Christmas Dinner and Meeting

Join us for dinner and a meeting to wrap up 2010 and plan for Spring 2011!

Monday, December 6, 2010 at 6:30pm; Mariah's in the back room facing State St.

Please RSVP to bgaoiialum@gmail.com

If you'd like to participate, please bring an unwrapped toy to be donated to Toys for Tots

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from AOII BGAC

Homecoming 2010 "Thrill on the Hill"

Celebrate Alpha Chi's 45th Anniversary at WKU's 2010 Homecoming!

Please see the events listed below, we hope you can attend.

October 29th

*Homecoming Parade with floats: 5 pm Several people are meeting on the lawn of the KY Museum.

*Cocktail Hour located upstairs at 440 Main: 7 30-11pm

October 30th GAME DAY

*AOII Open House: 9-11 am with light refreshments

*Homecoming Tent on South Lawn: 11-2pm catered luncheon provided for alums.

*Homecoming Game vs North Texas 2pm.

For a complete list of Homecoming activities please go to:

http://alumni.wku.edu

Fall Planning Meeting-August 9th!!!

Monday, August 9, 2010 at 6pm on the patio at Mariah's

Please try to eat dinner at Mariah's if you can because they're not charging us to have the patio to ourselves.

Attached is the agenda for the meeting. Please review and come prepared to discuss. There is also a recruitment schedule, which will be an important part of our meeting since we'll need to discuss food possibilities for the actives. Mary Phoenix will be there to answer questions and give us additional information. Thanks, Mary! There is a copy of the bylaws that we will vote on-even though we just recently voted on them we'll vote on them again since this is the beginning of a new fiscal year. And there is an alum mum profile sheet if you are interested in this. Alum Mum was brought up during our Mad Hatter Tea Party meeting and I think it's a great way for us to get to know new members of our sorority, as well as tell them about "our day" and support them in their first year as a new AOII! I don't see this as a Big Sis/Lil Sis type role where we buy them all kinds of stuff-they will have one of those. I see this as more of a support role, a guide into the "greater" AOII seen through an alum's eyes...the long term family and AOII for a Lifetime. I'd like to try to match you up with someone with similar interests. I think it would be nice for them to have someone to encourage them and answer questions for them that maybe an active can't...or at least give them a different perspective. Kind of like a mentor. What do you guys think? If you're interested in just having someone to interact with, maybe send a note of encouragement to or whatever then please fill out the profile and bring it with you to the meeting. I'd like to have a dessert party/taco bar or something as we discussed in May to introduce ourselves to the new members and let them know who their alum mum is. This will all be discussed at our meeting, but I want you to think about it and have your sheet filled out before the meeting so we can try to get through the agenda more efficiently. There is a lot of information to cover! (Please note that I do NOT expect you to spend a lot of money on being an alum mum. If you want to take your new member to lunch or have her over for dinner or pass down something to her that's fine, but I certainly don't want any girl to feel that someone else's alum mum is giving their girl more than her alum mum is. That's not what this is about...it's about being a mentor, an encourager, and trying to enhance their overall AOII new member experience. Also, depending on quota and depending on alum mum interest some of us may have more than 1 girl or may need to share.)

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ATTEND THIS MEETING! WE NEED YOU THERE!! AND PLEASE INVITE OTHER SISTERS WHO WE ARE NOT IN CONTACT WITH YET!!

I look forward to seeing you soon!!! I miss your beautiful faces!!!

Roses,

Tonya

Playful Picasso

The Bowling Green AOIIs showed their artistic side last night at Barb Higdon's house. We had a wonderful time as Amy and Rachel from Playful Picasso helped us paint our beautiful flowers.

LUNCH BUNCH

Hello lovely ladies of AOII!! Back by popular demand (survey says)...LUNCH BUNCH!! Special thanks to Cindy Hines for heading this up and getting this started this month!! We'll be sending out evites so you can RSVP each month, but here's the schedule....

For the summer 4th Wednesday of the month:

May 26 11:30 Red Lobster

June 23 12:00 Concert in the Park Erica Nicole (country)
July 28 11:30 Griff’s Deli

During the school year 4th Tues. of the month:
August 24 11:30 You and Me
Sept. 28 11:30 Pepper’s
Oct. 26 11:30 Micki’s On Main
Nov. 23 11:30 Linzie’s (Nashville Rd)
Dec. 28 11:30 Mariah’s

Cindy tried to spread them out so they were in different parts of town. Hope to see you at a lunch bunch soon! :-)

Mad Hatter Tea Party

Monday, May 3rd @ 6pm...BGAC Mad Hatter Tea Party!!! Send your e-mail address to bgaoiialum@gmail.com if you are in the Bowling Green area and would like to receive the evite! Don't be late for this very important date!

Upcoming Meeting

Hey ladies! I know you've received a lot of messages from me lately so sorry if I'm bombarding you with information. I appreciate your interest and feedback! Keep it coming! Please continue to fill out the online survey if you have not already done so. We will be gearing up in May and data gathered from the survey will be discussed. Again, if you left comments, I am not able to see who left them so message me if you have specific comments or questions you'd like addressed...and keep in mind we do not have any control over collegiate programming.

Also, I will be sending out evites (starting tomorrow) for our first meeting and future events. If you are in the Bowling Green area and are interested in becoming a member of the Bowling Green Alumnae Chapter, please send your name and e-mail address to bgaoiialum@gmail.com so we can add you to the list to receive these invitations.

Information will be posted on our facebook page and our bloghttp://bgaoiialum.blogspot.com but actual invitations will be sent via e-mail.

Thanks so much and I look forward to seeing you soon!
Tonya

Survey

Hey everybody!! Here is the link to a 6 question survey just to get some information on how we can start planning and growing our alumnae chapter. I'll be sending this to our facebook members, as well, so I apologize if you get it twice.

Thank you all so very much for taking the time to respond. I look forward to seeing you soon once we schedule our first meeting!!

Roses,

Tonya

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7Z75WQ7

AOII Goes Blue

Come out to Buckhead Cafe on March 2 from 5 to 9 to support AOII's International Day of Service as we raise awareness for our philanthropy, arthritis research. 10% of your receipt will go towards arthritis research! This is an easy way to help out for a wonderful cause... tasty food for a great cause!

Fast Facts About Arthritis:
-Arthritis affects nearly 1 in 5 adults.
-Arthritis is one of the most prevalent chronic health
problems and the nation’s leading cause of disability among
Americans over age 15.
-Arthritis results in 39 million physician visits and more than
a half million hospitalizations in the United States alone,
costing $128 billion annually to the U.S. economy.
-Arthritis affects people in all age groups including nearly
300,000 children.
-Arthritis refers to more than 100 different diseases that
affect areas in or around joints, including (but not limited
to) Rheumatoid arthritis, Osteoarthritis, gout, lupus,
fibromyalgia, and lyme disease.

Upcoming Meeting

Hi Everybody!

I hope you are all doing well and so far off to a good year!!!

I was hoping that everyone will be available for a quick lil meeting and a social dinner

on Tuesday February 16th

at 6:30 pm

At Griffs

This meeting is just going to be brief and a great opportunity to learn about the offices available as an alumnae member as well as a time to voice concerns and ideas for future events for the 2010 calendar!

If you would like to nominate someone and are unable to attend the meeting please just forward in your suggestion and it will be added. (bgaoiialum@gmail.com)

We should be having elections in march and will schedule a date time and place at tuesdays meeting!

Hope everyone is staying warm and safe in this crazy weather! look forward to seeing you all next week!

alpha love

lauren cohen