Leadership Institute

Hello all,

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer. This past weekend I attended the AOII Leadership Institute in Franklin, TN. I was joined by collegians Ashlyn Kohler (Chapter President) and Rainey Rogers (Chapter Treasurer). The sessions were very enjoyable and of course the shopping in Nashville wasn't too bad either. The Jonesboro Alumnae Chapter received the Ruby Award (HIGHEST AWARD) and the Collegiate Chapter received the Pearl Award (2nd Highest).

Thank you all for being such wonderful alumnae and helping us achieve this prestigious award.

Roses,

Lindsay Harmon Burnett

*Check out my new blog, http://www.lindsayburnettphotography.blogspot.com/*

Thank you for selling geraniums!

Thank you all for selling and purchasing geraniums. We sold a grand total of 376 geraniums surpassing last years total. Thanks again for your cooperation and generosity.

Girls night out with Carrie, Samantha, Miranda & Charlotte!

Senior Induction....Mad Hatter style!

Thank you to all the alumnae that attended the April 19th Mad Hatter Tea Party. It was a huge success and we inducted 10 seniors into the alumnae chapter. Sadly we were unable to induct the other 4 seniors due to scheduling conflicts. The seniors who were inducted are Erica Dewitt, Caitlin Maki, Lauren Gaines, Emily Whitmire, Jocelynn Soenksen, Claire Ramsey, Jessica Carney, Lindsey Hawkins, Breanna Buck and Mackenzie Sims.

Special Alumnae Initiation

On April 17, 2010, 3 wonderful women were initiated into Alpha Omicron Pi's Sigma Omicron Chapter. These women were initiated as alumnae. Debbie Corbatto, Emily Nolan & Beverly Beck are the newest sisters of our Sigma Omicron Chapter. All 3 of these women are family members of Charlotte Beck. Debbie is Charlotte's daughter, Emily is her granddaughter and Beverly is her daughter-in-law. Rosalie Barber has graciously sponsored these women and dedicated her time for membership education.

Alpha Omicron Pi is proud to be one of the few NPC Greek organizations to encourage the initiation of Alumnae Initiates. Women of good character who share our purpose and philosophy and who will support the Object of the Fraternity may be invited into membership in our Fraternity. We offer women of various ages and situations the opportunity for membership as Alumnae Initiates. They may be female friends or relatives of an alumna or collegian; former colony members and collegians who pledged into an AOII collegiate chapter, but were never initiated; or women who are interested in mentoring and working with young women. Alumnae Initiates enjoy full privileges of alumnae membership. They may serve the Fraternity in any capacity and are expected to be participating alumnae by choosing an avenue of involvement suited to them – joining an alumnae chapter, becoming a Life Loyal AOII member, working with a collegiate chapter, etc.

Oscar Night at Lacey's house

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Alumnae Goals & Totals for 09-10

Thank you so much to everyone for paying their dues. This year we increased our paying alumnae total from 21 to 35. Way to go!

We also succeeded in many other aspects of our goals. Every month the Jonesboro alumnae chapter held a meeting/event to encourage membership and involvement. We also participated in a philanthropy event with our collegiate chapter by raising money for a local St. Jude patient. I'm so proud of everyone that helped out.

I look forward to meeting more goals in the future and improving our already wonderful alumnae chapter.

Roses,
Lindsay

Geranium Sale

The Jonesboro alumnae chapter is selling geraniums again this spring and they will be as beautiful as ever! The proceeds from the sale will be used to support our chapter and its projects. Please try to sell as many as you can to friends, family, co-workers and neighbors or at least buy some for yourself. You will enjoy them all summer and into the fall. We have many repeat customers who look forward to buying them each year. Let's see if we can surpass last year's sale of 242.

Plant Information:

4" pots (red, pink or white geraniums)

Price:

$4.00 each

Checks payable to:

The Greek Vine

Order deadline:

May 3rd

Pick-up dates:

May 6th & 7th

Call, Fax or email your order:

(870) 931-9700; greekvinewyatt@gmail.com

Pick-up at The Greek Vine:

2005 E. Highland Dr. (Fountain Square)

Pay at Pick-up

Mad Hatter Tea Party....Don't be late!

Mad Hatter Tea Party Invitation

Monday, April 19th

6:30 p.m.

Home of Lindsay Harmon Burnett

3701 Beacon St.

AOII alumnae event "Mad Hatter Tea Party" and senior induction.

March event!

Monday, March 8th

Home of Sarah Wiggins Murphy

2412 Pinnacle Pointe Dr.

Jonesboro, AR 72404

RSVP to: Lindsay Burnett

(870) 930-7584

linzburnett@hotmail.com

EVENT POSTPONED

As many of you know, our February 8th event has been postponed until Tuesday, February 16th because of the snow. The event will still be at Lacey's house at 6:30. Also, if you signed up to bring food please still do so.

Thanks, Lindsay

Founder's Day Banquet

Founder's Day Banquet is scheduled for:

Thursday, March 4th

Time TBD

Location: ASU Student Union, Centennial Hall (3rd Floor)

Attire: Church clothes

See you all there!

Thanks for attending Rachel Ray Cooking Night!

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February's Event

Everyone is invited! This event will be a lot of fun and very unique.

Join in the fun at the home of Lacey Hawkins Williams.

4508 Lochmoor Circle (Sage Meadows Subdivision)

6:30 p.m

Happy Founders Day!

Today is January 2, 2010. 113 years ago four friends made a promise together. Thank you Stella, Helen, Jessie and Bess for giving AOII to each other and to us. Happy Founders' Day! Loyal, forever, Alpha to thee….

January's Alumnae event - everyone's invited. Spread the word!!!

Natalie wins SURVIVOR!

Sigma Omicron's very own Natalie Powell White won Survivor Samoa on Sunday, December 20, 2009. Congratulations Natalie, you deserved it!

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Christmas Party 2009

This past Monday night's event was so much fun. We had a wonderful turnout of about 21 alumnae. Thank you to everyone that showed up and brought food. I enjoyed visiting with everyone and I look forward to the next event in January (January 18th, "Rachel Ray Cooking Night").

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

*Don't forget to watch Survivor on Thursday night on CBS. Go Natalie! You are doing an amazing job.*

Sorority House Location Options

It's finally happening!

The Inter/National Presidents held a conference call to discuss the housing proposal. They have all agreed to revise the housing agreement and are in the process of signing a new document. The wording for the new document will be as follows:

“The NPC Delegates and Inter/National Presidents of women’s fraternities at Arkansas State University agree to the following: for the current biennium, we will cooperate with each other and the University Administration in the development of any housing program.


Their next steps are to go back to the local groups and/or national housing corporations to have them begin work on cost analysis and financing options. The national offices are looking to have the cost analysis back by end of January 2010 to have a better position to the feasibility of this development. So far I am optimistic and have had positive conversations that are encouraging. I will keep you posted on any changes.

Need a Christmas Gift Idea?

Have you ever wondered what you were going to do with your old sorority t-shirts?

How about a t-shirt quilt? Sigma Omicron's alumna, Cathy Naylor, has kindly offered her services for anyone interested in purchasing a one of a kind keep sake. Cathy charges $80 per quilt, this includes any supplies she might need. Of course the price could increase depending on how expensive of fabric you pick out. She usually makes the quilts 6 shirts x 6 shirts (36 t-shirts total), which equals to about 6ft by 6ft because she uses a 1 sq foot section from the back of the shirt. If there is a design on the front pocket that you want, she may be able to find a way to do that also. But if you want a bigger quilt, just bring her more shirts!

Don't forget about your significant other, maybe they too were in a fraternity. How about your children's old jerseys, high school shirts, etc.? The possibilities are endless.

Contact Cathy Naylor:

(901) 497-2672

cnaylor1208@gmail.com

cathyn@lpinsurance.com

Here is an example of a t-shirt quilt.

Alumnae Christmas Party

Spread the word - all AOII alum's are invited!

5K goes to Sherman family

Thanks to all the hard work of the members and alumnae, the Strawberry's BBQ fundraiser was a huge success. Over 1,000 BBQ plates were sold.

Thursday, November 12th - the day began at 1:00 and didn't end until 7:00. All the girls came in shifts and worked in perfect assembly lines to prepare 1,000 BBQ plates. Pick-up times were from 3:30-6:30. The girls were so efficient and kept the line constantly moving.

Ben Sherman was made an honorary "Pi Guy".

Please scroll to the bottom of the blog to see a slideshow of the event.

Thanks again to everyone that purchased and/or helped sell tickets.

Wedding Shower for Linzey Stacy

To: All AOII Alumnae

When: Saturday, December 5th at 2:00

Where: 1603 Roleson Dr. Jonesboro, AR

Hosted by: Meg Bradley

RSVP: megan.bradley@smail.astate.edu

Registered at Target & Wal-mart

*Linzey Stacy is an amazing young lady that will be graduating in December. If anyone has had the pleasure of meeting her then you know that she will make an amazing alum.*

SPA NIGHT SUCCESS!

Thank you to everyone who attended the Spa Night. It was a lot of fun and VERY relaxing. I hope everyone's feet feel rested and have stopped tingling from the foot mask. I would especially like to thank Marsha Mays Carwell for opening up her home to 15 or so Alumnae. Thank you all again and please scroll to the bottom of the blog to check out the pictures from last night's event.

See you all December 7th for the Christmas PARTY!

Information Reminder

Alumnae Event:

Don't forget to attend the AOII alumnae chapter meeting/event this coming Monday night at 6:30 p.m. Home of Marsha Mays Carwell, 3812 Charleston Dr. Jonesboro, AR 72404. The Spa night will be lots of fun and VERY informational about the upcoming AOII house.

Philanthropy:

If you are selling tickets for the Strawberry's BBQ fundraiser, please have all money collected and turned in by the beginning of next week. Turn money in to Sarah Wiggins Murphy. (870) 219-0455 or themurphys@suddenlink.net. If you are selling tickets, please do your best to sell all of them. We want to raise a lot of money for Ben Sherman and his family. For more about Ben please visit the blog. http://www.aoiisigmaomicron.blogspot.com/

Need a babysitter?:

Megan Haines Morris (Chapter Advisor) informed me that she has a list of girls interested in babysitting for alumnae. With all the Holiday parties coming up I'm sure this would come in handy. She personally would recommend any one of these girls. Please contact Megan in you are interested. (870) 530-4744 or megan_l_morris@hotmail.com.

Spa Night for Alumnae

Spa Night for Alumnae

Monday, November 9th at 6:30 p.m.

3812 Charleston Dr.

Jonesboro, AR 72404

(Home of Marsha Mays Carwell)

Please join us for Mani's, Pedi's & More

PLEASE BRING AN APPETIZER OF YOUR CHOICE

There is a sorority housing meeting before this event so we will have LOTS to talk about. Hopefully all progress for the new AOII house.

Please feel free to invite any other AOII alumnae that might not be on my email distribution lists or mailing lists. If possible, email me back if you plan on attending. I'm hopeful our event will be a great success and everyone will get to reconnect to their chapter.

Fundraiser for Ben Sherman

Our wonderful collegian girls are absolutely amazing. They decided they wanted to have a fundraiser for a local St. Jude patient. That patient is Ben Sherman, an amazing young boy from Jonesboro, AR. Please go to http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/bensherman to read more about Ben and his progress.

Our girls (alumnae as well) will be selling tickets for Strawberry's BBQ plates. If you are not familiar with Strawberry's check out their website. http://www.strawsbbq.com/ They are sooooo good. Tickets are $15 each and include 1 pork steak, 3 sides & bread. This is an amazing deal and all proceeds go to Ben Sherman and his family. If you are interested in purchasing tickets or selling tickets please contact Sarah Wiggins Murphy at themurphys@suddenlink.net.

Just this past Sunday, Ben and his mother and sister visited the AOII suite to talk about St. Jude, Ben's progress and how much they appreciate the AOII's.

Tailgate Success!

Thank you to everyone who attended the AOII homecoming tailgate this past weekend. We had a wonderful turnout of collegians and alumnae.

Scroll to the bottom of this blog and check out the slideshow. Enjoy!

Watch Survivor and cheer for AOII Natalie!

Please watch and cheer for Natalie Powell White (Sigma Omicron 02') as she competes on Survivor Samoa.

Natalie is competing on the Foa Foa team and is holding her own.  She has survived some pretty rough challenges and even tougher tribal council meetings. Please tune in to CBS on Thursday nights at 7:00 to cheer for Natalie.

Homecoming is this weekend!

I hope everyone is planning on stopping by the AOII tent in tailgate city. The tailgate starts at 3:00 and goes until kick-off.

During the last alumnae meeting we decided to do only desserts at the tailgate since most people will be involved with other tailgates. It also relieves a lot of pressure on our budget and volunteers, sadly we just don't have enough money to cater a meal. With all that said I need people to sign up for desserts and drinks. All the paper products and coolers and ice have already been taken care of.

Please email me linzburnett@hotmail.com with what type of desserts or drinks you will be bringing. All food and drinks must be delivered to the alumnae tent by 2:00 on Saturday the 24th. You can drop off desserts and drinks Friday the 23rd at my office, The ASU Cooper Alumni Center.

Setup & decorating will begin Saturday morning (early). Misti Sims is in charge of decorating. Please email her at misti.sims@sbcglobal.net if you would like to help decorate.

Also, don't forget this Wednesday the 21st is the collegian girls' Step Show competition. Step Show starts at 7:00 at the ASU Convocation Center, admission is free. Some of us alumnae will be meeting at the 501 for dinner prior to Step Show. If you would like to meet us at the 501 at 5:15 for dinner this Wednesday please email me linzburnett@hotmail.com so that the appropriate reservations can be made.

Thank you so much and I look forward to seeing everyone Wednesday and Saturday.

Don't forget to check the blog often for news and updates. http://www.aoiisigmaomicron.blogspot.com/

Expansion/Extension

NPC Extension proposals have been received and they are available in the Leadership Center for members to review and give feedback. Please take some time to stop by and review these materials in order to acquaint yourself with the organizations that have an interest in coming to Arkansas State University. We received four proposals (Zeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Delta Pi, Sigma Sigma Sigma, and Alpha Sigma Alpha). In October we will invite three organizations to campus to give presentations. As of right now we are still on track to have a new member of our NPC Community in Fall 2010!

Homecoming Step Show

Wednesday, October 21st at 7:00pm

Covocation Center

Admission is Free

Come out and support the AOII collegians while they perform in the annual Step Show competition.

You are also invited to an alumnae dinner prior to the event. 5:15 at the 501. Please email me if you plan on attending so that I can make the appropriate reservations. The girls will save seats for us in the convo so that as long as we're there before 7 we will have great seats.

The girls won step show last year. Let's have a good showing of support and go cheer them on.

I hope to see you at the 501 and at step show.

New Member Dinner

THANK YOU to all alumnae that attended the New Member Dinner.

The new girls seemed very excited to be there and I heard nothing but good things about all the food. Thanks again to Gayla Vaughn for opening up your home to 50 something AOII's.

Thank you again and see you all at Homecoming!