CENTRAL DISTRICT MEETING ~ March 2, 2024
Thames Conference Center
Copiah Lincoln Community College
Wesson, Mississippi
Registration is closed.
District Meeting Information
The Central District Meeting will be March 2, 2024 at the Thames Center at Copiah Lincoln Community College in Wesson, Mississippi. All of our sessions will be in the Thames Center. We will enjoy a breakfast and lunch at the Thames Center prepared by their chef who was the former owner and chef at Porches in Wesson.
Our Non-Society Sessions will be quite interesting with Shirley Hamilton, Phi Chapter, guiding us to paint on canvas. Janis McCoy and Janice Garrett of Eta Chapter, will share about adventures in travel both in the USA and abroad and how to make these trips a reality for your own group. Providing our members with a little information about important people in the Delta Kappa Gamma history, is Jen Thornton. She plans to connect the dots and help us to really know those ladies that began Delta Kappa Gamma.
In our Society Sessions we will have our most knowledgeable MSO ladies guiding us in membership, technology, and growing our chapters.
My assistant director, Lindsay Griffin, Alpha Chi, and I hope you will join us for a fun and informative day at Copiah Lincoln Community College. Breakfast will be served between 8:00 and 9:00. We look forward to seeing you there.
Friday Night Dinner
For those of you arriving at 1:00 PM on Friday to help set up, Assistant Central District Director, Lindsay Griffin, and I would like you to join us for a Dutch Treat meal at Friend's Mexican Kitchen, 505 West Monticello Street, Brookhaven, MS 39601. Please let me know if you are planning to eat dinner with us at Friend's Kitchen by February 23, 2024. We have reservations, and I need to confirm the number planning to attend.
Our Non-Society Sessions will be quite interesting with Shirley Hamilton, Phi Chapter, guiding us to paint on canvas. Janis McCoy and Janice Garrett of Eta Chapter, will share about adventures in travel both in the USA and abroad and how to make these trips a reality for your own group. Providing our members with a little information about important people in the Delta Kappa Gamma history, is Jen Thornton. She plans to connect the dots and help us to really know those ladies that began Delta Kappa Gamma.
In our Society Sessions we will have our most knowledgeable MSO ladies guiding us in membership, technology, and growing our chapters.
My assistant director, Lindsay Griffin, Alpha Chi, and I hope you will join us for a fun and informative day at Copiah Lincoln Community College. Breakfast will be served between 8:00 and 9:00. We look forward to seeing you there.
Friday Night Dinner
For those of you arriving at 1:00 PM on Friday to help set up, Assistant Central District Director, Lindsay Griffin, and I would like you to join us for a Dutch Treat meal at Friend's Mexican Kitchen, 505 West Monticello Street, Brookhaven, MS 39601. Please let me know if you are planning to eat dinner with us at Friend's Kitchen by February 23, 2024. We have reservations, and I need to confirm the number planning to attend.
Silent Auction Items
Please Join us at the MSO Central District, Saturday, May 2, for an informative, fun filled day with members from across the state. Below is a picture listing of the silent auction items available at the Central District. More pictures will follow as available for Northern and Southern District Meetings!
Hotel Information
Brookhaven has two hotels that I would recommend if you need a hotel for the night you are in town. The Holiday Inn Express and the Hampton Inn are both at Exit 40. This exit is Brookway Blvd. The Holiday Inn Express has rooms with two queen beds for $120.00. Hampton Inn has rooms with two queen beds for $111.00 online. The lady at the desk told me that rates were better online, so please look. The addresses and phone numbers of the two hotels are listed below.
Holiday Inn Express
1212 Brookway Blvd, Brookhaven, MS 39601
844-208-9436
Hampton Inn
1213 Hampton Drive, Brookhaven, MS 39601 US
844-208-9436
Holiday Inn Express
1212 Brookway Blvd, Brookhaven, MS 39601
844-208-9436
Hampton Inn
1213 Hampton Drive, Brookhaven, MS 39601 US
844-208-9436
Directions
Directions to Copiah Lincoln Community College Thames Conference Center from the hotel:
Take the ramp on the right for I-55 N for 1.7 miles. Take Exit 42, and go right on the ramp for Union Street Ext. Keep right, for 0.9 miles. Turn left onto US-51 N / Highway 51 N 7.2 miles.
Turn right onto Lester Furr Drive.
Turn right on J.C. Redd Drive. (Right before the football field)
Turn right on Lake Road.
You will see Thames Conference Center on your left.
Take the ramp on the right for I-55 N for 1.7 miles. Take Exit 42, and go right on the ramp for Union Street Ext. Keep right, for 0.9 miles. Turn left onto US-51 N / Highway 51 N 7.2 miles.
Turn right onto Lester Furr Drive.
Turn right on J.C. Redd Drive. (Right before the football field)
Turn right on Lake Road.
You will see Thames Conference Center on your left.
Directions From Highway 49
If traveling north on Highway 49, take Highway 28W in Magee towards Georgetown/Hazlehurst. Turn left to get on I-55 towards Brookhaven. Take exit 51 and turn left. Turn right onto US-51. Turn left onto Lester R. Furr Drive. Turn right onto J. C. Redd Drive. Turn right onto Lake Rd. It is .2 miles away on your left.
If traveling north on Highway 49, take Highway 28W in Magee towards Georgetown/Hazlehurst. Turn left to get on I-55 towards Brookhaven. Take exit 51 and turn left. Turn right onto US-51. Turn left onto Lester R. Furr Drive. Turn right onto J. C. Redd Drive. Turn right onto Lake Rd. It is .2 miles away on your left.
Thames Conference Center . Copiah Lincoln Community College . Wesson, Mississippi
