Founders’ Day January 21, 2011

Wear your P.E.O. pin and talk about P.E.O.!

Our history.

• P.E.O. was founded by seven college friends on January 21, 1869. Today P.E.O. is an international women’s organization with nearly 250,000 members in the United States and Canada.

Our mission.

• P.E.O. is a philanthropic organization where women celebrate the advancement of women; educate women through scholarships, grants, awards, loans and stewardship of Cottey College; and motivate each other to achieve their highest aspirations.

Our projects.

• We have provided over $200 million to more than 83,000 women through five educational financial assistance projects, and graduated approximately 8,200 women from Cottey College.

Our website.

• Refer your friends to the P.E.O. website, peointernational.org. Our homepage contains lots of information for the general public to read.