Local Events
Programming Calendar 2024-2025
Holiday Brunch
Saturday, December 7, 2024 | 10 a.m. - Noon
'Tis the season to gather with your Delta Gamma sisters for our beloved Holiday Brunch!
Greater KC Delta Gamma Holiday Brunch
Saturday, December 7, 2024 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
$45 per person Pierpont's at Union Station | The Belvedere Room (2nd Floor)
30 West Pershing Road, Kansas City, MO 64108
Please RSVP by Saturday, November 30, 2024. Three-hour complimentary parking is located in the West Yard Garage, immediately west of Union Station. RSVP online or send your check to Sherri Downing at 5815 W 148th Place, Overland Park, KS 66223. We will collect voluntary cash donations for the Children's Center for the Visually Impaired. CCVI's staff will use these funds to purchase items, such as light-up toys, for their Functional Vision Evaluations kits, which are given to families when they first meet with CCVI. The families find these kits very meaningful. Please consider including a donation with your brunch RSVP!
The Belvedere Room overlooks the beautiful Grand Hall at Union Station, and the Holiday Reflections event will be open after brunch if you want to attend. Holiday Reflections is not included in our DG event. This is a separate $10 ticket that must be purchased in advance. Click HERE to purchase Holiday Reflections tickets.
Christmas in the Park
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
We need 6-12 volunteers for Christmas in the Park on Wednesday, December 11. Christmas in the Park is a free drive-through Holiday light display with more than a million lights and over 200 animated displays. It runs nightly from November 28 to December 31st at Longview Park. DGs will collect voluntary donations from visitors as they exit the park. Our chapter receives a portion of the donations collected for working on December 11. (We received $1000 last year for our Vision to Do Good fundraising campaign.) You can bring family or friends, aged 16 or older, to help. Please contact Cathy Lemon for more information or sign up HERE.
Zoom Blizzard BINGO in January 2025
It’s time to sign up now for Zoom Blizzard Bingo which begins January 7, 2025. We will play several games each night, and every Bingo winner gets a prize. Sign up NOW so you get your Bingo cards and raffle tickets in time!
Participants pay $15 per night to play—your payment includes 1 Bingo card. For more chances to win, purchase extra Bingo cards and 50/50 raffle tickets. Be sure you give us your street address and a current email address when you sign up, so you get the zoom links and Bingo cards before Bingo begins!
• Buy extra Bingo cards for $5 each. Use these each week.
• Purchase 50/50 raffle tickets for $5 each. You don’t have to play Bingo to participate in the 50/50 Raffle. The drawing will be on Tuesday, January 28.
• Prizes each week! • You can sign up for 1 or more nights.
• Contact Cathy Lemon at cathylemon520@gmail.com if you have questions.
Every purchase goes directly to our 2024-2025 fundraising campaign to benefit Alphapointe and CCVI. Click HERE to sign up!
Private Tour at The Roasterie Coffee Company
Saturday, January 4, 2025
10 a.m. - Noon
Start off the new year with a tour of The Roasterie Coffee Company! Our private tour includes 45 minutes behind the scenes to learn the history of The Roasterie and the brewing process. Our tour includes one hot coffee sample and one cold brew sample. Stay afterward to enjoy conversation and refreshments in the Roasterie Factory Cafe, and take a selfie with "Betty." Know a Delta Gamma collegian home in Kansas City for the holiday break? Invite her to join the fun! Please arrive by 9:45 a.m. to allow time for check-in. RSVP to let us know that you'll be there!
P.S. This event is open to friends or family, in addition to DGs. Our chapter funds will pay for Delta Gammas, however you will need to pay $5 for each non-DG guest when you RSVP.
Founders Day 2025
Saturday, March 1, 2025
10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Founders Day 2025 is coming soon! We'll be at Lionsgate Golf Club (14225 Dearborn St, Overland Park, KS 66223). Join your sisters for a lovely brunch and fun.
Event Recap
This year, we started Do Good Week off with a bang! On October 9, ten women sorted, bundled, and shrink-wrapped about 8,000 diapers at HappyBottoms, located at 303 W 79th Street, Kansas City. These diapers will go to families all throughout Greater Kansas City. HappyBottoms is KC’s only diaper depot. They are projected to distribute 6 million diapers to those in need in 2024. Area Delta Gammas were especially happy to volunteer at HappyBottoms because the co-directors of this non-profit organization are both Delta Gammas. After our volunteering, some of us went to lunch together at Summit Grill in Waldo. We look forward to another visit to HappyBottoms to prepare more diapers for those in need.
October CCVI Tours
This October, alumnae had a chance to learn more about CCVI. The programming team planned 2 informational tours. On Friday October 18, we toured the facility and celebrated “Pumpkin Patch Day” with the students in the Sensory Garden. They were able to get a pumpkin or gourd to take home, as well as pet a pony, duck, or chicken. Alyssa Bird, CCVI Development Manager, gave another tour of the CCVI on Tuesday evening, October 22. Even though students weren’t there, we got to see the Sensory Garden before it got too dark, saw a classroom, Braille room, library, and evaluation room. We also learned about the services CCVI staff provide to low vision children and their families throughout greater KC and beyond.
Note from Programming Team:
Some Sisters may need transportation assistance. If this is you, or you’d be willing to carpool with a sister or few, please let us know, and we will connect sisters accordingly. Kansas City is constantly evolving, and so are we!
We would love your input! What type of programs are you interested in attending? Are you still interested in having virtual gatherings or do you prefer in-person functions? If you have connections to a venue (club house, meeting space, restaurant, boutique, etc.) speaker, or event you think might be of interest, please let us know. Simply send an email to share your thoughts and ideas. We would love to have helpers throughout the year. The more the merrier! Let's have fun together! If you're interested in helping for a single meeting (such as set-up, greeter, assist with snacks/drinks, nametags, or even clean-up afterwards) or would like to assist on a regular basis, please let us know!
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Christi Bulit – Kappa ’02
programs@kcdg.org
Click here to contact the programming team for more information or to volunteer to host a gathering!
