May Book Club - The Girl on the Train

A fabulous group of women joined us for a fun dinner and book club discussion at Cooper's Hawk in Naperville.  We loved having Sue from the Chicago South Suburban Alumnae Chapter join us for the evening, too!  We love having guests.  All sisters are welcome!

 Our wonderful book club leader, Lori A.

Feed My Starving Children

We were a small but mighty group at Feed My Starving Children on May 2, 2015.  It was a lot of fun!  Thank you to Lori T., Michele P., Bill and Kylie M. (Chris' family), and the Wiechman Family!

April Ritual Meeting

Chris A. hosted our April meeting at her home in Naperville.  We enjoyed sharing our Ritual with each other.

Natalie R. made the cutest rose cupcakes for us!!

Jessie W.-G., Sharon, and Ellen

Fran and Patti chatting before the meeting

We enjoy doing lots of this...

We collected travel-size toiletries for a local homeless shelter.

A sneak peek at our 75th Anniversary raffle items

New Officers for 2015-2016

Congratulations to the following members who were elected to offices for the 2015-2016 year!  We appreciate your willingness to serve our sisterhood!

Natalie Rupert - Collegiate Liaison

Amy McSwane - Ways and Means

Vicky Stumpf - Philanthropy

Kathy Shaw - Publicity

Panhellenic/MIF - Jessie Wang-Grimm

Lori Achilles - Historian

Debby Jacobs - Corresponding Secretary (Correspondance)

Tracy Lotz - Corresponding Secretary (Newsletter)

Diana Weber - Recording Secretary (Directory)

Lori Tanking - Sisterhood

Chris Miller - Webmaster

Founders' Day 2015

We enjoyed our annual Founders' Day celebration at Crystal Palace Banquets in Mt. Prospect.  We always love spending time with all of our Chicago area alumnae and collegiate sisters.  The ladies of Delta Rho Chapter and Phi Chi Chapter are always fun to visit with.

Patti explaining why we donate pandas for the children's hospital

Kathy was honored with an Honor Card from our chapter.

Krista and Chris M. - Krista is AOII's Vice President of Finance and was our guest speaker.

Linda and Debby Photo Booth Fun

Nancy Clark, Peg Crawford, and Chris M.

Family Bowling Event

Several Chicago West families met at the Tivoli Bowl in Downers Grove for a fun afternoon of bowling and fun.  The cold, snowy, no-football Sunday was the perfect opportunity to stay in!  Thank you to everyone who joined us!  Sharon's boys' friends asked if the AOIIs are on a bowling team together!  Hmm....  That's an idea....

January 2015 Founders' Day Celebrations

Our Chicago Area Founders' Day is in late-February, but several of our sisters attended additional celebrations in January.

Delta Rho and Phi Chi hosted a cross-town Founders' Day event at DePaul University, and several familiar CWS faces were in attendance.  Jessie W-G gave a fantastic speech that resonated with the collegians.  Karen H. won a drawing, and Natalie R. helped with the ritual portion.  Jessie C took photos and drank too much coffee : )

Jessie W-G was the speaker.

Jessie W-G, Natalie R., and Karen H.

Jessie W-G, Jessie C., and Karen H.

Chris M. celebrated with the Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter.  She enjoyed having lunch with her sisters and speaking to them about international volunteering and the AOII Executive Board election.

PIP Ann and Chris M.

Indianapolis AC Founders' Day