Local Events
Programming Calendar 2024-2025
Hold the Date! Woman of the Year Event
Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 9:00 AM - Noon
Carriage Club
5301 State Line Road
Kansas City, Missouri 64112
Let the good times roll at this year's Women of the Year event at the Carriage Club. Find your best 50's attire and celebrate sisters from sororities across Kansas City. Our Woman of the Year, Barbara Haviland, will be recognized at the GKC Panhellenic Scholarship Brunch! Contact Kristin Wing if you are interested in attending. Click link below for more details.
CCVI Trolley Run
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Remember to donate to the CCVI Trolley Run! This year Delta Gamma has two different options and or teams you can register for. The DG Virtual Brunch Bunch or Team DG-Runners and Walkers. As Delta Gammas, we are committed to registering as many DG’s as we can. You are not required to run or walk in the race. We have two options for your participation.
Option One - You can sign up for the DG Virtual Brunch Bunch, this team is under Polly Prendergast’s name and is called DG Virtual Brunch Bunch. This is the team to sign up for if you are not attending the race and or are not going to walk or run in the race. In addition, Polly has reservations for Brunch for nine (9) people at Gram & Dun, on the Plaza, at 11:15, April 27th, Gram & Dun | Kansas City, MO . There may still be some spots left on this reservation. Please email Polly at Prendergastp@umkc.edu if you want to attend the brunch on Sunday, April 27th. Cost of brunch is not included.
Option Two- Team DG-Runners and Walkers, this team is for the Delta Gammas who plan on running or walking in the race. If you sign up for this team you are welcome to meet us for brunch at Gram & Dun at 11:15. Please email Polly at Prendergastp@umkc.edu if you would like to be added to the reservation.
About the Race:
The 37th Annual CCVI Trolley Run will return to the streets of Waldo, Brookside, and the Plaza on Sunday, April 27, 2025! The CCVI Trolley Run is the largest annual fundraiser for Children's Center for the Visually Impaired. It is one of Kansas City's oldest and largest road races and is a USATF-certified 4-mile race. All paces, experience, and abilities are welcomed! Open to kids 10 and under, the Kids' Trolley Run is fun for the whole family! The Kids' Run takes place at Ward Parkway near the finish line. Caregivers choose the distance for your child - self-seed in the appropriate corral upon arrival at Ward Parkway!
You are Invited to Cruise for a Vision!
If you have not signed up for the Wine Cruise through France on the Rhone and Saone Rivers in April 2026, you may still have time to sign up with Kathy Dusenbery, Calibration Travels. If you are interested, please contact her as soon as possible at 816-914-5948 or email kathy@caltravels.com.
This cruise is on the AmaCello, Amawaterway’s 144-passenger ship featuring spacious staterooms, most with French Balconies and whirlpool. Price includes Internet/Wi-Fi access, complimentary regional wine, beer, and soft drinks with meals, your choice of daily excursions, onboard entertainment, and more.
This cruise is a fundraiser for our GKC Delta Gamma alumnae chapter, it is open to DGs, family, and friends. We hope to get a lot of participation; thus we may be able to extend the January 31rst deadline a couple of days. Please contact Kathy Dusenbery now for more information.
Event Recap
Founders Day 2025
“Sisterhood is like a warm quilt wrapped around the heart.” Sisterhood filled the Lionsgate Golf Club as fifty-two Delta Gammas gathered to celebrate our founders, honor our 50+ year members, recognize our national award recipients, enjoy a tasty brunch, and get in touch with our inner creative.
On Saturday March 1, our guest speaker, Merrie Ford, challenged us to learn how to tap into our creative side. After the presentation, each of us had the opportunity to choose a fabric anchor to glue onto a quilt square. Everyone’s squares will be turned into a couple of quilts that will be auctioned to benefit our philanthropies. Some interesting statistics about our group—there were twenty-one collegiate chapters represented, seventeen 50+ year members, three past presidents of the GKC Panhellenic Alumnae group, and women spanning over sixty years in age. This year we recognized Cable Award recipients--Sherri Downing, Kelly Henderson, and Susan Kaster; Loyalty Award recipient Kristin Wing, and Oxford Award recipient Kathy Dusenbery. We also announced our Woman of the Year, Barbara Haviland, who will be recognized at the GKC Panhellenic Scholarship Brunch in April.
Thank you again to Kristin Wing and Danita Hill, who co-chaired such a fabulous event!
Doing Good at HappyBottoms
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!
