Fellowship with 25/52

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To add to what Randy stated, both GSS & OPA have a shared history with APO.

For most people, APO & GSS has the stronger link. One hears of the
25/52 Family, which refers to the data of establishment of APO (1925) and GSS (1952). GSS was established by a group of chapters at several schools. The name was picked because it stood for "Girl's Service Sorority" or "Girl Scout Service" (I've heard both). GSS has about 50 chapters.

OPA was established in 1967 at Bowling Green University, thru the efforts of the Zeta Kappa Chapter of APO. Several other early chapters were established thanks to other APO chapters. While this makes it seem that OPA was nothing more then a 'little sister' group to APO, they were established from day one to be a separate and independent group. OPA has about 15 chapters.

There are a few 'little sister' groups that did go on to establish separate identities, those these are very small. Out west are the "Phyettes", which began around 1965 or so. Tau chapter has the 'Jewels of Tau', which is now a separate organization of about 2-3 chapters.

Hope this helps. Am sure those involved with GSS or OPA can add/correct/expand on this.