Inspiration Day 2011

A New Member for Chapter MK

Our March meeting was a busy one. We initiated our new sister, Kim Martin and elected and installed these officers for the coming year:

President--Ann Mauzy

Vice President--Lindy Grindel

Treasurer--Lisa McCollum

Recording Secretary--Robin Pearson Stanley

Corresponding Secretary--Teresa Grint

Chaplain--Jennifer O'Neill

Guard--Mary Lou McBroom

We are still selling Hy Vee and Price Chopper coupon books. If you have not picked yours up yet, please contact Robin Pearson Stanley or Ginger Cowley.

We have several social events coming up:

March 26--Inspiration Day at the Intercontinental Hotel

April 9--coffee at Homer's Coffee Shop, 80th and Metcalf in OP at 9:00

April 14--Fashion Swap at Kim Martin's

June 22-PEO Day at Arrow Rock

June 30--Culinary Teambuilding

Check your email for more information about these events.

Our next meeting will be April 7 at 6:30 at the home of Becky Niemeier with Lisa McCollum as co hostess. Becky and Lisa will be serving dinner for us before the meeting. Yum!

If you have not been to a meeting in a while we would love to see you.

It's snowy out there....

Hey all. Wow. Are ready for spring or what???? The weather has not kept Chapter MK down, though. In January, several members attended Founder's Day. What a great time to connect with PEO sisters from around the region. Last week, we had a coffee social at Panera. It was great to see so many of our newer members there...and baby Reagan!!!! We are hoping our meeting Feb. 3rd does not get cancelled due to weather...Robin is planning a meal for us, and we love it when Robin treats us to her culinary delights!!! Last weekend, President Gail Martin participated in Polar Plunge, a fundraiser for Special Olympics. She bravely plunged into icy water...something she wanted to check off of her "40 things to do when I'm 40" list..congrats, Gail. We are still praying for the healing of Jane Saari's son as he battles cancer. Member Angie Perkins is pregnant with her 2nd child. We are excited to have initiated two new members: Catherine Wood and Doreen Disbrow. We hope to see more members at meetings in 2011!!! Officer elections are just around the corner, so please consider devoting your time. We will need a president, as Gail has stepped in after Susan moved to Texas. We will also need a new Recording Secretary and several other committments from members. See you soon...stay warm!!!!

Happy Holidays!!!

Check out our new pictures from our BIL at Bucca di Beppo on the Plaza. What a fun night with our boys and CHapter MK gals!!!!
We are proud to be sponsoring Chelsea Rickman, senior at Platte County RIII High School, for the STAR Scholarship. Chelsea is a MIssouri State Delegate, she is involved with many clubs, President of Student Council and National Honor Society, and plans on attending Medical School. We hope and pray we are able to honor her with some extra money for college!!!!
Our upcoming annual Christmas Social is at Melanie Doll's house on Dec. 2nd at 6:30. We have several new members, and one visiting member attending. If you haven't been to a meeting in a while, we would LOVE to see you. Bring an appetizer to share and a star-themed gift ($10 maximum).
Happy Holidays to you all. Hope you are well and surrounded by love and blessings in this season of giving thanks!!!!!!!

Celebrations

Check out our latest pictures....Chapter MK hosted a "College Shower" fro Breanna Engeman, sending her off to California with plenty of gift cards to buy all of her necessities.
Also, our own Teresa Grint participated in a marathon in Smithville....way to go, lady!!!

August Updates

We proudly welcome Catherine Wood to Chapter MK!!! Catherine was initiated Aug. 5th. Our chapter continues to grow as we recently added Katherine Jones, as well. We also have two more potential members whose names have been proposed...how exciting!!! As summer winds down, we look forward to cooler weather and quality time with our sisters. An Oct. 3rd trip to Cottey College is being planned, as well as a November BIL to Bucca di Beppo on the plaza.
We are also meeting August 10th at 6:30pm at Grand St. Cafe to give a college shower (gift cards) to Breanna Engeman, as she prepares to leave for California for school.

Sweet Summer Time!!!

Warm weather and long, lazy evenings are upon us, ladies!!! Chapter MK is not slowing down, though. We are so excited to be sending Bailey Lehr to Cottey's summer camp this year. We know she will have a great time and experience all kinds of new knowledge. Even better, she is the daughter of an MK member, so we couldn't be happier to expose her to P.E.O.
At our June meeting, Robin showed us "knife skills" and how to properly handle knives for chopping and dicing foods...fun!!! Robin will also be hosting her annual team building cooking activity at her home June 24th....but this event is SOLD OUT!!! Also coming up is Bunko at Mitzi's house on July 19th. We would like everyone to keep Lisa and Nancy in their thoughts with the passing of their fathers.

April Showers.....

Hello all!!! Beautiful weather (finally) is bringing with it budding trees, daffodils, and hyacinths. Yahoo for spring!!! We are in full spring swing, with a few reminders: We have a social planned for April 24th at 10am at Shabby Hattie's in Parkville. It is a vintage tea room and should be a lovely way to spend a Saturday morning. Please email me by April 18th if you plan to attend.
We welcome Kathy Jones, a transfer, into Chapter MK.
We installed our 2010 officers at the March meeting, with Gail Martin stepping up to hold the office of president in the absence of Susan; we are also grateful to Mitzi Jaskinia who is now our Vice President.
Robin is planning her team building for June 24th; please let her know ASAP if you want to attend. There are only seven spots open. The cost is $20, and this is always a favorite activity!!!
We are now selling Price Chopper and Hy Vee coupon books for our fund raiser.
We have voted to send Bailey Lehr, Dawn's daughter, to Cottey Summer Camp this year; we are very excited, as Bailey is very interested in science.
At our April meeting, we had Brandi Hagen, chiropractor and women's health expert, speak to us about women's health and the relationship of eating, supplements, and hormones; it was fascinating and very informative!!! We hope you are all doing well.....

February Events

We are spreading the love for Chapter MK!!! This month at our February meeting, we were treated to a lovely dinner prepared by Robin Pearson Stanley and Debbie Carnopis. Robin then treated us again as she played a lovely piano piece, "Nocturnal," which was one of Lee's favorites. We welcome a new baby into our chapter. Jennifer O'Neill gave birth on Feb. 3rd to a little girl, 6 lb, 14 oz...;pictures to follow soon! We also had a nice turn out to the Founder's Day celebration, and are looking forward to Inspiration Day on April 10th. The cost is $22.50 and checks should be mailed to Teresa Grint no later than March 9th.

January Update

Due to inclimate weather, we are rescheduling our January meeting to Thursday, Jan. 14th at the home of Ann Mauzy.
Also, we will meet at 8:15am at Starbuck's in Gladstone, and from there, we will go to Founder's Day.
We have 7 confirmed to go so far, and would love more!!!!

January Events

Warm Wishes to you all during this snowy time!!!!! We need some immediate responses....
Our January meeting is tomorrow at the home of Ann Mauzy with Dawn Lehr as co-hostess. If you plan on attending, please shoot me an email.
Also, we had planned a social on Jan. 16th at Starbuck's in Gladstone...BUT we just received a Founder's Day invite, which had made its way to Susan in Texas before coming to Gail. Founder's Day is Jan. 16th at 9am in Nashua (N. Oak north of 152 Hiway).
We need to decide on meeting at Starbuck's at 8:15 and going to Founder's Day, or rescheduling Starbuck's and meeting at Founder's Day.
Please email me and let me know if you would like to attend Founder's Day by Friday, Jan. 8th so we can purchase tickets. It's always a great way to reconnect and get inspiration from fellow PEO chapters, so try to make this event. We have so much to celebrate in MK, we should make attendance a chance to shine our light!!!
Hope to hear from you soon....angietolle@hotmail.com

Merry Christmas

Hoping all of you are enjoying the wonders of this holiday season!!!
We will be meeting on Saturday, Jan. 16th at the Starbuck's in Gladstone (next to Hobby Lobby) to have "coffee talk" and we hope to see all of you there!!!

November Meeting

Our Novemeber meeting will be Nov. 5th at the home of Teresa Grint.
We had a very busy October!!! Our month began with our state officer visit from Cindy Fulp. What a great time sharing and learning and making new connections!!!
We had a social event at Coming Home in Liberty, MO where we tasted wines and spent a beautiful fall afternoon reconnecting and catching up. What a great time!
We would like to wish Susan Holstedt much luck as she has moved to Texas.
We will miss her very much!

Teresa Grint is a grandma!!!
We welcome, Cole Thomas Benlon, born9/18/09 5 lbs. 14 oz. 19 inches.
Don't forget:

Sunday @ 3pm officers will be practicing initiation at Susan's home.
Our next meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 7th at he home of Susan Holstedt and is our State Officer meeting.
Officers meet at 4pm, with a regular meeting at 7pm.

September meeting

Scripture: Mark 11:22-26
We were honored to have Breanna Engeman at our meeting. She is the young lady whom we sponsered at Cottey Dance Camp this summer. Breanna came and shared her experiences and future plans to attend college in California, and to continue this year to lead her flag corps with special needs students. What a remarkable young lady..and so gracious!!!
We have many sisters in need:
Mitzi Jaskinia is undergoing radiation treatment
Nancy Wilson's father's cancer has returned
Teresa Grint's son in law is undergoing chemo to fight cancer, and their first child is due this month. Visit: www.caringbridge.org/visit/adambenlon

Please pray for these ladies.
Upcoming events:

Sept. 17th farewell dinner for Susan
Garozzo's 6pm
RSVP to Robin by Sept. 13th

Sept. 27th officer practive at 2pm at Ann's house

Wed., Oct. 7 Officer Visit meeting 7pm at Susan's house (no Thursday meeting)

Sat., Oct. 17th 3pm wine tasting at Coming Home in Liberty, MO

August Meeting

This month's Scripture is Samuel 1:20-24.

Our August meeting was held on Aug. 6th at the home of Mary Lou McBroom. One topic of great discussion is raising our chapter dues. In an effort to keep adequate funds available, we need more participation in fundraising. Because we have now established the Lee Kavan Memorial Scholarship for the Cottey College Summer Programs, we must have funding of over $400 available each spring, in addition to funds for projects throughout each year. Because participation in fundraising seems to be low, we are asking for $25 in donation from those members who did not contribute items to the garage sale fundraiser in June.
On a postivie note, we have raised over $100 in loose change since May, and we raised over $175 thanks to Becky Niemeier and her Mary Kay fundraiser.
Our October meeting will be on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7th, with no meeting on Thursday, October 8th. This is because we will have our state officer's visit. Officers will meet at 4pm, with the regular meeting to begin at 7pm. We will perform Initiation Exemplification, so officers ....get memorized!!!

Card Shower

Please send thoughts, prayers, and a card to Mitzi Jaskinia, as well as Elizabeth McBroom, daughter of Mary Lou.
Mitzi found a PRE-CANCEROUS lump in her breast, and she is having it removed July 22nd. She will then receive 30 radiation treatments over six weeks beginning the first week of August.
Elizabeth, who is also receiving treatment for cancer, is losing her hair and feeling nauseous.
These women need our prayers for strengh, and some personal words from each of us.
Mitzi Jaskinia
4609 NE 102nd Ct.
KC, MO 64156

Elizabeth McBroom
470 Pine Hollow
Ballwin, MO 63021

A message from Breanna Engeman, the young lady we sponsored to go dance camp at Cottey College:
"I had a wonderful time and my parents were impressed with the showcase. I would love to come to one of your meetings. I will see if there is any way for me to make it. Please let me know where you meet and what day and time. Thank you so much; the program is amazing. The first couple of days were a little rough; I missed my sister and was out of my comfort zone but the activities were really fun and as I got to know people, I started having a great time. Just let me know what you would like for me to do and I will do my best."

July Events and Reminders

This month's devotion:
Ecclesiastes 9:3-13

Some important reminders:
***The July 11th trip to Cottey College has been cancelled.
***Social at La Bodega Restaraunt on July 29th at 5:30pm; RSVP to Robin.
***If you did not contribute garage sale items, your $25 is due. PLEASE mail this as soon as possible or bring it to the August meeting.
***Next meeting is August 6th at the homeof Mary Lou McBroom.
Our current checking balance is $676.63.
With the help of Becky Niemeier, the Mary Kay Fundraiser raised $172.50..WOW!!!

Team Building Cooked up a Storm!!!

On the evening of June 24th, Robin Pearson-Stanley hosted her 2nd annual (we hope) Team Building event. It was a blast. Partners created courses to a meal, and then we sat down at an elegantly set table and shared our cuisine. Not only was it FUN, but the food was DELICIOUS!!! Participants also received a parting gift of cookie cutters in the shape of a star and a PEO flower, as well as snacks.
The winners this year were Ann Mauzy and Dawn Lehr with their "Chocolate Baklava" dessert. What fun!!!!