Xi Iota Phi updates

     The ladies of Xi Iota Phi, Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, enjoyed our summer activities and meetings.  The theme for Beta Sigma Phi, for this year, is Friends at Your Fingertips.  Each month, members hosting our meetings, will give a talk on what this theme means to them.
     We started the summer with our annual June weekend trip to the lake home of Linda and Jim Ebert.  As always, it was a weekend filled with fun, food, lake activities and laughter. 
     Our June meeting was hosted by Linda Ebert and she talked about friends she’s had over the years and still has. July brought us to Cathy Talley’s home and she told us about 40 year friendships and special friends from yesterday and today.  Our August meeting was at the home of Chris Smith who shared memories of nurse friends as well as many others.  September took us to the home of Karen Lajaunie who told us about her childhood friends, work friends, and many others.  We had a surprise “Grandma Baby Shower” for Lisa Addington who will soon become a grandma for the first time.  Also, in September, we tested our pottery painting skills at the Pottery Palace in Grain Valley.  It was a fun night and we all brought home a treasured piece. 
     Karen Sutton, our Woman of the Year, chose Eyes Right Here, a non-profit benefitting educators in the autism classes, as her charity donation. 
     We look forward to many more outings this Fall.