WHEATLAND – The annual daddy/daughter dance sponsored by the local Philanthropic Educational Organization chapters “R” and “AW” was held at the West Elementary gymnasium in Wheatland Feb. 5 from 6:30-8:30.
In addition to Justin Herdt who ran the lights and the music with DJ Magik, there were snacks and refreshments, pictures taken and lots of dads carrying their daughters to the car after a full night of dancing under Herdt’s transformation of a gymnasium into stars and lights.
The dance floor was “dancing room only” for most of the night, and when the family duos weren’t dancing, they were enjoying refreshments on the bleachers or in the hallways.
Since Jan. 21, 1869, the P.E.O. or Philanthropic Educational Organization has been dedicated to women helping women reach for the stars.
The organization has come a long way from that second story music room when the P.E.O. was founded.
At the P.E.O. headquarters, the open concentric circles sculpture represent the founders and the virtues of this “sisterhood” are listed as faith, love, purity, justice and truth.
The organization itself is a giving organization created and formed for the celebration and advancement of women through education by way of scholarships, grants, awards, loans and the stewardship of Cottey College.
