Starting in the early 2000s, many collegiate chapters of Alpha Phi host a philanthropy event known as Red Dress Gala, which often includes a silent auction, guest speakers, and a full dinner for sisters, alumnae, and family. The recipient is selected by a team of medical professionals and the Foundation Board of Directors.
Collegiate chapters, alumnae chapters and individual members can nominate a local heart project for the Heart to Heart Grant. Since its establishment in 1993, the Heart to Heart Grant has invested over $1.4 million in women's heart health initiatives. The Foundation most notable program is its Women's Heart Health Program and Heart to Heart to Grant, an $100,000 grant awarded to medical professionals to better understand heart disease in women-specifically its symptoms, treatment, and prevention. The Foundation supports Alpha Phi’s leadership training and programming, awards need-based and merit-based scholarships, invests in the advancement of women’s heart health, and preserves Alpha Phi's rich and expansive heritage. Alpha Phi officially adopted Cardiac Care as its philanthropic priority in 1946, which then became the Foundation's focus, along with awarding academic scholarships, upon its founding in 1956. In 1956, Alpha Phi became one of the first women’s fraternities to establish a Foundation. These pins are replicas of the pins presented to the six living founders at the Fraternity's Fiftieth Anniversary Convention in 1922." Fifty-Year Pin – "The first fifty-year pins, silver circles with red stones, were presented at the 42nd Convention in 1958 to several alumnae who had given significant service to the fraternity for 50 years or more.An ever-growing vine, the ivy symbolizes the growth of the Alpha Phi sisterhood." The badge they selected is in the shape of an ivy leaf, set in silver pewter. New member Badge – "In 1898 the Fraternity adopted a special badge to honor her newest members.Honor Badge – These pins are worn by international officers, and presidents of college chapters while they are serving their terms as president.Prior to the adoption of the current badge in 1906, "each member went to the jeweler of her choice to have her pin designed." The Alpha Phi badge is worn by initiated members, as there is a separate badge for new members before their initiation. It can be customized in silver or gold and may be adorned with only white jewels - pearls or diamonds. The Alpha Phi badge is the Greek letter Alpha ( Α) resting on the Greek letter Phi ( Φ), engraved with the Greek acronym ( Α.Ο.Ε.). The official flowers are the Lily of the Valley and the Forget-me-not.Īlpha Phi lists its ideals as "Sisterhood, Generosity, Innovation, and Character."Īlpha Phi's public motto is "union hand in hand". The colors were originally blue and gold however, these colors were similar to those of Delta Upsilon Fraternity so they were changed. The fraternity's official colors are bordeaux and silver.
Like many other women's fraternities, Alpha Phi recognizes multiple types of symbols, with the Ivy Leaf as their primary symbol. Ida Arabella Gilbert DeLamanter Houghton.
She then served as Dean of Women's College, Northwestern University from 1886–1891. Michaels Atchison – She served as a professor at several universities. Born in Sackets Harbor, New York, she played an important role in the development of higher education for women in the United States. Martha Emily Foote Crow – Martha "Mattie" Foote Crow (1854 – January 1, 1924) was an educator and writer.FoundersĪlpha Phi's founding members were: įour founders of Alpha Phi, reunited at a national convention in 1922: Clara Bradley Burdette, Jane Sara Higham, Louise Shepard Hancock, and Clara Sittser Williams. Alpha Phi considers itself a women's fraternity because its founding date predates the invention of the word "sorority". Alpha Phi's international headquarters are located in Evanston, Illinois.Īt the time of the founding there were only 666 women attending Syracuse ten of them eventually formed Alpha Phi to create an organization "on the principles of the promotion of growth in character unity of feeling, sisterly affection, and social communion among the members." Although the actual founding date is September 18, 1872, Alpha Phi has been celebrating their Founders Day on October 10 since 1902, since many colleges and universities were not open for classes in mid-September at that time. Syracuse University, ( Syracuse, New York)Īlpha Phi International Women's Fraternity ( ΑΦ, also known as APhi) is an international sorority with 172 active chapters and over 250,000 initiated members.įounded at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York on September 18, 1872, it is the fourth Greek-letter organization founded for women, and the first women's fraternity founded in the northeast.Īlpha Phi is a member of the National Panhellenic Conference, the governing council of 26 women's fraternities.
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