OC Grad turns $200 to $10,000

Carli Amlin Dean,'99 OC Graduate in Organizational and Speech Communications and proud member of Sigma Alpha Tau Sorority, has helped develop a volunteer organization that is changing the way food pantries are being stocked!  In just 6 short months time Carli’s organization, ClipShopShare, has donated over $10,000 of groceries, toiletries, paper goods, school supplies and more…for less than $200 out-of-pocket. ClipShopShare is a volunteer group of local professionals that donate their time to stock local food pantries, shelters, etc. with the use of weekly drug and grocery store sales and the pairing of these with coupons.  Co-founder, Carli Amlin Dean works daily on PR/Advertising/Marketing and Administration thanks to her educational background at Otterbein College.

In addition to helping their neighbors in need, ClipShopShare also offer a once-a-month FREE Coupon Coaching Session.  They teach how to use coupons to reduce your weekly grocery budget while also learning how to conservatively create a small stockpile.  Currently the class is the 1st Wednesday of the month at Ginghamsburg Church at 7 p.m. Please check the website for location of class and directions at www.ClipShopShare.com. 

Follow www.ClipShopShare.com and the Facebook page Clip, Shop, Share for daily deals posted about items for FREE, coupons to print, ways to reduce your budget, sales at local grocery and drug stores, and of course…the successful shopping and donations made for the week on behalf of ClipShopShare.

Want to help ClipShopShare and the food pantry but don’t have time to coupon yourself?  Just donate your coupon booklets to ClipShopShare. They have boxes set up in TIPP CITY at Ginghamsburg Church, New Path Food Pantry, Schroeder Tennis Center, Amlin Advantage of RE/MAX Professionals, and Tipp Monroe Community Services.  In Huber Heights at Fox’s Pizza, in Troy at RE/MAX Professionals and in Dayton at Wright State University’s University Center for International Education.  You may also mail inserts to 890 Ginghamsburg Road, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 in care of ClipShopShare.

Kristen Sullivan Mantovani launches wedding planner business

Calling all brides: you'll love this news from from Kristen Sullivan Mantovani '03:

Dear Friends,

As some of you know, I started Promise Weddings & Events, LLC last year. Since then I have been slowly but surely working behind the scenes to build the business foundation, and I am now excited to announce the official launch of my web site!

www.promiseweddingsandevents.com

Please pass on the news to anyone you know who may be interested, and let me know what you think!

Thank you!
Kristen

The Official Owls 100th Anniversary Website~

Go there, its AWESOME!

http://owls100.com/

Owl Addition~Katie Schell Corchinski

HOW CUTE IS HE!!! We Owls make some cute babies!

Katie and her husband Brandon, welcomed a son, Ryken Corchinski born on November 4, 2009. He weighed 7 lbs and is cute as a button. Welcome little one!

Owl Addition~ Rochelle McKiethan Biemesderfer '98

Rochelle and husband welcomed a baby girl McKiethan Skye Biemeserder on Januray 24th at 6:24pm. Skye weighed 8lbs 2 ounces and was 21.5 inches long and all kinds of perfect.
Here is a picture of sweet little Skye and Mommy Shell with her little lady. She was released today after quite a difficult delivery and c-section. She and Brian happily packed up their bundle and headed home for some much needed rest. Congrats to the new family!!!!

Owl Additions Amber Casper Baumer 99

Amber, Lucy, Cici, Emma, Beck and Kaiya.
Forgive me for my EXTREME tardiness in this announcement but let welcome all the same a sweet set of Who's Whos... Amber and Josh Baumer welcomed twin girls Emma & Lucy on August 10th (see what I mean about tardiness, whew sorry). These two LONG awaited for beauties are just wonderful in every way and Amber and Josh are WONDERFUL parents.


They are fraternal and look completely different but are both just gorgeous little girls! They have their personalities all set too Emma~ she is the high maintenance girl (which I love!) and Lucy who is just lllllllllllaaaid back. They are too cute. Since its been WAY too long since my update, here are few pics of Amber and her sweet family. Congrats sweetie!

PICTURES

Twins like twins!

Calling ALL OWLS!! We are celebrating 100 years of Sigma Alpha Tau!!

We are so excited to be celebrating 100 years of our amazing sorority! I am so excited because I have heard of many of our sisters that are coming from ALL OVER:) It should be an incredible reunion and I know it will be a blast! Just some Info off the top of my head! For the out of towners, the official "Owl hotel" aka, we have reserved a block of rooms there is the Franklin Park Suits off of Polaris Pwwy and Gwen has assured all Owls the rate of $79 a night:) Here are some events that will be happeneing at the 100th party! The party begins on October 22nd in the evening so mark those calendar!!!

Friday, OCt. 22nd: Pizza/PJ Party at the hotel, this should be a blast, all sisters are invited, there will surely be singing, chanting, great stoies, jokes, pictures and anything else that happens when you get a big group of girls together in their PJS!!! I believe it will be in oneof the meeting rooms at the hotel:)

Saturday, Oct. 23rd: Begins with the Homecoming Parade at 10am, we may have an alumni float if anyone is interested to partake! We will then have a luncheon, likley on campus for all Owl Alumni and family as well as the entire active chapter.We will then follow that with an evening reception at Medaliion Country Club where there will be dace displays for everyone to look at and lots of meeting and greating! We will then have a formal sit down dinner with a cash bar and DJ. Should be great, significant others are invited!

Each of the 10 decades have a decade leader assigned to them to if you have any great pictures, stories, anything that could help, contact Gwen Swigart Nichols to find out who your daced leader is! I am the 1970s decade leader, so I get all the fabulous 70s sisters! I had a few people ask, the 1990s will be run by Ash Babbitt Reynolds, if you need an updated address for her, just email the blog and we will get it to you!

Hope to see all of you! Sorry for the more than likley numerous typos, I am typing quick at work!
Becky Devaney Stapleton!