Congratulations to our new Executive Board for 2025-2027

• President: Theodora Diolitsis

• 1st Vice President: Eleni Vasilopoulos

• 2nd Vice President: Roula Arceo

• Recording Secretary: Christine Ziabaras

• Corresponding Secretary: Roula Abajian

• Treasurer: Maria Rentzelos

• Asst. Treasurer: Ann Marie Hankins

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The next Philoptochos meeting will be on Sunday, March 30th, following Divine Liturgy in the Conference Room.

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Our recent project:

Ionian Village: Congratulations to our two scholarship winners for 2025!

Nikolette Rentzelos and George Blathras were each awarded $3,000 towards their Ionian Village tuition. We wish both of them a safe trip!

Thank you to our committee, Pam Papas, Mia Gziki, and Iliana Radaios.

Operation Classroom: We helped two schools with their wish list this year.

Noble Day Care asked us to purchase a kitchen set for their classroom. We received a beautiful painting and thank you card from miss Popi’s class.

Schiler Park School District 81 requested a donation towards the purchase of a printer for their after-school program.

Ronald McDonald House:  Evelyn Nisbett, Athena Kalady, and Theodora Diolitsis delivered dinner for 50 guests to the Ronald McDonald House at Comer Children’s Hospital. The meal was prepared by Valois Restaurant in Hyde Park.

Philoptochos Mission Statement:
The Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society, Inc., is the duly accredited women’s philanthropic society of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The mission of the Society shall be:

• To help the poor, the destitute, the hungry, the aged, the sick, the unemployed, the orphaned, the imprisoned, the widowed, the handicapped, the victims of disasters, to undertake the burial of impoverished persons and to offer assistance to anyone who may need the help of the Church through fund raising efforts; and

• To promote the charitable, benevolent, and philanthropic purposes of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, through instructional programs, presentations, lectures, seminars, and other educational resources;

• To preserve and perpetuate Orthodox Christian concepts and the Orthodox Christian Family, and through them, to promote the Greek Orthodox Faith and traditions, in accordance with its doctrines, canons, discipline, divine worship, usages, and customs;

• To promote participation in the activities of the Greek Orthodox community, with the cooperation of the Parish Priest and the Parish Council.

The charitable work of the Society shall be performed with discretion, courtesy, and kindness.