The Lunch Bunch

This group typically meets the first Tuesday of each month at 11:30 am.

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 11:30 am

Location: Applebee’s, 6800 Johnson Dr Mission, KS

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 11:30 am

Location: Coach's Bar & Grill, 6700 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS

Contact Beth Rosenwald at [email protected] for more information, to RSVP, or to receive Lunch Bunch emails.

Rose Brooks Spring Event

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 6:00 pm

Volunteer to help with our in-person Spring Event at Rose Brooks! We will be hosting an in-person event at Rose Brooks leading a simple spring craft.

Deadline to sign up is Monday, April 3.

In May we will be collecting donations for Mother's Day gift bundles - stay tuned for more information and to sign up to donate!

AXO Day of Giving

April 12-13, 2023

Join the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation for Day of Giving April 12-13, 2023. This 1 day, 8 hour and 85 minute campaign raises funds for the Real. Strong. Women.^® Experience while making an uncommon impact on our sisterhood! 

Help Mu Mu win the Alumnae Chapter Challenge! Choose Kansas City Alumnae Chapter | Mu Mu Chapter when you donate!

The winning alumnae chapter of the Chapter Challenge can choose a $1,000 grant to its local women’s shelter or domestic violence awareness agency of choice OR a chapter education grant up to $1,000 from the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation to help pay for one alumnae chapter leader to attend national trainings like convention.

GKCAP 2023 Woman of the Year and Scholarship Brunch

Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 9:00 am

Bev Nichols, Mu Mu's Woman of the Year 2023, will be honored at the Greater Kansas City Alumnae Panhellenic Women Of The Year and Scholarship Brunch on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Indian Hills Country Club. There are 14 sorority women who will be recognized at the brunch for winning scholarships from GKCAP. Two of the winners are Beth Baum and Trinity Gilbert, Alpha Chi Omega/Baker University. Let's join the celebration! Mail your check for $45 to Deb Taylor, 9016 W 127th Terrace, Overland Park, Kansas 66213 to make your reservation.

Contact Tammy Hawks at 816-820-9775 with any questions.

Hall of Commitment Ceremonies

Sunday, April 30, 2023 & Sunday, May 7, 2023

Omicron (Baker University) will be having their Hall of Commitment on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. Location is TBD. 

Phi (Kansas University) will be having their Hall of Commitment on Sunday, May 7, 2023. Time and location is TBD. 

Please contact Karen Kiefer Blanks ([email protected]) if you are able to assist with the HOC as an alumnae participant.

Gamma Salad Luncheon

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 12:30 pm

Location: Carla Mattson's house - 9357 Cottonwood Canyon Dr, Lenexa, KS 66219

Program: Salad Luncheon

Young Alum Symphony Concert

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 6:00 pm

Celebrate our musical heritage and sisterhood at our next event! !e will be meeting at Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for a "Free Symphony Happy Hour Concert."

Location: Kauffman Center - 16th & Broadway, KCMO

There will be a limited amount of 10 tickets available, so please RSVP Kate at [email protected].

For followers of Christian faiths, Easter Sunday is an incredibly important holiday. Shortly after the close of Lent, Catholics and Christians alike gather to attend church services, reflect on Easter Bible verses, and welcome warmer weather with spring-inspired celebrations. Some religious and secular traditions include sending Easter lilies. They symbolize purity and hope and are believed to have sprouted where Jesus’ blood and tears fell. Coloring and hunting eggs is actually pagan in origin. Eggs symbolize fertility and rebirth after winter. Flying kites on Good Friday is a tradition observed in Bermuda. A schoolteacher there used it to demonstrate the Ascension. Enjoy you and yours’ Easter and Spring traditions, gatherings and celebrations!

“Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord."
- Mark 11:9

The Mu Mu Executive Board has openings for the VP Communications and the Mom/Tot Chair, along with a VP Finance-in-training role. Please contact Bev Nichols at [email protected] with any questions
or to sign up.

Help us wish a happy birthday to our sisters born this month!

Gretchen Brandt

Gamma Zeta (Kansas State University) ’64

Still celebrating our LVII Super Bowl winning World Championship Kansas City Chiefs is Gretchen Brandt, who was lucky to join Johnson County Young Matrons in a recent behind-the-scenes tour of Arrowhead Stadium.

The tour included the skyview suites, the chapel where the Hunt family prays before each game, the newly remodeled locker room featuring Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey’s lockers, displays of the Chiefs trophies, rings and artifacts, and a thrilling walkout through the tunnel to the field.

They were reminded of many of the things visionary Lamar Hunt contributed to the game of football, including the 2 point conversion. The ‘Foolish’ lounge was so named for the ridicule Hunt suffered with his early concept of forming the AFL and also of his wicked sense of humor for his foolish naysayers.

Help us recognize the impact our sisters are making in both the Kansas City and Alpha Chi Omega communities! Please visit our website or use the link below to update your volunteer hours monthly, or as often as possible. Thanks so much for all you do for both Alpha Chi Omega and our community!

If you know a sister that needs a kind word or pat on the back, please contact Denise Cook at [email protected].

Denise would like to thank all those that sent kind notes and cards after her recent fall. She is recovering great and nearly back to normal!

If you know of a sister needing assistance, please contact Concern Chair, Jan Saling, at [email protected].

The Mu Mu Annual Meeting was held at the home of Laura Kaiser, Delta Chi (William Woods University) ’71, on March 9th . Susan Lytton, Delta Chi ’78, presented a great program on “AX Treasures”. She presented her findings of lyres, carnations, and other meaningful items. Susan discussed her research and procurement methods. She is always on the lookout for AX-type items via estate sales, eBay, Facebook Marketplace, Esty and garage sales. She has an impressive collection that she shared with the group. There was a drawing for two prizes from her collection: a convention tote bag and Lyre paper-weight. The group voted on and approved our new by-laws, standing rules, 2023-2024 budget, officer slate and new PAC for our region at the meeting. We thank the retiring board members: Beth Coffelt, Tara DePaepe, Beth Koch, Alison Reigel, Brisa Schuler and Dianne Strunk for their work and support of Mu Mu and AX. We welcome new officers joining the board: Lisa Littrell and Whitney Schmale. Officer installation will occur in May with officer transitions in June. Please contact Bev Nichols with any questions or interest in open positions on the board. Welcome to our new Province Alumnae Chair (PAC): Sasha Williams, Epsilon ‘92. Sasha will be supporting all the alumnae chapters in the Missouri/Iowa region. We are lucky to have her here locally.

We gathered at Chaz at the Raphael on March 7 for brunch. For many, the smoky mirrors and old-timey music brought back fond memories. The specialness of being with familiar faces and the great conversation made up for the disappointing food quality and lack of service, a rarity in our lunch experiences. Hopefully the experience was better for the Big XII championship folks.

One of the oldest schools in Kansas, the Historic Oxford Schoolhouse was built in 1877 and was in use at its original location until 1955. On March 3, 2003, it was moved 11 blocks south to its current location at 14701 Mission Rd, in south Leawood next to Prairie Oak Nature Center inside Ironwoods Park.

Until 1920, the school was the only one in Oxford Township, providing education for 1st to 8th graders in a single room.

We enjoyed a guided tour and many tales. One of them: Kids often had holes in their shoes which was tough in winter. So their moms would tuck hot baked pota-toes in the shoes to help, which later became their lunch.

Alice Hawk, Omicron (Baker University) ’58, was quite involved in the fundraising, restoration and procurement of artifacts for this living history classroom.

A costumed school marm is on hand for public visits Saturdays from 11 to 2 pm and Sundays from 1 to 3 pm in April and May. Kids are welcome. By appointment, they host many school field trips for children to experience the one-room classroom school day of pioneers complete from slates to tiddlywinks.

Interested in preserving history? The JoCo Heritage Foundation has an upcoming fundraiser, A Night at the Hop, a 1957 Murder Mystery, on Thursday, April 27, at Thompson Barn. Purchase tickets at bidpal.net/jckhf23.

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