You're invited to join your sisters at a lovely lunch on the waterfront in Vancouver on August 9th. It will be a sun-filled, low-key time to relax, catch up, and eat delicious food!

If you are interested in joining us, please be sure to RSVP by July 31st

Be sure to RSVP at social.xixiaxo@gmail.com

This seemed like the opportune moment for our members to join up for a philanthropic event where we can enjoy mocktails, donate to cancer survivors, peruse vendors, and just have a great time together!

PLEASE be sure to purchase your tickets from the link above ahead of time, and please be sure to RSVP by July 20th

Read more about the event and purchase tickets here

Please RSVP at social.xixiaxo@gmail.com

Update 6/8- Due to heat, this event has been canceled. Please stay cool, everyone! We hope to see our sisters next month!

It's time to hit the green! Xi Xi has invited you to join us on a little outing at the Oregon City Golf Club! Our sisters will be meeting there on June 8th at 2 P.M., dressed for sport and for weather!
If you are interested in teeing up with us, please be sure to RSVP by June 1st!

Please RSVP to social.xixiaxo@gmail.com

We will be conducting the hall of commitment ceremony for two Delta Omicron seniors. We would love your help with the ceremony and celebration. Please wear pin attire and your badge. After the ceremony we will celebrate with dessert and gifts for the seniors. Let us know if you can make it by Friday, May 30th.

To RSVP, please send an email to social.xixiaxo@gmail.com

It's that time of year, again! Xi Xi has been invited to join the Delta Omicron chapter at Portland State University in supporting their new PNM's through their initiation journey!

This event will be happening on June 2nd at 6:30 P.M. at the Smith Memorial Student Hall at PSU; specific room is still TBA. If you are interested in showing up for these new Alpha Chi initiates, please be sure to RSVP by May 27th! If you are to attend, please be sure to dress pin attire.

To RSVP, please send an email to social.xixiaxo@gmail.com

Something fun and exciting for our sisters and their families: another family friendly event!
Since we will be arriving into spring time, why not enjoy some time outside at our local Happy Valley Farmer's Market?
The suggested time will be from 11 A.M. - 2 P.M., but do not feel the need to stay the entire duration if you have previous engagements, or if you need to take your little ones home! We just hope to spend a little time with you 

Happy Valley Farmer's Market address:
13231 SE Sunnyside Rd, Clackamas, OR 97015

Please RSVP to this event by 5/12 via our private Facebook page, our most recent newsletter, or by sending an email to: social.xixiaxo@gmail.com

It's time for our annual Symphony Brunch and Milestone Ceremony!
This year we will be meeting from brunch at the Brix Tavern at 10 A.M. on April 26th!
Entry is $25 per head, and please dress in badge attire. Also, if you feel compelled to bring Alpha Chi memorabilia, please do! We'd love to walk down memory lane with you!
If you know someone who may need their milestone badge or you are needing one yourself, please contact our Chapter President, at xixiaxo@gmail.com.

For entry payment, you can either use the QR codes for our different options (available in our most recent newsletter or in our Instagram story), use our PayPal link, or pay with cash in person at the event.
*PLEASE RSVP NO LATER THAN 4/12*

Brix Tavern: Tualatin address:
8187 SW Tualatin-Sherwood Rd, Tualatin, OR 97062

Please RSVP to this event by 4/12 via our private Facebook page, our most recent newsletter, or by sending an email to: social.xixiaxo@gmail.com

Hello, everyone!

We have received some information that Delta Omicron will be having an event on April 5th at Rose Haven Homeless Shelter, and wanted to invite our Xi Xi sisters to this volunteer opportunity!

There will be an in-house tour, followed by volunteer activities (TBA).

Please RSVP at social.xixiaxo@gmail.com by March 25th so we can let Delta Omicron know that you will be there!

We know it's short notice, but we want to make sure that this year's Hera Day does not go unnoticed! Plus, who we know that you're itching to do a little spring cleaning! That said, this year, we have decided to do a quick little 'Donate and Dine' event, where our sisters can bring clothing to donate and then enjoy some quality time (and food) with their fellow Alpha Chis!

The plan will be for our sisters to bring their clothing donations in tow (children-adult wear; doesn't matter). Then we will convene at Margarita Factory at 12 P.M. to eat our delicious meals and catch up! Afterwards, our sisters will then transfer their donations to Avery, and she will then take the donations up the street to Deseret Industries Thrift Store & Donation Center. This thrift store partners with Clackamas Women's Services, a local non-profit that assists victims of domestic violence by offering a myriad of services, including clothing vouchers.

Of course, if you cannot make it, we do sincerely hope that you act in a way of service for Hera Day! Be sure to tag us in any posts of you activities (@xixiaxo) and, not only will we post your photos onto our social media accounts, but we will also add them into our next newsletter!

Margarita Factory address:
11211 SE 82nd Ave Suite A, Happy Valley, OR 97086

Please RSVP to this event by 2/26 via our private FB page, our newsletter, or by sending an email to: social.xixiaxo@gmail.com

This year, our executive board has decided to put a little family-friendly spin on our annual "Alpha Chi Night Out"! 
Instead of our usual rendez-vous to a restaurant, it felt prudent to add something fun and energetic into the mix and have a bowling night at Grand Central Bowling in downtown Portland! This will be a family friendly event, so please feel free to bring your children & partners, especially if they love arcade games! 

Grand Central Bowling: 
808 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR 97214

Please RSVP by 02/01/25 so we can reserve the proper amount of lanes! We will be at the alley at 5 P.M. Please RSVP at social.xixiaxo@gmail.com, via our newsletter or our private Facebook event page.

For January 2025, our sisters will be meeting at Babica Hen Café in luxurious Lake Oswego for our annual Resolution Brunch! As always, this is time for our sisters to sit down and not only reminisce about 2024, but discuss and plan what they are looking forward to in 2025! If you feel so inclined to bring paper and a pen to jot down notes or thoughts during our resolution process, please do so! This is meant to be a fruitful discussion about our futures.

This event will take place on January 4th 2025 at 10 A.M.
The address to Babica Hen Café is:
15964 Boones Ferry Rd, Lake Oswego, OR 97035

Please RSVP by 12/27/24 via email to: social.xixiaxo@gmail.com or via our newsletter and/or private Facebook event page.

Founder's Day Celebration (10/19/24)

For October, we will be joining forces with the ever lovely @psuaxo (Delta Omicron) to celebrate Founder's Day on October 19th! We will be meeting at the Native American Student and Community Center at Portland State University from 12-2 P.M. The celebration will include a catered lunch, a local sorority alumna vendor (@everafther), games, connecting, and so much more!

The address for the NASCC is:
710 SW Jackson St, Portland, OR, 97201

*Tickets are required for this event (which includes lunch). For Xi Xi members = $20/person. For non-members = $25/person. You can pay for your tickets via our Paypal.

If you have already happened to pay the highest tier of our dues, then your ticket to this event is already paid for! How great is that?

Due to the necessity for a headcount (regarding our vendor and catering), we ask that you RSVP no later than 10/05, with your ticket purchased.

For September 2024, we will be taking a trip to Halloweentown on the 28th at 1 P.M. in St. Helens, OR. Please click here to purchase your tickets.

This is absolutely a family friendly event! Please feel free to bring your children, even your partners, if you feel so inclined. We want everyone to enjoy this local delight! 

If you are currently a member of Xi Xi, and will be joining us, please click here to RSVP!

If you are not currently a member of our Xi Xi Chapter, but would like to see what our sisterhood is all about, please send us an email at: social.xixiaxo@gmail.com

Hello, everyone!

Yes, it's that time of year again!
Xi Xi will be hosting our Annual Meeting & Elections in person this year, at the Willamette Ale & Cider House on August 24th at 5 P.M.

*Please wear pin attire as this is a formal gathering*

Please note that you must be a dues paying member in order to both run for a position and vote on one. *If you have not looked at our Instagram story recently, there is an explanation of our tiered dues system, as well as ways to submit your dues. Submission information will be added down below*

Here are some brief descriptions of the positions and their requirements:

All positions will run October 1st , 2024 until September 31st, 2025.

Chapter President (5-10 hours monthly):
-Meet with PAC
-Quarterly province meetings
-Hold executive board meetings
-Assist executive board in planning or advising as needed
-Assist board in creating calendar, emails, reminders, event planning
-Planning Founder's Day Celebration/Xi Xi Birthday
-Respond to all headquarters emails and other Xi Xi emails

Treasurer (1-3 hours monthly):
-Keep record of dues paying members
-Promote sound financial management by working with the budget and by assisting with
fundraising projects and activities
-Provide chapter with regular updates on financial status of chapter
-Gather ideas for new and future altruistic and fundraising projects
-Ensure chapter adherence to Alpha Chi Omega, state and federal guidelines
-Submit two budget forms to headquarters yearly and IRS postcard once a year
-Reimbursements as needed
-Pay bills as needed (headquarters and Portland Panhellenic)
-Attend quarterly executive board meetings

Secretary/Communications (3-5 hours monthly):
-Take notes during annual meeting and executive board meetings
-Send out notes/bylaws/etc. after meetings
-Create social media posts
-Email Xi Xi mailing list with upcoming events
-Maintain Xi Xi website
-Help respond to Xi Xi inquiries by email and social media
-Attend quarterly executive board meetings

Membership Chair (1-3 hours monthly):
-Respond to membership inquiries
-Brainstorm ways to engage new members
-Meet one on one or in small group with interested sisters
-Sending out birthday, special events cards
-Attend quarterly executive board meetings

Collegiate Relations Chair (1-3 hours monthly, depends on events):
-Communicate with Delta Omicron to plan events, see what they need help with, etc.
-Plan joint events with Delta Omicron
-Help foster the relationship between Delta Omicron and Xi Xi
-Frequent communication with Delta Omicron
-Attend quarterly executive board meetings

Panhellenic Representative (1-3 hours monthly):
-Attend Portland Alumnae Panhellenic meetings and report back to Xi Xi
-Advise as needed in Panhellenic matters
-Attend quarterly executive board meetings

Social Chair (3-5 hours monthly, depends on events):
-Plan at least one social event per month
-Attend and facilitate events or find another member to run the event
-Promote events
-Attend quarterly executive board meetings

Philanthropy Chair (1-3 hours monthly, depends on events):
-Plan at least one quarterly philanthropy event
-Attend planned philanthropy events
-Promote philanthropy events
-Attend quarterly executive board meetings

Here is the google form link for those that are interested in running for a position.

This is the tiered system for paying dues:

Tier 1: (for graduates/new initiates, up to three years from initiation date)- $18.85. This price includes access to our monthly newsletter, the ability to attend our events, and discounted Founder’s Day admission.

Tier 2: Supporting Sister- $20. This tier is for sisters who have difficulty attending events but would still like to help their alumnae chapter out; it offers access to our monthly newsletter and the ability to attend events.

Tier 3: General Membership- $40. This price includes access to our monthly newsletter, the ability to attend our events, and discounted Founder’s Day admission.

Tier 4: Reaching The Heights- $60. This price includes access to our monthly newsletter, the ability to attend our events, free Founder’s Day admission, and the inclusion of a free Milestone Membership pin.

Remember, you cannot run for a chapter position or vote if you have not paid your dues. Please utilize our PayPal link to do so before August 23rd. Please RSVP via our private Facebook event page, our monthly newsletter, or by email.

Hello, sisters!
Our first event of August will be a lovely dinner, down in Hawthorne, at Por Que No?
We will be convening at 5:30 P.M.

Please be sure to RSVP by 8/2/24
We can't wait to you see then!

You can RSVP either via our private Facebook Event page (QR located on our homepage here), our monthly newsletter, or by emailing social.xixiaxo@gmail.com

Exciting news, sisters! 

Our upcoming Book Club meeting will be happening on July 13th at Coffee Rush in Oregon City, OR!

The book that we will be reading is Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimerer. We also wanted to share that this book is available on Audible and the Libby app, if you cannot get your hands on a physical copy!

As always, though some of our sisters will be discussing the literature at hand, reading the book is not necessary to join us! We are happy to have you, regardless!

We hope to see your smiling faces! Please utilize the block within your monthly newsletter to RSVP, our private Facebook event page (QR available on our home page here), or email our Chapter President, at xixiaxo@gmail.com

Xi Xi would like to invite to a cute and relaxed lunch date at Who Song & Larry's on Saturday, June 22nd, at noon.

We hope to see you there!

Please RSVP via our private Facebook page or our monthly newsletter

The senior members of the Delta Omicron Chapter of Portland State University will be graduating soon! Therefore, it is important that Xi Xi shows their support and celebrates their collegiate careers, as well as assist them in their Hall of Commitment Ceremony!

Colette Livermore, our gracious philanthropy chair, has offered to act as host for the event! People can arrive as early as 5:30 P.M. (to the address listed above). To help Colette out, it would also be preferred to email her at colettetimna@gmail.com, OR, so she can be sure about who will be arriving at her home

Furthermore, it would also be preferred if our Xi Xi members assisted in bringing gifts/foods to the event. Regarding food, the list goes as follows:
-charcuterie meats
-charcuterie cheeses (goat cheese &/or sheep cheese, as well as lactose free cheese as well)
-charcuterie crackers (a variety would work just fine)
-dessert (no nuts please)
-lemonade
-iced tea

If you would like to either bring any of these items, please contact Colette (colettetimna@gmail.com). If instead you would prefer to donate to the cause, please donate to our PayPal, so we can make sure that these proud Delta Omicron seniors are taken care of!

The original plan for our May Book Club meeting was to meet at Coffee Rush, in historic Oregon City. However, due to an added event, it seemed apt to move our meeting to a closer location to the first event! Therefore, we will be having our Book Club meeting at Ovation Coffee & Tea in Lake Oswego!

The address is:

17510 Provost St., Unit 105, Lake Oswego, OR 97034

The book we are discussing is What The River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

As always, reading the book is not a requirement; we’d love to see you there either way!

Xi Xi has been delightfully delegated to create a 75-year Milestone Ceremony for one Joyce Beals! This celebration is to take place on Saturday, May 18th, at 1 P.M. at an undisclosed location.

Due to the private nature of the event, if you are sincerely interested in assisting in this celebration, we ask that you email our chapter President, Katie Maroney, to discuss the details. She can be reached at: xixiaxo@gmail.com

We hope to see you there!

Xi Xi would like to invite you all to this highly anticipated event, as we celebrate our fellow Alpha Chi sisters as they reach their lifetime milestones at Brix Tavern-Tualatin!

Tickets are $25 per person. Please pay for your ticket via our PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/XiXiAlphaChiOmega

Please RSVP and respond to further questions regarding your milestone pin (if you are receiving one) here.

Please RSVP no later than 3/20 for pin purchase & no later than 4/19 for (only) attendance.

Hello sisters! Xi Xi's book for our April Book Club meeting is The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner!

We will be meeting at Coffee Rush in Oregon City (900 Main St.) at 2 P.M.

If you can't finish the book by then, no worries! We'd love to have you regardless!

Can't wait to see you there!

Everyone, I do apologize for the complications from the previous event description. After conversing with Katie (Xi Xi President) along with some fellow chapter members, it seems like there was WAY more involved in the Barnes & Noble book signing than we had anticipated.

Therefore, we have decided to adjust this event to a simple book club meeting, rescheduled for the 23rd at 2:30 P.M.

We hope to see you there!

Please RSVP by 3/11/24 via our private Facebook page or through our monthly newsletter
Coffee Rush:

900 Main St. Oregon City, OR 97045

Some exciting news that Xi Xi would like to share with you! 

Our Rockstar philanthropic chair, Colette, has been reaching out to PSU's AchiO chapter, Delta Omicron, and a wonderfully thoughtful event has been planned!
On March 2nd, both alumnae and collegiate Alpha Chi sisters will assist in crafting lunches to donate to the Blanchet House, a local nonprofit that assists with homelessness!

As of now, this is the plan:

Since the general public does not have access to the buildings on campus, the chapter members will meet alumnae in the main level lobby entrance on Broadway. They will then guide everyone to the space we will have the event (a reserved room inside of SMSU).
The physical address for SMSU is:  1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201

Supplies and ingredients will be picked up by Colette this Friday (2/23), which is entirely amazing and we thank her for that! That said, donations will be much appreciated for this event, and you can donate using our PayPal link (even $5 helps!).

Please make sure to use the button below to available in our newsletter to this event, or use our private Facebook Event page to do so.

Please RSVP by 2/28/24

*Through Facebook, there is now an ongoing DM chat for the event, in case there is any change of schedule

We look forward to seeing you and creating important meals together!

Xi Xi would like to invite you to meet with your sisters on February 24th at the Willamette Coffee House to discuss our Book Club book for February, The Worst Best Man by Lucy Score.

It is not essential for the book to be read to join in for the event! We will be happy to have you whether you have read the literature or not!

An additional treat for MacDowell Month is that we will also be crafting our own bookmarks! Please feel free to bring your own crafting utensils and supplies to share with your sisters!

Please RSVP by 2/21/24 via our monthly newsletter or our private Facebook page

Sisters! We do truly hope to see you all to celebrate annual "Alpha Chi Night Out" Event! We will be meeting at Nebbliolo Restaurant & Wine Bar in Oregon City, OR, at 5:30 P.M.
It's going to be a wonderful, relaxing evening for our sisters to enjoy delectable food and catch up with how 2024 has been treating them so far!

Here's a little sneak peak of the menu, if you are curious to what you will be expecting!

Please RSVP no later than 2/07 via our monthly newsletter or our private Facebook page

Time to bring out the team work!

Xi Xi is excited to announce that we have an Escape Room event happening on January 27th in Happy Valley, OR! We will be meeting at Escapology at 11:30 a.m., working to figure out clues and mysteries to get out of the space we find ourselves locked in! 
This is a great time to unlock our intuition, problem-solving and attention to detail!
Once the trial in the room ends at 12:30 p.m., an optional lunch will be offered at the Margarita Factory (conveniently located in the same vicinity).
It is $44 per person for this event, which you can submit via our PayPal. Please click here to submit your payment; please make sure that you leave a note attached for your payment regarding the event itself.
Also, the date to RSVP by is no later than 1/20/24, via either our private Facebook page or by DMing our chapter.

This event has been canceled due to inclement weather- Please stay tuned for updated information regarding this event.

 
Friends of Trees is looking for a total of 40 volunteers to assist in planting hundreds of native trees and plants on a two acre parcel of the Columbia Slough! 

Here is some information from Friends of Trees regarding this event:

Workload: You will plant smaller-sized native trees and shrubs, which are often easier for youth to plant on their own. The terrain will be generally flat and a bit muddy–but some locations do have terrain with steep slopes that can be difficult. 

Friends of Trees provides gloves to borrow (that are professionally cleaned between uses)  and tools (that are cleaned between each use). You are welcome to bring your own gloves and tools if you wish, but please remember them when you leave.  Friends of Trees is not responsible for any misplaced personal items during our events.

During planting season (October-April), a waterproof jacket and rain pants are ideal, but any comfortable clothes that will keep you warm even if they get wet are great (synthetic fabrics and wool are better than cotton).  For safety, we require that you wear sturdy closed-toe shoes or boots.  Our events involve digging, hauling trees, handling woody mulch, and, sometimes, removing thorny introduced, weedy species. Please dress so that you will be comfortable with these activities.

It is requested that volunteers arrive by 9:45 A.M. to be checked in and be assigned to a planting crew; the planting begins at 10 A.M.
Tea/hot chocolate/coffee and breakfast snacks will be provided by the organization!

If you are wanting to attend this event, please fill out this interest form NO LATER than 12/26, and be sure to RSVP for this event via our monthly newsletter or our private Facebook page.

*The QR code of the private Facebook page can be found on this website and our Instagram account.