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'''Southern Appalachian Alumni Chapter''' (Founded 9 July [[2012]]) is an [[Alumni Chapters|alumni chapter]] centered in Johnson City, Tennessee. The Chapter includes alumni from northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia, southeast Kentucky, and northwest North Carolina. | '''Southern Appalachian Alumni Chapter''' (Founded 9 July [[2012]]) is an [[Alumni Chapters|alumni chapter]] centered in Johnson City, Tennessee. The Chapter includes alumni from northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia, southeast Kentucky, and northwest North Carolina. | ||
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* [[Jessica Coleman]] | * [[Jessica Coleman]] | ||
* [[Johnathan Jones]] | * [[Johnathan Jones]] | ||
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[[SAAC Roll Book by Year]] | [[SAAC Roll Book by Year]] | ||
Revision as of 12:45, 21 September 2018
Southern Appalachian Alumni Chapter (Founded 9 July 2012) is an alumni chapter centered in Johnson City, Tennessee. The Chapter includes alumni from northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia, southeast Kentucky, and northwest North Carolina.
Contents
Chapter History
Founding
Charter members of SAAC, as per their petition to National Council:
Note: All of the above Brothers are alumni members of the Epsilon Xi Collegiate Chapter.
The Active Chapter
2017 Officers:
- President - Ryan Alexander
- Vice President - Jessica Coleman
- Secretary - Tasha Ferrell
- Treasurer - Chris Dean
- Recruitment Coordinator - Rebecca Howard
Current SAAC Brothers
Past Chapter Presidents
- Ryan Alexander: 2012 to August 2014
- Joanne Lamb: August 2014 to December 2014
- Josh Moore: 2015
- Jillian Alexander: 2016
- Ryan Alexander: 2017 - present
Chapter Events & Activities
Recurring Events
Hershey Bar War
Starting in 2013, SAAC decided to assist a project of two of their Members, Ryan Alexander and Jillian Alexander. Ryan and Jillian are members of the Board of Directors for Mission of Hope - Philippines. The project that they decided to take on was to collect Hershey chocolate bars for the working students providing them with a sweet treat, in addition to the supplies brought by the Mission of Hope team, and often a source of food for the day. In efforts to collect the most Hershey bars for the cause, they decided to have a friendly competition with the local Collegiate Chapter Epsilon Xi. The Chapter who collects the most Hershey bars during the allotted time won bragging rights and additional PR via the Mission of Hope - Philippines. Other Brothers from around the nation are encouraged to participate as well. Alumni Members may donate bars toward SAAC's total and Collegiate Members may donate bars toward Epsilon Xi's total.
Totals (Winners of the war are bolded):
2013: Total Bars: 596 Epsilon Xi - 251 SAAC - 345
2014: Total Bars: 486 Epsilon Xi - 262 SAAC - 224 Note: Epsilon Xi Chapter would have won this year's war if bars were turned in by the deadline.
2015: Total Bars: 917 Epsilon Xi - 392 SAAC - 525
2016: Total Bars: 828 Epsilon Xi - 569 SAAC - 259
Current Year's Events
January 2017: SAAC held our January Social event in Knoxville, Tennessee. For dinner, we gathered with a great group of Epsilon Xi Alumni, dear friends, and special guests for Asian/Latin fusion at Cocoa Moon downtown in Market Square. Next, we watched the Fayetteville FireAntz defeat the Knoxville Ice Bears. The hockey game was a first-time experience for several of us! The crowd had a fun energy, the players got a little rowdy, and even though we lost, it was well worth the trip.
February 2017: February's Scholarship Event also had a Service twist! Tina taught a small group how to make baby booties that would be included in care packages for infants undergoing surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital. She taught us how to use a template to cut out the correct patterns from fun, multi-colored fabrics. Then we got a crash-course on using the sewing machine to assemble the fabric and elastic for an adorable finished product.
March 2017: For March's service event, SAAC contacted the local Chapter of Disabled American Veterans to give a helping hand to a well deserving veteran in our community. Mr. Robert E. Myers, Jr. needed a few extra hands to clear away brush, overgrown limbs, and accumulated leaves in his yard. After several hours of hard work, our team generated monstrous piles of brush for the city to clear away. Because of his back and breathing problems, Mr. Myers said it would have taken him months to complete what we did in one short afternoon. He was elated with the results, and we felt accomplished seeing the difference we made for him.
April 2017: April's Social event was a potluck aptly planned for the month's fickle weather. We gathered in Kingsport in a cozy sitting room at Colonial Heights United Methodist Church for a Soup and Ice Cream Bar. Everyone's homemade hearty soups warmed us up after a full day of cold rain, and our ice cream with all the best toppings helped us celebrate the hot weather that will be just around the corner.
May 2017: May's Scholarship Event was a first for several of our Members; we went geocaching! Surprisingly, there are hundreds of caches in Johnson City, and we spent a couple hours hunting for several around ETSU's campus, hiking trails, nearby businesses, and downtown. We used a mobile app from [www.geocaching.com] to choose each cache, find the coordinates, and read hints and logs from the geocache community that had found each item before us. Some of the caches were large enough to leave behind a small trinket, so we included mini rubber ducks!
June 2017: Sometimes, the best laid plans go awry. Unfortunately, the rainy weather did not permit us to carry out our June Service event at Steele Creek Park in Bristol, TN, where we were set to do some cleanup and landscaping.
July 2017: July was a busy month with TWO events! On our regular rotation was a social event. We met at Founder's Park in Johnson City for field-day games. The Brothers had a blast playing Dizzy Izzy (where each contestant spins around with forehead on a baseball bat before completing tasks like hitting a ball off a tee or punting a football), shaving cream balloon toss, and others. We kept score for each event, and Ryan Alexander was our first place field-day champ! After a day full of laughter, we stopped by a local deli and then Fizz Soda Bar downtown for some creative floats.
This is the month we also celebrate our July 9th Founder's Day with an annual retreat. Since SAAC celebrated a mini-milestone of 5 years together, we wanted to celebrate BIG! We took a cruise to the Bahamas and got in some quality Brother-bonding time over days on the Serenity deck, fancy dinners, and nights in the Comedy club. We had one day off the ship in Nassau where we browsed the straw market and relaxed at Junkanoo beach.
August 2017: SAAC went Whitewater rafting with Smoky Mountain Outdoors on the Little Pigeon River for August's Scholarship event. We brought along a few guests, and the weather was perfect for being outdoors! Lucky for us beginners, no one fell out of the raft! We finished up the trip with lunch at a local Mexican restaurant in Newport, TN.
September 2017: Check our page again soon to learn about this month's upcoming Service Event!
October 2017: Check our page again soon to learn about this month's upcoming Social Event!
November 2017: Check our page again soon to learn about this month's upcoming Scholarship Event!
December 2017: Check our page again soon to learn about this month's upcoming Service Event!
Event Archive
By Year:
- 2012 SAAC Events
- 2013 SAAC Events
- 2014 SAAC Events
- 2015 SAAC Events
- 2016 SAAC Events
- 2017 SAAC Events
By Tripod
Notable Alumni
SAAC would like to thank all of those individuals who signed the charter creating this awesome Alumni Chapter!
- Ryan Alexander - Vice President of Alumni Development (2014 to 2016)
- Josh Moore - Founder of Eta Theta Chapter in Spring 2016
Grand Chapter Delegates
- 2012: Ryan Alexander (Delegate), Joanne Lamb (Alternate)
- 2013: Ryan Alexander (Delegate), Joanne Lamb (Alternate)
- 2014: Ryan Alexander (Delegate), Joanne Lamb (Alternate)
- 2015: Josh Moore, Tasha Ferrell, Joanne Lamb, Jillian Alexander
- 2016: Josh Moore (Delegate), Chris Dean (Alternate)
Chapter Honors & Awards
- 2013 National Hazing Prevention Photo Contest Winner - Alumni Chapter Division
