Three PEO members celebrate golden anniversary membership

Three members of the Schaumburg Chapter P-LK of P.E.O. were recently honored at the association’s state convention for their 50 years of membership.

Golden-anniversary members Marcy Schilling, Carol Bingham and Penelope Samuelson were recognized for their dedication and service to P.E.O. at the Honors Luncheon during the convention. Schilling attended the luncheon; nonresident members, Bingham and Samuelson live out of state and were celebrated in absentia.

Celebrating with Schilling at the convention, held June 7-9 in Peoria, were P-LK members Lynn Jessee, Dawn Amos, Ann Moorman, Marcia Thayer and Barbara Kay.

P.E.O. International (peointernational.org) is a sisterhood of women who celebrate, support and motivate other women. Its primary mission is to help women around the world advance through education. Since its founding in 1968, P.E.O. has provided approximately $432 million in financial assistance to more than 125,000 women.