Please Come

Just a reminder that this Saturday is the Tree Decorating Party at 4:00.  We still need desserts, please let me know if you can bring one. We would love to have you come and be a part of this wonderful event.  You can reach me at 903-235-7037 or lindadvs77@aol. com Thanks, Linda Davis

AXO House Decorations are up!

Get Your Hotel for Mom's Weekend

Mom's Day is April 5th.  We have arranged a block of rooms for Alpha Chi Omega Parents at the Marriott Residence Inn for April 4th & 5th.  To get the group rate you need to call the Residence Inn at 405-707-0588.  Hotels in Stillwater fill up fast so I recommend you making your reservation now.

You're invited...

Parents,

Below is an invitation to the Tree Decorating Party we are hosting for the girls November 16^th at 4:00 p.m.  All parents are invited.  We are providing Coffee & Apple Cider from Blue Spruce, a local coffee company in Stillwater.  We need parents to bring desserts.  Please let me know if you are planning on coming and if you can bring a dessert.  We are planning for around 50 people but it would be great if we have more!  Thanks for your support.

Linda Davis

lindadvs77@aol.com

(903) 235-7037

Homecoming 2013 Committee - AXO and Kappa Sig

Homecoming Dec 2013

Congratulations to the women of  Alpha Chi Omega and the men of Kappa Sigma for the wonderful job on their Homecoming Dec last weekend. They placed 4th! Great job!! 

Thursday Night is all night pomp!

AXO Parents Club donated $250 which was half of the food costs for frito/chili pie being prepared by the Kappa Sigma Parents group for all night. We are also providing fruit and vegetable trays as well chips as well other snacks.

Parent help would be greatly appreciated on Thursday night beginning at 11:00 pm until ???? at the Kappa Sigma house which is located at 1401 West University.

Make sure to come out for Walk Around on Friday night and show your support for the girls! It's a wonderful event and not to be missed!

Update from the Chapter Advisors

Parents,

We enjoyed getting to meet you all on Bid Day!  For those we were unable

to meet, we'll take a moment to introduce ourselves.  We are the

co-chapter advisors for the OSU chapter of Alpha Chi Omega, also known as

the Gamma Epsilon chapter of AXO.  We are both alumna of Gamma Epsilon

and both work for OSU, Erin in Stillwater and Keila at the OKC campus.

Our job as advisors is to help guide and direct programming at the

chapter, assist with problems or issues, and mentor the women of the

chapter.  We are volunteers and our goal is to help the women grow as

students and women through their AXO experience.

First we'd like to thank the Parents Club for all the help this year at

Recruitment and Dad's Day.   We so appreciate your support and love

getting the chance to meet you.

A few important things to mention:

--first, we have exciting news regarding parking.  If your daughter lives

in the chapter house, you may have heard that parking can be difficult.

A big thanks to Mom Jane and Claire, the House Corporation President, for

working with Delta Tau Delta to lease additional parking spaces from them

for our women.  These spaces are conveniently located near our house

(just as close as our far back lot spots) and House Corp has agreed to

fund the lease of these spaces.  We now have enough spaces for every

woman to be assigned a specific parking space--the end of circling the

lot looking for an open space or stalking a sister who is leaving for

Walmart!

--Homecoming, Freshman Follies, Initiation and many other activities are

coming up this fall.  Fall can often seem overwhelming--especially to our

new members.  The fall semester of a new member's freshman year is often

the busiest, most overwhelming semester of their membership in a

sorority.  The goal of all the activity is to give her many opportunities

to interact with older members and get her comfortable coming over to the

chapter house.  If your daughter is feeling overwhelmed, we can relate.

I (Keila) remember calling my mom my freshman year in the fall in a panic

and telling her that I wasn't sure I had time to do all this--maybe I

should quit.  Fortunately, she put me in touch with a friend who assured

me that after the first semester and initiation were over, things would

greatly slow down.  And it did!  If your daughter calls you overwhelmed,

please encourage her to reach out to Erica, the new member educator, or

one of us and we will be happy to help her in any way we can!

Finally, what would you like to know from us?  What questions do you

have?  Feel free to contact us directly or send your questions to the

Parent's Club and we will answer them.  Chances are, if you have a

question, another parent probably has the same one!

See you soon!

Keila and Erin

keilacwhitaker@yahoo.com

erin.smith@okstate.edu

Volunteers Still needed

We still need volunteers for the following shifts:

2:30 - 3:30
3:30 - 4:30

Thanks to all that a have volunteered to work on Saturday!

Volunteers need for Saturday, September 14th Dad's Day

We need volunteers to work the Spirit Wear Sale on Saturday, September 14th.

We need 3-4 people per shift. For working the shift, you may pick $50 worth of items.

Shifts are:

12:30 -1:30
1:30 - 2:30
2:30 - 3:30
3:30- 4:30

Please email axoparentsokstate@gmail.com, if you would be willing to work a shift.

September 14th - Dad's Day and Parent's Club Meeting

Parent's Club Meeting at 12:30 at AXO house

The Parent's Club needs 3-4 volunteers to work 1 hour shifts selling Greek spirit wear.
 Please email us at axoparentsokstate@gmail.com if you can work.

Football Tickets purchased through the Parent's Club will be distributed at the house. Please check the front desk for your tickets!

Dad's Day schedule

1:00 pm  Lunch catered by Bad Brad's BBQ

2:30 pm Group pictures 

After picture, return to the AXO house for more activities with the girls!

Upcoming Meeting

We will have our next meeting on Sept. 14th at the AXO house in Stillwater. Time to be announced later this week.

Dad's Day Football Tickets are gone!

We have sold our entire block of tickets for the Dad's Day game!

Treasurer's Report for August 2013

The Treasurer's Report for August 2013 has been posted. You may find it by clicking on the tab above labeled, Treasurer's Report.

Group Football ticket for Dad's Day

We have a block of group tickets for Parent's Weekend/Dad's Day on September 14, 2013 at 6:30pm. The game starts at 6:30pm.  The tickets are $35.00 per person and in the east endzone area. Single game tickets for this game are $70.00 per person.  If you have already paid, your ticket is confirmed already.

Watch for information about the day's activities at the house from your daughter!

If you want tickets with the group, email AXOparentsokstate@gmail.com by no later than August 23rd. You can mail a check or we will be set up to accept credit cards as of next week. There will be a small fee to use your credit card. Any questions, feel free to call me at 918-939-9924.

Lisa Berger
Secretary/Publicity

Dad's Day Game Tickets

We are putting together a block of tickets for the Parent's Club for Day's Day. We need to know how many people are interested and how many tickets you would need. The cost per ticket would be $35 per person.

Email axoparentsokstate@gmail.com with your name and number of tickets. ASAP

FYI

Make sure you friend us on FB and follow our blog for the latest information. Don't forget to send in your membership for this year!

Volunteers Still Needed for Recruitment Week

We still need volunteers for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. If you can help, please email Liz.Jeter@yahoo.com

Friday is full!

Thank you so much to all who have volunteered to help with recruitment so far. All of the Friday slots are now full but we still need help on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Let us know what day you'd like to help. Email axoparentsokstate@gmail.com or liz.jeter@yahoo or call Liz on her cell phone at 918-760-5775.

Recruitment Help needed for 2013

Dear AXO Parents,

Recruitment is right around the corner and many of the girls are already spending countless hours planning to make this year the most successful one yet.  But as always, they need our support! The chapter is currently in need of parent volunteers and donations for Formal Recruitment.      Last year, I had the opportunity to assist behind the scenes during several of the recruitment events.  It was a fantastic opportunity to get to meet other parents, get to know Mom Jane and Kathy better, and have a greater appreciation for all of the hard work and dedication our daughters put into this very important event.

This year, volunteers are needed for AM, PM, and full day shifts on the following dates:

  Monday, August 5 (Open House Round Day 1) 9:30-5:45

  Tuesday, August 6 (Open House Round Day 2) 9:30 -5:45

Wednesday, August 7 (Philanthropy Round)  8:30 – 7:40

  Thursday, August 8 (Skit Round) 9:15 – 7:30

  Friday, August 9 (Preference Round)  10:30 – 5:40

  Saturday August 10 (BID DAY!!!!!) 10-2

In addition to volunteers, the chapter is looking for donations.  Currently, they need cases of mini Ozarka water, 2 liter bottles of ginger ale,   10 packages of colorful thick markers, 40 half size sheets of white poster board, ANY SNACKS, plain red napkins, and $5 gift cards (Starbucks, Fuzzys, WalMart, or any place in Stillwater) for prizes to use during the week.

If you are able to help in any way, please contact me at my personal email liz.jeter@yahoo.com, the new AXO Parents Club email at AXOparentsokstate@gmail.com , or on my cell phone at 918-760-5775. 

The girls have also invited all families to attend their skit preview!!!  If you have the opportunity, please plan on attending on Saturday, August at 3:00.  They are really looking forward to a large turnout! 

It’s also that time to renew your AXO Parent’s Club membership. The new board has listened to everyone’s feedback and worked closely with Nationals over the last several months.  Per nationals, our club is a completely independent organization tasked with supporting the Chapter and their needs.   As a result of the challenges we faced in the spring, we have made several changes this year to how the club is run.  To begin with, we established an official officer board, created bylaws, and put several financial protocols in place.   We are looking forward to sharing more details in the fall, both at Bid Day and during our first ever club meeting before Dad’s Day!   You can always contact me for more details, or the other officers (Linda Davis, Vice President, Marianne Holmes, Treasurer, or Lisa Berger, Secretary).

 I would like to encourage everyone to join the AXO Parent’s Club, as 100% of your membership dues go directly into fun activities for our daughters.  The annual membership fee is still $50.00 per family, and we will make every effort to keep you updated as to how that money is being spent.   We are already planning a Sundae Party during Spirit Week, providing donations for recruitment, food for finals, a Christmas decorating party, and asking the chapter to provide a “wish list” each semester to make sure we are supporting the CHAPTER and their needs in the best way possible.   We still plan on doing fundraising through Parent’s Club t-shirts, Greek Spirit wear, Mom’s day Auction, and new and exciting ideas inspired by other AXO Parent’s Club.  Additionally, we are committed to communicating to all active Parent’s Club members so we have created a blog.  We will have updates from all of our new officers, quarterly financial information, dates of upcoming events at the house AND parent’s club meetings, club bylaws, and volunteer opportunities.   We will be posting lots of pictures on both the blog and the AlphaChi Omega Parents Club Facebook page of events the Parents Club will be hosting.   Chapter advisors will also be posting updates on our blog to help keep parents better informed and bridge the gap with communication issues that have arisen in the past.  Please take a moment to check out the blog and subscribe at:   AXOparentsokstate.blogspot.com and don’t forget to friend us on FaceBook (AlphaChi Omega Parents)!

I have enclosed a membership form for the parents club.  We hope to have lots of moms AND dads volunteer throughout the year, so make sure sign up to help and list those special talents.  You can return on Bid Day or via mail to AXO Parents Club.  c/o Marianne Holmes,  9814 E 96^th Place, Tulsa, OK 74133.  PLEASE MAKE ALL CHECKS PAYABLE TO AXO Parents Club.

All of us on the board welcome your feedback.  We know we ended the year on a bumpy note and each one of us would be glad to address any concerns you have.  Again, please feel free to email the Parent’s Club or contact me or other officers directly with question, concerns, or ideas to help make this year great!

 I look forward to seeing you all in August! 

Liz Jeter

AXO Parent’s Club President