Sunflower Chapter All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast: Our chapter sponsors an All-You-Can-
Eat Breakfast on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at the VFW on Vine in Hays.
This is one of our main fund raisers.
Tickets may be purchased from any board member or at St. Joseph's Catholic Church
starting Monday, August 3, 2009

Fall Banquet: Sunday, October 4, 2009 - This is one of our Fund Raiser events, the Fall Banquet.  Our Sunflower Chapter cooks usually outdo themselves and prepare our favorite German from Russia
foods.  These usually consist of Pork, Sauerkraut, Dumplings, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy,
Brat Wurst, Kuchen, and of course Schnapps!

Christmas Meeting: Sunday, December 6, 2009

Fasenacht Meeting: (Usually the Sunday before Ash Wednesday)

Spring Meeting: Usually held at the end of April or beginning of May.

Summer Picnic: Sunday, August 2, 2009 - This is our annual picnic where are spend
time playing cards, singing and just having fun!!!

Pictures from the 2008 Christmas Banquet Meeting

The 2008 Christmas Banquet, one of our main fundraisers, was scheduled for for December 14, 2008 at the Parish Hall in Antonino, Ks.  A visit from the Christkindja
and the Belznicklos was an unexpected surprise.  The Belznicklos chastized those
who were bad all year and the Christkindja rewarded those who were good and
able to recite their prayers in German with a brown paper bag filled with peanuts,
hard candy, and an orange.  Galen Schmidtberger was the entertainment for the
days festivities.

HISTORY OF OUR CHAPTER:

On August 3, 1979, Ruth M. Amen and Frances Amen of the American Historical Society
of Germans from Russia met in Hays with several persons brought together by Irene
(Rupp) Leiker.  The group was interested in forming an A.H.S.G.R. chapter in Western Kansas.  AHSGR exists, it was explained, to help people learn more about their German Russian ancestors, so that they can preserve the rich culture of their heritage.  Eager to continue with forming a chapter, those present set an organizational meeting for
September 9th at Jefferson School (now Holy Family Elementary), Hays.  On that date, people attended from as far away as St. Peter, Tribune, and Ulysses.

After Norbert Dreiling, Leona W. Pfeifer, Larry Werth, and Lawrence Weigel drafted
by-laws for the new chapter, another meeting was held on October 7th.  On that day,
a total of 66 persons officially became the first members of the SUNFLOWER CHAPTER
of the American Society of Germans from Russia.