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Tampa Rosebuds Of Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. Win Top Honors At National Conference
BY KENYA WOODARD Sentinel Feature Writer
Members of a youth aux- iliary of the Tampa chapter of a national sorority arrived last week at the organiza- tion’s biennial meeting vir- tual unknowns and departed with bragging rights.
The Rosebuds of the Delta Delta chapter of Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc., are now well-known within the group after Mirykle Twillie, 9, and Winter Allen, 9, were elected Rosebud president and vice-president respec- tively and member Adrian Jones, 13, placed third in the International Rosebud competition while at the meeting, also known as the Boule’.
Other Rosebuds who at- tended the meeting in Los Angeles include: Anttiniya White, 12, and Keiondra Jackson, 10.
Mirykle said she jumped
at the chance to be the leader of the Rosebuds.
“I thought I could be president because I can help other people and I can change the world,” she said. “This is an opportunity of a lifetime for me.”
Mirykle and Winter delivered “outstanding” elec- tion speeches, said Amy Fil- more, the sorority’s Supreme 3rd Anti-Basileus and director of the youth auxiliary programs.
“They were quite impres- sive,” she said, “I expect them to go to the top.”
Founded in 1943 at Lewis Business College in Detroit, Gamma Phi Delta is a busi- ness sorority with nearly 50 collegiate and graduate chapters located throughout the country. Open to women in all professions, commu- nity service and the pursuit of cultural, academic, and so- cial excellence for youth are among the sorority’s hall-
Chaperone and advisor and sorority member, Yolanda Anthony, with Rosebuds, Annttiniya White, Adrian Jones, 3rd place winner of Miss Rosebud International; Winter Allen, Rosebud National V. P.; Kieondra Jackson, and Mirylke Twillie, Rosebud National Presi- dent; and chaperone and sorority member, Mary Reed.
it means to be a young lady,” Anthony said.
Academic and social en- richment as well as commu- nity service are part of the Rosebud programming, An- thony said.
Three of the girls that at- tended the conference are residents of Tampa Park Apartments, where Ms. An- thony is manager. The Tampa Park Board members helped finance the trip for the girls.
Trips to the zoo, perform- ing at the senior citizens home, and making friends are some of the highlights of being a Rosebud, Adrian said.
“It’s really fun because you can experience a lot of things,” she said.
The girls were taken to and from Tampa Interna- tional Airport to experience their first airplane ride via limousine like the stars that they all are.
marks.
Other youth auxiliary
groups include the Phi- Teens, Junior Cavaliers, and Cavaliers.
The mission of the Rose- buds is to teach young girls how to become accomplished
young adults, said Yolanda Anthony, Delta Delta’s fi- nancial secretary. As youth advisor, Anthony shares duties with chapter youth di- rector Mary Reed.
“We want our young girls to stand out and know what
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