Our business year is July 1st through June 30th. We welcome guests at the business meetings and public events. Club business meetings are held every 3rd Wednesday of each month. Reservations are encouraged to attendance@kcsoroptimist.org but are not required.
All below events are subject to change. This comprehensive list was last updated April 2024.
Jump to… Summer … Autumn … Winter
Spring
- June 18, 2025 – Installation of 2025-2026 officers
- June 16, 2025 – Foundation meeting
- June 11, 2025 – Combined board and business meeting
- June 1, 2025 – 2025-2026 Form 200R is due to the South Central Region
- May 30, 2025 – Deadline for paying annual SIKC membership due
- May 21, 2025 – Business meeting (Location: TBD | 5:30 p.m. networking / 6 p.m. meeting | Program: Celebration of Service)
- May 14, 2025 – Board meeting (Zoom at 6 p.m.)
- May TBA, 2025 – Power of the Purse Plus fundraiser (Gallery V Fine Arts, Mission Farms West, Overland Park, KS)
- May 1, 2025 – Quarterly Board Brainstorming (Location: TBD | 5:00 p.m.)
- April 24-26, 2025 – 99th South Central Region Conference (Location: Grand Prairie, TX)
- April 16, 2025 – Business meeting (Location: TBD | 5:30 p.m. networking / 6 p.m. meeting | Program: vote to approve the 2025-2026 slate of officers)
- April 14, 2025 – Foundation Meeting
- April 9, 2025 – Board meeting (Zoom at 6 p.m.) | Approve Service Objective Recommendations
Winter
- March 19, 2025 – Business meeting/Live Your Dream Awardees announced (Location: TBD | 5:30 p.m. networking / 6 p.m. meeting | Program: TBD)
- March 12, 2025 – Board meeting (Zoom at 6 p.m.) | Approve 2025-26 slate of officers
- March 8, 2025 – International Women’s Day
- February 19, 2025 – Business meeting (Location: TBD | 5:30 p.m. networking / 6 p.m. meeting | Program: TBD)
- February 12, 2025 – Board meeting (Zoom at 6 p.m.)
- February 6, 2025 – Quarterly Board Brainstorming (Location: TBD | 5:00 p.m.)
- January 27, 2025 – Deadline for emailing Service Objectives Grant Applications to ServiceObjectives@KCSoroptimist.org
- January 27, 2025 – Foundation meeting
- January 15, 2025 – Business meeting (Location: TBD | 5:30 p.m. networking / 6 p.m. meeting | Program: TBD)
- January 13, 2025 – Foundation Meeting
- January 8, 2025 – Board meeting (Zoom at 6 p.m.)
Autumn
- December 11, 2024 – Board meeting (Zoom at 6 p.m.)
- December 8, 2024 – Holiday Gathering in Lee’s Summit, MO
- November 20, 2024 – Business meeting (Location: TBD / 6 p.m. meeting | Program: TBD)
- November 15, 2024 – Live Your Dream application closes
- November 15, 2024 – Tax form 990 due to IRS (done annually)
- November 13, 2024 – Board meeting (Zoom at 6 p.m.)
- November 7, 2024 – Quarterly Board Brainstorming (Location: TBD | 5:00 p.m.)
- October 16, 2024 – Business meeting (Location: TBA | 5:30 p.m. networking / 6 p.m. meeting | Program: Sheffield Place Update by Stephanie Hoover | Email Attendance@KCSoroptimist.org by October 11)
- October 14, 2024 – Foundation meeting
- October 11-13, 2024 – District Fall Meeting (Location: Wichita, KS)
- October 9, 2024 – Board meeting (Zoom at 6 p.m.)
- October 6, 2024 – Atchison outing (Lunch at Willies Food Sports & Family at 11 a.m. | the Amelia Earhart’s Birthplace Museum ($15+tax each) | the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum ($15+tax each) | Email Attendance@KCSoroptimist.org by September 25)
Summer
- September 22, 2024 – White Elephant Bingo party 2 – 4 p.m. in Lee’s Summit, MO | Email Attendance@KCSoroptimist.org by September 20 for directions to the venue and reserve your seat.
- September 18, 2024 – Business meeting (Location: Iron Horse Bar & Grill, Lee’s Summit, MO | 5:30 p.m. networking / 6 p.m. meeting | Program: Social Media How To’s | Community Service: Write a vet, or two, or three… | Email Attendance@KCSoroptimist.org by September 13)
- September 11, 2024 – Board meeting (Zoom at 6 p.m.)
- August 21, 2024 – Business meeting (Location: Mason Jar, Kanas City, KS | 5:30 p.m. networking / 6 p.m. meeting | Program: Mysti Meiers, SIA Convention Update )
- August 15, 2024 – Live Your Dream portal opens
- August 14, 2024 – Board meeting (Location: Virtual at 6 p.m.)
- August 1, 2024 – Quarterly SIKC Board Brainstorming & Happy Hour (Location: The Landing Eatery & Pub | 5:00 p.m.)
- July 24-27 – SIA 48th Biennial Conference | Bellevue, WA
- July 17, 2024 – Business meeting (Location: O’Neill’s Restaurant, Leawood, KS | 5:30 p.m. networking/ 6 p.m. meeting | Program: Kimberly Paul, Director of Community Programs, Safehome | Community Service: New sew blankets to supply to Safehome residents)
- July 15, 2024 – Foundation meeting
- July 10, 2024 – Board meeting (Location: TBD at 6 p.m.)
- July 1, 2024 – Form 200 due to SIA (done annually)
SAVE THE DATES!!
SIKC 100th Anniversary Celebration in 2026