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My Greatest Memory 15 members share their memories of the last 15 years cil happy and joyous, sincere and friendly, seeking and gaining the best experience there was to offer. They were from so many difference places and yet we found ourselves together, loving every moment. And that was when my fire was heightened. It became as little more clear why we were there. And I still smile years later at the wonderful memories. | Soror Addriene Rhodes, (2009) Line: Reality Check, Epsilon Omega A s a member of Delta Psi Epsilon one of my greatest memories was working together as a sisterhood at City Temple SDA Church’s Annual Back to School Block Party. I have always been a proud member of Delta Psi Epsilon but one of my proudest moments was the day that all of my sorors came to help out at my church. Our Orchidettes Club came as well. The experience that we had was so enriching. We helped to service 800-900 people that day. Every year City Temple packs and gives out backpacks for students as well as hands out school When I approached the sorors about this service opportunity, they jumped right in. The excitement was electric. Each one of the ladies came as well as our sweet Orchidettes. We didn’t have a booth at the event so we were assigned areas to work and floated about helping everyone. The Orchidettes were amazing and so were their mothers. Our ladies really shined. As things began to wind down, a comment was made to me by one of the church members. She said, “Those ladies wearing their purple and lime green are really Godly women. I