Alpha Omicron Pi Family Weekend

This past fall I had the pleasure to plan a low budget family weekend for Alpha Omicron Pi. The weekend consisted of a dessert reception with a silent auction on Friday night at the Holiday Inn in Statesboro, Ga. It was followed by a tailgate lunch at the AOII house which preceded the Georgia Southern University Football game.

The weekend started off with a formal invitation to all family members that were ordered from Formal-invitations.com.

A cardinal red rose was used on the invitation as that is the sorority’s flower. It was pinned with a ruby, the sorority’s stone.

The dessert reception was a drop-in from 7pm until 10pm and was catered by Holiday Inn. Round tables with bouquets of red roses were set up for seating. Long rectangular tables surrounded the room and pre-reception area that held the auction items. As an inexpensive decorative item, sticks, branches and rocks were spray painted red and laid out on the tables. There was also a projector set up with an ongoing slideshow of pictures throughout the past year.

As a treat and special surprise, I also had a panda cake made, which is the sorority mascot.

The next day, a tent was set up outside the AOII house to accommodate more seating. A buffet was served by RJ’s Steakhouse and the silent auction was so successful from the night before that it continued until noon Saturday. Unfortunately, I do not have pictures from that day in my file.

The weekend was a huge success and the auction raised over $800 toward the AOII Juvenile Arthritis Foundation.

January 17, 2010. Event Planning.