 Calendar of Events
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JANUARY
01/13: APO IMPACT: Sectional Chairs
01/20: APO IMPACT: Recruiting
01/24: SAME PAGE Mails
01/26: APO IMPACT: SYSD
01/31: Chapter Officer Update Due to National Office
FEBRUARY
02/01: Youth Service Grant Applications Due
02/01: APO IMPACT: VP of Membership
02/07: APO IMPACT: Matching Volunteers with Needs
02/18-20: APO LEADS Serve Weekend
02/21: APO IMPACT: Conflict Management
02/23: APO IMPACT: Conference Planning
Click here to register for APO IMPACT Live events...
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Youth Service Grant Applications Due 02/01
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The 2011 Alpha Phi Omega Youth Service Grant
Program is here and it’s a chance for your chapter to apply for a
grant of $100-$500 to help you perform a service project benefiting
pre-college-age youth! The grant application and instructions are
enclosed. Click here learn more about applying for a Youth Service Grant...
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2010 National Award Recipients
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Congratulations to the brothers and chapters that were presented with a national award at the 2010 National Convention. Click here for a full list of recipients...
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Chapter Officer Updates Due Jan. 31
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Your chapter officer updates are due by January 31! Please review your chapters information and officer names here, then provide any updates using the chapter update form and reporting your new chapter officers here!
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Earn Money for Your Chapter Through Service
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A service project
that also raises money for your chapter? No, it's not too good to be true.
Thanks to Alpha Phi Omega’s partnership with Better World Books, an
organization that sponsors collegiate book drives to fund global literacy, you
can join a growing movement of students on over 1800 campuses to raise money to
support literacy and raise funds at the same time. Click here to find out more about Better World Books opportunities...
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Monday-Friday 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. CST
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Dear Subscriber
The 41st Biennial National Convention in Atlanta was an amazing success with the Cardinal Principles alive and well throughout the four-day event. The Fraternity welcomed a new Board of Directors, handed the Convention flame over to the bid team from Anaheim, California and ended it all with the largest circle of brotherhood to sing the Fraternity's Toast Song.
With the spring 2011 semester now under foot, be sure you are checking the calendar of events to the left for leadership development opportunities that you and other members of your chapter can take advantage of to improve your chapter. Also remember that chapter officer updates are due to the National Office by January 31 and Youth Service Grant applications are due by February 1. See the articles below for more information on both of these items.
Enjoy the start of your new semester and remember to carry the Cardinal Principles wherever you go, sharing them with others along the way. There can never be too many brothers.
Torch Topics Editorial Team
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January Video of the Month: Omega Sigma Chapter at California State University at Fullerton
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Omega Sigma Chapter at California State University at Fullerton put together a great promotional commercial for the Section 2 Conference being held on the campus early this year. Nice job Omega Sigma!
Is your chapter working
hard to create fun, informational and educational videos for recruitment,
etc.? Share your efforts with brothers across the nation by nominating
your video for the February Video of the Month. Simply post your video to
YouTube, then send a link to the Torch Topics Editorial Staff at publications@apo.org.
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2011-2012 Newly Elected Officers of the Alpha Phi Omega Board of Directors
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President Mark A. Stratton
Vice President Hon. John K. Ottenad, J.D.
Program Directors
AR & IVD Director John T. Strada
Finance & Operations Director Carla Moran
Leadership Development Director Edward J. Richter
Membership & Extension Director Marilyn L. Mims
Risk Management Director Robert M. Coop, P.E.
Service Director Glen S. Kinder IV
Regional Directors
Region I Director Christine J. Topacio
Region II Director Michael E. Haber
Region III Director Dawn M. Gurganious
Region IV Director Matthew J. Cross
Region V Director Melody A. Martin
Region VI Director Jeremy Bingman
Region VII Director Cole T. Robertson
Region VIII Director Jennifer Churchill
Region IX Director Emily L. Engelland, M.D., M.P.H.
Region X Director Craig R. Tanner
Region XI Director Ping Huang
Click here for a complete list of the Alpha Phi Omega Board of Directors...
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President Mark Stratton's 2010 National Convention Awards Banquet Key Note Address
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Brothers -
Tonight, let me first say
that I am honored by your trust and humbled by your faith. Having been elected National President by you
is indeed a great honor, but not so great as first being a brother in Alpha Phi
Omega. In truth, membership in Alpha
Phi Omega is the highest honor that the Fraternity can bestow.
Click here to read the rest of President Stratton's address at the final banquet to the brothers of Alpha Phi Omega...
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Launch Your Personal Leadership Odyssey Through APO LEADS Launch Online Courses
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Join Alpha Phi Omega brothers from chapters nationwide for a special APO LEADS Launch Online course. This leadership training webinar will launch your personal odyssey to becoming a better, more effective leader.The APO LEADS program consists of five individual modular componets of leadership development. Each of these modular componets focus on skills that will help the participant be a successful leader and team member in APO and in life. At the completion of the series of courses, the participant will have a set of transferable skills that are applicable to APO, to the working world, as well as to leadership in other organizations
The Launch course sets the basis for the other four APO LEADS component modules (Explore, Achieve, Discover, and Serve) and is a prerequisit for these other courses.
The following APO LEADS Launch Online courses are available...
February
8th at 7PM Eastern Time/4PM Pacific-- https://student.gototraining.com/33z5z/register/9153411542822952960
February
16th at 10 PM Eastern/7PM Pacific Time-- https://student.gototraining.com/33z5z/register/7832335127910737920
March
10th at 9PM Eastern Time/6PM Pacific Time-- https://student.gototraining.com/33z5z/register/3386646777975284480
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Space Still Available for APO LEADS Serve
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Don't miss your chance to complete the final phase of the APO LEADS Courses with Serve! This is a weekend experience giving participants the opportunity to learn skills needed to develop chapter management skills. The course will focus on small group process where participants develop and actual project plan that can be used by chapters and APO. Participants will learn meeting management, project management, delegation and marketing. Register today for this leadership development opportunity. There are still openings available at the February 18-20, 2011 course in Sacramento, California. Click here to REGISTER!
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National
Service Organization Brings Together 1,800 Volunteers and Raises $7k for
Make-A-Wish Foundation
By Devika Rao, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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“We have a saying here at [Alpha Phi Omega],”said Carla Moran, external
relations director of the 85-year old service fraternity. “We like to
leave places better than we found them and by having our national
convention in Atlanta, we hope to do just that.”
On Dec. 30, APO brought out the volunteers to take on the Pinewood
Derby, a national derby race that lets a coach and a Cub Scout design,
carve, paint, weigh, refine, and race the car. The race brought together
more than 30 troops from the Atlanta Area Council’s Scoutreach Program.
Click here to continue to the article on www.ajc.com...
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