California’s State President
Donna McCartney
Gamma Nu, Marina District
California’s 2026-2028 theme:
Sharing the Sunshine of Sisterhood
California State President Donna McCarney’s Message: Hi, California Sisters! I am honored to be your California State President. My logo for the 2026 – 2028 biennium is “Sharing the Sunshine of Sisterhood.” Sisters are good at sharing, right? “Sharing the Sunshine of Sisterhood” means treasuring and benefiting from the close friendships you develop on this Alpha Delta Kappa journey. As far as goals for this biennium, besides “Sharing the Sunshine Sisterhood,” membership is always at the top of our list of goals. I think that chapters that focus on creating events and running our organization in ways that appeal to women who are 50 years and younger and not 60 years and older, like me, is the only way we will have a future.
Change won’t be easy, it never is! As the world changes around use we have to step up to change the way we do things and feel the discomfort of that change. The alternative is to continue to lose members and end up as one of our disbanding chapters. Sadly, we lost several more chapters this past biennium. People say, “Teachers today do not join organizations.” Tell that to CrossFit. They will show you how they have appealed to people in our target group of teachers and made a lot of money doing it, too!
That is our challenge going forward. Learn about the many organizations that do appeal to our current teachers. Find out what makes them so appealing that overworked and stressed 50-year-olds and under flock to them. And then let’s change how we do things so those in that demographic are as interested in us as they are in CrossFit. If our founder, Agnes Shipman Robertson, were her today she would say, “Why in the world aren’t we doing things that appeal to today’s teacher? Come on ladies, get with it!” We know our future members love altruism, they love socializing, and they love their students, Let’s change to meet them where they are now. That is one of my biggest goals for 2026 – 2028, Come join me in this adventure. We can do it! Thanks!
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CA Educators Helping Educators Crisis Fund
Did you know that funds are available to assist any educator in California who has experienced a crisis?
Several years ago California Alpha Delta Kappa set up a Crisis Fund called Educators Helping Educators to help any California educators who have experienced a crisis such as the current wildfires in Southern California.
Requests may be submitted by a member in need of assistance, by another member or by a chapter. Help may be requested on behalf of a member, an individual non-member or for educators at a school site. Two funding sources are available. The California Educators Helping Educators funds may be given to members or to non-members. International Alpha Delta Kappa Foundation funds donated to California for disaster relief may be given to members only.
Recipients may receive $300 from the California fund. Click this link to download the application to your computer:
CA EHE App Rev 08.10.20
Chapters and individual members may also donate funds to replenish this fund at any time and are encouraged to do so. Simply mail a check made out to CA ADK indicating Educators Helping Educators in the memo line and mail it to CA ADK State Treasurer, Virginia Williamson at 22586 5th Street, Hayward, CA 94541.
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2023-2025 International Logo
Our new International President, Anne Marie Brown, presented the theme for the 2023-2025 International biennium: Bridge to the Future. The elements of the new logo include a sun representing tomorrow as a new day. The four birds represent our four founders. The seven regions are represented by the seven vertical lines. The modern swipe upward conveys motion and is supported by the seven regions. The three colors of green, yellow and purple created a modern colorized Delta.
Here is a link to the International website:
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Photos from the International Convention
- California attendees
- Diana Galvan and Dorothy Vaio
- Our certificate for creating The Greek Squad, Karen Kirby, Rosena Kruley, Diana Galvan, Debbie Waltzer.
Click on the photos to see an enlarged version.
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Photos from the 2026 State Convention
2026-2028 State Executive Board
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Honor a Sister
Did you know you can honor an A∆K sister by making a donation to the Foundation in her name? You can download the donation form on the International website and send your donation ($25 minimum) to:
The Alpha Delta Kappa Foundation
1615 W 92nd St
Kansas City, MO 64114-3210
