 8 PM only on our Instagram! Follow today to stay connected!

Congratulations to longtime HAPA member Deborah Dunkum, Kappa Alpha Theta, for being named a 2027 Women of Distinction Winter Ball Nominee for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Southern Texas Chapter (Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation - Southern Texas Chapter)! Deborah has served in many positions with HAPA and HAPF, including Ways & Means Co-Chair for the 2025-2026.

Deborah (right) is pictured here with Suzanne Stiles (left), 2020-2021 HAPA Past President.

We want to say thank you to all of our followers and supporters - without you, we would never have reached over 1000 followers on both Instagram and Facebook. Reaching over 1000 helps us reach more donors, more potential scholarship recipients, PNMs, future active alumnae, and more. We can't wait to reach more milestones with you!

Happy Founders' Day Alpha Gamma Delta International Fraternity! We are wishing the Houston Alumnae Club of Alpha Gamma Delta a wonderful day!

As we near the end of the month of May, we also want to recognize it has Jewish American Heritage Month.

According to the American Library Association "Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM), celebrated each May, honors the history, culture, and contributions of Jewish Americans to the U.S. Established in 2006 by presidential proclamation, JAHM grew from a 2004 commemoration of 350 years of Jewish life in America."

Join us on our Instagram stories on June 4th, 3 PM - 7 PM, for a Recruitment Q&A about sorority recruitment at the University of Georgia! Have your questions answered lived through our Instagram stories from recruitment co-chairs at UGA. Prepare your questions and get ready to learn more about sorority life!

Did you know the reason poppies are worn for Memorial Day in the US is due to a woman?

According to Reader's Digest, "American University of Georgia professor Moïna Michael wrote a poem in 1918 in response to McCrae’s [poem "“In Flanders Fields”], titled “We Shall Keep Faith.” She also started wearing a red poppy in honor of the troops and came up with the idea of making and selling red poppies to raise money for veterans."

Read more at https://www.rd.com/article/memorial-day-poppies/

Happy Founders' Day NPC Women! Without your leadership, we would not exist as an organization and have the opportunity to develop future leaders and work together in sisterhood. Wishing all of our Panhellenic sisters a day filled with sisterly love!

On May7th, we celebrated 40 Years of HAPF, 40 Scholarship Recipients, and the installation of Jill Mannino Peck, Kappa Delta, as the 2026-2027 HAPA President. Thank you to all donors, patrons, attendees, volunteers, trustees, board members, and anyone involved to make this year a success - we could not have made this a monumental year without you.

For this record year, HAPF awarded $102,000 to 40 collegiate sorority members. Congratulations to all of our recipients and we wish you a wonderful summer before the next year!

Thank you to Jordan Scheiner Photography for the beautiful photos.