Illinois State Chapter eSister, May 2015
May Leads Us to Convention
Are you getting excited about convention? There is so much planned, you will not want to miss this
exciting opportunity to share with your sisters throughout the state and get motivated from the
incredible energy around you. Read more of what convention has to offer in this issue and also on the
ISC website.
2015 CONVENTION REMINDERS
Experience the Renaissance of P.E.O. at the 113th Convention of Illinois State Chapter June 12–14, at the
Crowne Plaza Springfield. Registration is open now through May 15.
Link to the registration form at http://peoillinois.org/members/registration/index.php. Be sure to select
the nights you will need housing and only the meals you will actually eat. Any questions can be
directed to Convention Registrar Fran Becque at [email protected] or 618-529-3307.
Bring on the bling and share how your chapter has been a “Champion for P.E.O.” using the medallion
for the Annual Connection championship belt! Mail completed medallions to Jane Jackstadt, 2340 Gary
Ave., Granite City, IL 62040 before May 31. If you miss the extended deadline, the medallion will be
accepted during registration on Friday, June 12.
The 2nd Annual Cottey walk will begin at 2:30 p.m. Friday, June 12 and the informal opening of
convention and the moving Time of Remembrance will be at 7 p.m. Saturday’s schedule includes the
first part of the business meeting, Honor’s Luncheon, workshops and the Projects Dinner and Salute to
Families. On Sunday, June 14, we conclude with the continuation of the business meeting and receive
the invitation to the 2016 ISC convention. For more information and a schedule, please go to
http://peoillinois.org/members/convention/currentstate.php
CONVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER
Ladies, start your engines! An orientation meeting for chapters who are sending a delegate to the
October Convention of International Chapter in Indianapolis will be held at our state convention
Saturday, June 13 at 4:45 p.m. State chapter delegates will need to attend so the Illinois Pit Crew can
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provide the delegation with strategic pointers, hints and guidelines to fine-tune your convention
experience from start to finish! You will receive a delegate packet and Ann Bowen and Susan EdgeGumbel will be available to answer your questions. Registration for CIC is open on the International
website at www.peointernational.org and we encourage you to register early before the rates start
going up July 20. And, we’re off!
MDC NEWS
Convention is all about you. So, be the first to tweet about your 2015 ISC convention experience
@PEOIllinois #ilpeo2015. Connect with your sisters in a new way — after all, It’s a New Day-Z! Tweet,
retweet, share and favorite tweets as we capture the sights and sounds in Springfield! While we’re
talking about social media, take a moment to record a 30-second cellphone video with your chapter
sisters demonstrating your “Power of One.”Email the video to [email protected] by the May
31 deadline to be shared at the 2015 Convention of International Chapter in Indianapolis.
COTTEY COLLEGE — GOING PLACES
How can we ever thank you for the outstanding response to our first annual Cottey Walk held at last
year’s convention? You raised more than $7,000 to assist families who are taking prospective students
to and from Cottey, and your donations have spread even further by helping to increase the Illinois
Suite Endowment Fund. Your generosity is humbling!
This year’s Cottey walk should be even more fun, as long as it’s a lovely Friday afternoon. Several of
you made it to the Illinois Department of Transportation’s “lake walk” last year, but most just used the
parking lot route at the Crowne Plaza. In an effort to make this an enjoyable walk as well as a time to
get some exercise, we will have volunteers shuttling walkers to and from the beautiful IDOT path, or
you may drive the quarter-mile distance yourself. It’s a straight shot “just down the road” from the
Crowne. The path follows the outline of an Illinois-shaped lake, then on into a wooded area and all the
way to Rochester, a small town about seven miles away! Now, you certainly don’t have to walk that
far, so just turn around whenever you wish and walk back to the starting point.
Bottled water will be available at the registration table where you will be asked to sign the Waiver and
Release of Liability Form. It may be helpful to complete your Gifts to Projects form in advance at:
http://www.peoillinois.org/members/resources/forms.php, under the treasurer’s forms. The suggested
donation is $30 per chapter/walker, but last year, many chapters gave much more! A large box will be
available at the registration table for your two forms and check, and a volunteer will be there to
answer your questions.
In case of inclement weather, an alternate indoor path will be used, even if it’s just counting steps
between various stops along your way — entrance door to the registration desk, ballroom to projects
display room, elevators to ballroom, etc. But the fellowship with sisters will be a top priority, no
matter the weather, so bring your walking shoes and let’s “go places” with Cottey! — Deborah
Bicknell, Cottey College Committee, District IV
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