Members in attendance at the celebration of 113 years of our fraternity: Seated (l-r) Elly Hendricks, Barb Ackerman, and Roberta McLean. Standing (l-r) Jan Applegate, Sue Knierim, Terry Bevis, Kathy Carder, Janice Daniels, Becki Covey, Heather Hawkins, and Sharon Tucker.

We enjoyed a very nice lunch and brought fresh fruit for Daybreak, a shelter/safe house for run-away youth in Dayton.

We have the Jingle Bell Run/Walk Saturday, the 12th, then the following Saturday, we will hould our Mother/Daughter Tea at the home of Connie Fox. All Dayton area Alumnae and Collegiates are invited to come and bring their mothers and/or daughters.

Centerville Hometown Holiday Walk

Sunday, November 22, 2009; 1:00-5:00 PM



We will have a booth at the NE corner of State Routes 48 and 725 selling our fruits/nuts and bottled water. This is the first year we've participated so we are excited to see how we do.



Big thanks to Terry Bevis for her hard work and coordination of this activity...as well as baking and constructing the amazing Gingerbread House we will raffle off.



Come, wear your AOII letters and show your sisterhood spirit!



AOII for a Lifetime!

It's Fondue Time!

It's time for our Fondue Party. We'll have Choc Fondue, Cheese Fondue and Pizza Fondue. Please coordinate what you're bringing with Janice Daniels (439.4083) or Roberta McLean (433.4487) so we have a variety of items for dipping!

DATE: Nov 11, 2009
TIME: 7:15PM
LOCATION: Audrey Krupinski's 3540 Applegrove, Beavercreek - 427.3449

This will also be the time to pick up Nut Orders. Audrey will have them organized and will distribute so we can then pass them out to our customers.


The meeting will be focused on our new fundraiser (in lieu of the Bazaar) which will be a vendor booth at the Centerville Hometown Holiday Walk (Sun, Nov 22) We will be selling single-serve bags of cashews, choc covered cashews, choc covered cranberries, and praline pecans, as well as whole bags of each. Terry Bevis and I have taken the lead in coordinating this so we will be lead the discussion in sharing our game plan and looking for help to man the booth.


Hope to see you all at the meeting!

Another year is underway! The newsletter has been sent out to email members, and our first meeting is this week. We will be focussing on what we can do to benefit our members and remain fiscally sound in this time of economic stress, as well as what we can do to be more eco-friendly. Our first meeting of the year will be our annual Salad Supper, bring a salad to share:

DATE: Sep 9 TIME: 6: 15 PM
LOCATION: Marie O’Donnell's home; 172 Stroop Rd, Kettering
PHONE NUMBER: 937-299-8887

I look forward to a great year and hope to see you at as many meetings as you can make. If there is anything the chapter can do for you, do not hesitate to let us know. Also, if you would like to see specific programming let us know. We are always open to new ideas and are flexible for our members. We are, afterall, SISTERS!
The next few meetings will be:
Oct 1 - Winan’s Fine Chocolates, Dayton Mall 6:30 PM
Oct 14 - Scrap Booking at Heather Hawkins' 7:15 PM
Nov 11 - Fondue Party at Audrey Krupinski's 7:15 PM
Dec 5 - Founders’ Day Brixx Ice Company 11:30 AM
Details are in the newsletter. If you didn't receive a newsletter, let me know and I'll get one out to you right away.
Roses to you,
Kathy

Officers' Meeting

We will hold our first officers' meeting Wednesday, 05 August, 2009 at the Marion's Piazza in the Town & Country Shopping Center at 6:30. We have most of the 2009-10 schedule in place, we will try and finalize it so the news letter can go out before the end of the month. We will also discus fundraising ideas and changing our bazaar. While this is a meeting for the officers, all are welcome to attend.

A New Year!

Convention in Tampa Bay was great! The new governance structure is in full force now. There are very few changes which will affect our operation as an alumnae chapter, but the overall structure will be better for operations. The Life Loyal program was a HUGE highlight. More on that when we meet! Speaking of which, in a little over a month, we will begin our new year! We really need to do everything we can to increase membership and fundraising. We will also have elections of new officers this year, so be thinking of how you can step it up a notch and help our chapter.

2008-09 Wrap-up Meeting

Tonight we'll have our final meeting of the year. The collegiate care baskets were a hit, we've received some really nice Thank You notes. The Easter Basket Build was again over-the-top! You are the most generous group of women I know!

In June, I will head to Tampa Bay to represent us at Convention and I hope after my return, perhaps we can get together for a swim/picnic at Connie Fox's home (she has so graciously volunteered) to try and connect once again with the area collegians.

Janice Daniels has details for a Habitat for Humanity Build July 6, 2009. Please contact her if you are interested.

Roses to All,
Kathy

Collegiate Care Packages

As you all know, we sent 14 different care packages to the various POCs we have already received a Thank You note from Chi Epsilon (The Ohio State University) for the very nice surprise gift of goodies we sent. How wonderful to know the small little items we all bought and donated, the great time of socializing we had while putting them together also brought these collegiates a warm feeling knowing we cared enough to do this act of kindness.

I am so very proud to belong to a loving, caring group of women. It's amazing that the great times I had while in the Kappa Delta chapter have grown beyond comprehension to the relationships I have with the rest of the Dayton Alumnae, as well as the AOII's all over the country I've met and gotten known online. AOII is truly for a lifetime!

Roses!
Kathy

Easter Baskets Delivered!

We built and delivered a total of 59 baskets to the Harvest Youth Ministries! 12 for Moms, 2 for infants (1 for a boy, 1 for a girl) and 45 for kids. The baskets were stuffed to the rims and we had a great time doing it. Special thanks to Ann Schmidt for her scavenging skills in obtaining baskets, small toys and books. Thanks to Heather Hawkins for the personal care items. Everyone pitched in with other small items and candy. Then, of course, we had ice cream...can't do a build at Graeter's Ice Cream Shoppe without treating ourselves to their delicious offerings.

Pastor Jim Kilby was very thankful for our Easter Baskets. A non-profit such as his really gets a boost out of donations like ours.

Thank you all, Dayton AOII!

Roses,
Kathy