Category: Alumni News

Service Opportunity – Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay

DZAA, Tampa Bay needs you!  Once again, the Alumni Association is going to lend a hand and help Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay (check out their website at http://www.rttb.org/ for more information).

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On March 15, 2014, Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay will be doing some work at Plymouth Park in Tampa Heights.  The project is not exceedingly huge, so they will only need five (5) volunteers from the DZAA to assist.  The project will begin at 8:00 a.m. and should conclude around 1:30 p.m.    Volunteers will be asked to assist in setting up, the check-in process, and help paint and build decks for low-income families in the Tampa Heights community.  They also need assistance in organizing supplies and relocating back to the main office.

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If anyone is interested in helping out for this event, please contact David Ebner to coordinate.  DZAA helped out Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay last year, and the Brothers who volunteered their time and efforts can testify to how rewarding an experience it can be!

If you’ve been waiting for your chance to give back to your community, now’s your opportunity!  Let’s all help rebuild Tampa Bay!

Alumni News – Brother Ryen Linder is a Daddy!

February 17th will always be a very special day for Brother Ryen Linder, for  at 12: 23 p.m. on Monday, February 17th, Brother Linder and his wife, Katie, welcomed into the world their first child!  Little Madden Ryen Linder, all 6 lbs and 12 oz of her, was born to two of the proudest parents ever!

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There’s no greater joy than being a parent, and Brother Linder now joins the ranks with numerous Delta Zeta Alumni who have already experienced the wonders of parenthood.  If you haven’t already, reach out to our Brother and extend your well wishes as he and his wife enter this new chapter of their lives (and prepare themselves for very little sleep for some time to come).

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Congrats, Brother Linder, we certainly wish all the best for Baby Madden!

Alumni News – Where Were You on SuperBowl Sunday?

Sunday, February 2nd was a day of annual tradition for many football fans – SuperBowl Sunday!  While some watched with family, others watched with friends, and some just said “Who gives a *#&!” and went out and had some fun!

Like Brothers Aaron Poidevin, Quincy Banis, and Sameep Shah who donned their hats and sunglasses for some “everglades adventures”

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Or like Brother Shaun Gorden, who found the game to be “kinda lame,” but did get some enjoyment out of the commercials (for which the SuperBowl has become quite famous for!)

Then again, maybe like Brother John Baker, who believed Pepsi spent more on the half-time fireworks display than they did on the actual half-time entertainment (I mean, really – has anything ever topped Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction?)

On the other hand, maybe like Brother Michael Vickers, who found the half-time show (with Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers) to be the “best halftime show I’ve seen in years”

Of course, there’s always Brother Bill Bartlett, who watched the event with pizza and wings

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Quite frankly, it doesn’t matter how you spent the day – because no matter what you did, or where you did it, you were experiencing the day right along-side all of your Brothers in the Delta Zeta Alumni Association!  Snaps!!