Gamma Gamma Ray
February 2026
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
*Tuesday, February 10 – Library presentation at Schaumburg Library
*Tuesday, February 24 – Portillos gathering at the Portillos on Golf Rd in Schaumburg
*Tuesday, March 10 – Native American presentation at Our Redeemers Methodist Church
*Tuesday, April 7 – Painting Night at Pinot’s Palette in South Barrington
*Thursday, April 16 – New member info meeting and Executive Board meeting at Madelynn’s
Brossard’s home
*Thursday, May 7 – Spring banquet at Bridges of Poplar Creek in Hoffman Estates
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
*The second half of the year is going to fly by so be sure to check out all the happenings and see where you can participate!
Book Club News
*February 24 – The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune – Zoom meeting
*March 24 – The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict – Zoom Meeting
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COMMITTEE REPORTING:
Society Business (Finance, Rules, Research)- Joan Gazdic, jmtg@att.net
*Rose Marie will soon be sending a separate email to the membership with both word doc and pdf copies of the Proposed Revised Gamma Gamma Chapter Rules and Financial Policies to Clarify Chapter Rules. Items highlighted in yellow indicate items added to new Chapter Rules Checklists (No worries: ILSO requires these items to be included in Chapter Rules, yet Gamma Gamma has already been implementing these guidelines in practice). Items highlighted in green are suggestions had been proposed during Executive Board meetings since our last approved revision in 2024.
Kindly review the attached drafts of revisions to our Chapter Rules and Financial Policies to clarify Rules prior to the March 10 meeting, when we will be approving them. Contact me for any questions or further clarification. Members will be voting upon the approval of these revised documents at our March meeting.
Membership – Madelynn Brossard, rtb1445@yahoo.com
*Please start thinking about who you might like to invite to join the Gamma Gamma chapter of DKG. Since the new member info session is April 16, those nominations should be in by the end of March.
*If you need a name tag (or a new name tag) please let Madelynn know.
Educational Excellence-Scholarship -Denise Pawelczyk, dreismom2@yahoo.com
*February is a month associated with romance. With that in thought, I want you to remember your romance with teaching. It’s a profession we all feel passionate about.
*If they have trouble with our website, please direct them to Denise or Rose Marie Mincey.
Programs– Kris Beaudette, krisbeaudette1@gmail.com /Marcy Dubinsky, notime4mom@comcast.net
*Tuesday, February 10 at 4:00 – In-person meeting at the Schaumburg Library: current offerings and opportunities. The staff will provide our group with an overview of the library’s current services and include any upcoming programs. We will also provide a tour of the Innovation Hub and if you are interested a tour of the 2nd floor as we just completed a renovation late last year.
*Tuesday, February 24 at 5:00 – Meet-up for an early dinner at Portillo’s. Time to socialize and enjoy each other’s company. We can chat and eat and maybe even play a game
*Tuesday, March 10 at 4:00 – Program about Native Americans from the Mitchell Museum of American Indians. Josie Starr from the Mitchell Museum will talk to us about the museum and its displays.
Hostesses: Membership
Arrangements: Barbara Riske (Speaker), Mary Balk (Room arrangements)
3:15 Setup and Social time
4:00 Business Meeting
4:30 Program
Location: Our Redeemers United Methodist Church, 1600 W. Schaumburg Rd., Schaumburg, IL
Service Project: Donations to the Marion Medical Mission, an organization helping poor rural communities in digging wells for clean water. This organization is promoted by DKG ILSO International projects.
Communication, Deb Hopp, debhopp@comcast.net
*No report.
Service and Special Projects– Cindy Sheely, sheelyj@sbcglobal.net
*Our next service project will be to collect donations at our March 10 meeting to the Marion Medical Mission, an organization helping poor rural communities in digging wells for clean water. This organization is promoted by DKG ILSO International projects. Checks should be made out to Delta Kappa Gamma with “Marion Wells” written in the memo line. Cash will also be accepted.
CARE TEAM NEWS:
Please contact Glenda Klein-Mali glendaklein@sbcglobal.net (and Rose Marie Mincey rmincey@comcast.net ) if you have any news for the Care Team. We also love to hear your good news and celebrations! Let us know what you would like shared with your Gamma Gamma sisters.
Many of our chapter sisters have health issues or other situations they are dealing with which prevent them from coming to meetings. If you haven’t heard from a Gamma Gamma sister in a while, please take a moment to call or email her. We can all do our part to check on our members and support them when they need us most.
To all our Gamma Gamma sisters, don’t forget to let us know if you need our support-
The Care Team
OPPORTUNITIES:
*To our Gamma Gamma members who are in need of Professional Development credits (PDs), check out the “What’s Happening in DKG Illinois the Week of…” that is forwarded from Bev Johns! There has been, and will continue to be, opportunities to acquire PD credits by Zooming in on some of the programs listed.
ROSE MARIE’S NOTES:
*Thanks for reading this far! Happy Valentine’s Day to you all!
WEBSITES TO REMEMBER:
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Gamma Gamma chapter: http://www.gammagamma75.org
Illinois State Organization: http://www.deltakappagamma.org/IL
International: http://www.dkg.org
Zoom links for DKG-ISO programs: http://www.ilsozoom.weebly.com (Note: this is a change.)
http://www.YouTube.com. Subscribe to this channel: Delta Kappa Gamma, Illinois, Key Women Educators. Many/most of the slide shows from Zoom programs are saved to this channel. The Zoom sessions are not recorded, but the slides that the presenters used are all saved here, for your convenient viewing.
Facebook Pages to visit:
DKG-Gamma Gamma Chapter
DKG-Illinois Key Women Educators
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
DKG-ILSOWIACAR- This is the Facebook page for the Illinois State Organization Women in the Arts Creative Arts Retreat (virtual.)
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