BSP is an international women's group that focuses on learning and bettering themselves and their communities. It was actually started by a husband for his wife and her friends back in 1931 during the Great Depression (a fact I find a little amusing, and have heard the joke that he created BSP so his wife would have things to do to get out of his hair). The sorority has grown tremendously over the decades it has been in existence and now has chapters in every state of the US and in several countries. The local chapter here in Germany is based around Ramstein AFB and is comprised mostly of wives of service members with a few civilian contractor's thrown into the mix. (The sorority itself is not a military spouses group, that is just how it worked out for our chapter)
I first heard of BSP from my friend (you know who she is if you have been following my other posts). She was invited to a game of Bunko (the sorority's Rush Night activity) and invited me to come along. Glad I did. We met an awesome group of women with hilarious senses of humor, great energy, wonderful ideas, and full of eagerness to help others. In other words, the perfect group for me.
I did not join out right though. I took my time considering the information I was given, attended a meeting, did some research on the sorority itself, and had a few long conversation with my good friend and fitness buddy. Ultimately, we both decided to join and filled out the forms for international. We are now awaiting our shipments (books and pins and our induction ceremony supplies) and will soon begin pledge training.
I want to encourage all my female readers and friends to look into BSP, it may be something you yourselves would enjoy and be something really good for you.
Here is international's website so you can get started: https://bspinternational.org/index.php
I am very excited for all the upcoming projects and events we will be participating in. One in particular is a day we pack up a bunch of yard-work supplies (rakes, gloves, trowels, weed eaters, ect) and visit one of Germany's Kinder Graves. Did you know that from 1952 to 1971 American infants who died at birth (or shortly after birth) at the American military hospital on Landstuhl and other nearby local hospitals could not be transported back home to the US to be buried? Instead they were laid to rest in the Kaiserslautern main cemetery (Waldfriedhof) next to the U.S. Army Daenner Kaserne. This site receives a lot of attention from various organizations and groups, but sadly the one near Frankfurt (where US citizens and service members lost their children in or near Frankfurt) is usually forgotten and neglected; that is why a few years ago the BSP chapter here decided to take it on as a community service project.
You'll probably be reading a few more posts about my adventures with BSP, but for now this concludes my first Bucket List post. On Monday I begin my two week stint of trying one new dish every day (so fourteen new meals/foods in a fortnight) If you have any favorite recipes you want me to try (or tasty dishes from restaurants) go ahead and send them to me via the contact page here on my blog. (Or message me on Twitter/Facebook) and you'll get a shout out from yours truly in the post
I first heard of BSP from my friend (you know who she is if you have been following my other posts). She was invited to a game of Bunko (the sorority's Rush Night activity) and invited me to come along. Glad I did. We met an awesome group of women with hilarious senses of humor, great energy, wonderful ideas, and full of eagerness to help others. In other words, the perfect group for me.
I did not join out right though. I took my time considering the information I was given, attended a meeting, did some research on the sorority itself, and had a few long conversation with my good friend and fitness buddy. Ultimately, we both decided to join and filled out the forms for international. We are now awaiting our shipments (books and pins and our induction ceremony supplies) and will soon begin pledge training.
I want to encourage all my female readers and friends to look into BSP, it may be something you yourselves would enjoy and be something really good for you.
Here is international's website so you can get started: https://bspinternational.org/index.php
I am very excited for all the upcoming projects and events we will be participating in. One in particular is a day we pack up a bunch of yard-work supplies (rakes, gloves, trowels, weed eaters, ect) and visit one of Germany's Kinder Graves. Did you know that from 1952 to 1971 American infants who died at birth (or shortly after birth) at the American military hospital on Landstuhl and other nearby local hospitals could not be transported back home to the US to be buried? Instead they were laid to rest in the Kaiserslautern main cemetery (Waldfriedhof) next to the U.S. Army Daenner Kaserne. This site receives a lot of attention from various organizations and groups, but sadly the one near Frankfurt (where US citizens and service members lost their children in or near Frankfurt) is usually forgotten and neglected; that is why a few years ago the BSP chapter here decided to take it on as a community service project.
You'll probably be reading a few more posts about my adventures with BSP, but for now this concludes my first Bucket List post. On Monday I begin my two week stint of trying one new dish every day (so fourteen new meals/foods in a fortnight) If you have any favorite recipes you want me to try (or tasty dishes from restaurants) go ahead and send them to me via the contact page here on my blog. (Or message me on Twitter/Facebook) and you'll get a shout out from yours truly in the post