Did You Miss the Town Hall? We Took Notes!
ALWAYS TALK P.E.O. TO EVERYONE:
LIVE P.E.O. TALK P.E.O.
IT’S CONTAGIOUS!
WHO DO WE ASK? WHO NEEDS TO HEAR OUR STORY? HOW DO WE INVOLVE OUR SISTERS? GIVE SISTERS GRACE WHEN THEY CAN NOT ATTEND WAYS TO CARE FOR SISTERS AND BE TOGETHER CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: GET TO KNOW YOUR SISTER PROGRAMS: PRINT BUSINESS CARDS FOR MEMBERS TO HAND OUT TO POTENTIAL MEMBERS
SHARE YOUR P.E.O. LIFE STORY AND BE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT OUR MISSION
Neighbors/friends
Colleague at work-co-workers
Have your elevator speech ready with who we are and what is our purpose
STAR recipient and or their mom and sister
At your chapter’s public fundraiser
Church choir
All women in your family
University students in your town
Person who does a program at your chapter meeting (if not currently a sister)
Do you need to change the time of your meeting?
Do you need to provide daycare?
Should you set up buddy groups to attend meetings?
Could 3-4 sisters text each other and pick each other up or offer a ride to those not able to drive?
Be ready to set up Zoom options for travelers or snowbirds.
If your chapter has a lot of younger women with children, hold virtual-only meetings and spend regular meeting times during the month in social.
Host a movie night or book club.
Play mah jongg: Have lunch then play.
Have a 5th Friday lunch bunch.
Cycling group–maybe cycle with another chapter.
“Adopt” a young mother and care for them on a consistent basis.
Meet at a retirement center where sisters live.
Post an “I spy” to point out someone you see in the community doing things.
Go to a bakery or coffee house quarterly to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries.
Start small group lunches: Draw 4-5 names at the meeting to be in each small group. Name groups by the virtues.
Secret sister
Adopt a Christmas tree in your town to decorate together.
Local service project like a food pantry
During roll call have a question for sisters to answer, for example, would you rather be on a boat or in a camper?
After roll call, have treasurer write on sticky note names missing. put sticky notes at door and ask someone to pick one and call the missing sister or send a note.
Age of chapter, closed group, old fashioned, unable to drive and attend:
o Try regular pop-ups to go to lunch.
o Winery tour, movies, book club etc.
o Set up car pools.
o Meet at a senior center
Consistently use unaffiliate list and contact those locally. One chapter in Wichita increased membership by three in two years using the unaffiliates list.
Have everyone send a picture of their front door to one person, then during program guess whose it is.
Brown bag: Have each member put three items about themself in a brown bag, then guess who it is.
Make a floral gift for a member unable to attend.
Look at unaffiliate list to see if there are women close to you. There are 600 unaffiliates and what would happen if 10% of them were active again?
Have each officer be in charge of a small group of sisters.
Anne Clark of Wichita shared these with us. They were 250 for $36 at Adesas printing Wichita. If someone is interested, reach out to Anne at aws1155@yahoo.com to get permission from the printer. She got the idea from the Record.
WE ARE ALL SO MUCH ALIKE AND HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON.
SHARING THAT GIFT WITH OTHERS IS PRICELESS