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Suggestions for Anniversary Activities

The ideas below are a starting point

— to help chapters develop special programs during the anniversary year,

— to generate interest in chapter activities, and

— to "make a difference" for education.

• Select a special theme for the anniversary year and build programs around that theme.
• Plan an anniversary or founders' day event on the installation date or beginning or end of the year.
• Set anniversary goals for membership recruitment and renewals — initiate and/or reinstate 25 (50, 75) outstanding educators
• Hold special recognitions at each meeting during the year to honor, for example:

- charters members
- past presidents
- new members
- emeritus and senior members
- 10-, 25-, and 50-year members
- outstanding educators and supporters of education
- scholarship and award recipients

• Sponsor a member's attendance at the PDK Summit
• Develop and print a chapter history
• Publish chapter or PDK historical items in the chapter newsletter or website
• Name and recognize 25 (50, 75) outstanding educators in the community
• Name and recognize 25 (50, 75) outstanding high school seniors who plan to be educators
• Present a $250 ($500, $750) scholarship, graduate grant, or teacher project grant
• Make a special gift to the PDK Educational Foundation
• Publish a feature article on the chapter and PDK in the local newspaper
• Submit a regional project proposal
• Develop a display on PDK and education
• Begin a 25/25 (50/50, 75/75) endowment fund for your chapter