By Jessica Thomas
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Delta Pi Chapter
of Kappa Delta sorority hosted the annual “International Girl’s Day” event on
Nov. 16 when 154 Girl Scouts from across the Southeast visited Middle Tennessee
State University.
“International
Girl’s Day” is a day created by Kappa Delta sorority on behalf of the
Confidence Coalition. Its purpose is to encourage confidence in girls of all
ages around the world. Kappa Delta takes this day to interact with its
philanthropy Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. and teach them that “Girls Can Do
Anything”, the holiday’s slogan.
Girl Scouts from all over Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi and Georgia traveled to Murfreesboro to participate in this year’s
themed event, “Building Confidence and Muscles.” The girls were broken up into
groups and sent to timed stations. At each station, Kappa Deltas did a short
workout followed by a game with the Girl Scouts. Each Girl Scout who
participated received water and their choice of an apple or a banana at the end
of the event.
“The purpose of this event was to
install confidence in young girls and encourage healthy habits,” said
International Girl’s Day Appointed Officer Cayla Newman. “I think my favorite
thing was just seeing all the girl’s faces and knowing that planning this event
for them was worth it, because they had a lot of fun with it all.”
Newman has been planning this event
since June, and she worked on it up until the day of “International Girl’s Day.”
Newman wanted this event to leave a lasting impression on the Girl Scouts.
“Kappa Delta sorority is passionate
about helping girls discover that they can be confident,” said Newman.
“Did you know that 74 percent of girls
say they are under pressure to please everyone?” said Martha Clark, a mother of
a visiting Girl Scout. “I’m just so glad that Kappa Delta [sorority] takes the
time out to be here for these girls and teach them that they are perfect just
the way they are.”
There is no news on next year’s “International
Girl’s Day” event at this time. However, all of the women in the Delta Pi Chapter
of Kappa Delta sorority encourage all to come to their next philanthropy event
“Wing Fling” on March 29, 2014 to ask them personally how they promote
confidence in young girls.
To find more information on what other
chapters did for “International Girl’s Day,” visit www.confidencecoalition.org/nationalgirlsday.
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