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Summer is here. Classes are over. New adventures are beginning. For many, the summer solstice is our signal for leisure activities and some quality time with family and friends.

We can regroup and take a moment.

But NPC women never really stop working. Just as planning is underway for our annual meeting this fall in Austin, we also invest time to stay current, updated and ready for the next wave of women we will meet this fall on campuses across the nation.

Much of NPC’s business is undertaken by volunteers, including the 60 or so volunteers who recently brushed up on recruitment policies and procedures during a weekend of training.

Release Figure Management, a process designed to ensure as many women as possible are pledged, provides solid standards for recruitment. It’s just one of the many successful programs that NPC has established.

We can easily say that numbers of affiliated women continue to grow each year.

It is a quiet success story that occasionally draws puzzled calls from media.

The most recent article cites the success on Harvard’s campus. Despite a lack of official recognition by the university, sororities thrive. Many students, both women and men, were interviewed by The Crimson and most agreed. According to the paper, students were “pulled in by the promise of new friendships and the prospect of meeting a different group of people.”

We’ve posted the article on NPC’s website and it’s worth sharing.

As an international organization, NPC shows no declines in membership.

NPC’s vigilance in maintaining its relationships with women, numbering more than 4 million, is a foundation of our success.

A quality network is a promise we keep.

This month, Leslie Noyes Mass, who is featured in NPC’s podcast conversation, shares how she gets together annually with her sorority sisters. Leslie is 70 and still going strong with new adventures, including hiking the Appalachian Trail, writing books and building new schools and training teachers in Pakistan.

Leslie knows what all of the founders of our 26 member sororities knew.

When women can network, they thrive. When women connect, nothing is impossible.

Thanks to everyone who volunteers — and enjoy your summer!