Happy September. Our First Friday luncheon will be at the Old Mill this Friday, September 7th, at 11:30.
Please RSVP to me by Thursday noon if you would like to attend.
Dorothy Krob
First Friday is this Friday, May 5th at 11:30 at Torge’s in the Holiday Inn. Please let me know by Thursday noon if you will be joining us.
We are collecting used books. NOW
We are needing your help to sort and arrange books any time that you are able. Follow regular hours at the Library.
The last few days before the sale May 4, 5 and 6 we will be doing final arranging.
The Kids room no longer has Bev Smith, so Kaye and Maye, are you available???
Several openings on Saturday afternoon beginning at 1:30 until the bag sale is done.
Spring banquet will be at The Hormel Historic Home on May 9. Social time begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Historic Home and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. in the Banquet Hall. A cash bar will be available. The cost is $20.00; pre-payment is required on or before May 4.
Please plan to join us tonight at Riverland in room C110 East Building. Remember to bring your donation for our basket to donate to the State Convention AAUW fundraiser. If you have an item, that’s great. If not, cash works well!
Our program features the winners of the 11th annual Women’s History Month Contest that centered around the theme, “The Changing Role of Women in the Twentieth Century.”
Austin High School students Hannah Alberts, Emily Sayles and Isaac Christopherson all tied for first place. They pose with Lisa Maatz in the photo below. Note: Lisa serves as Vice President of Government Relations and she works to advance AAUW’s priority issues on Capital, in the White House, and in coalition with other organizations.
Join AAUW and our ¡Adelante! Book of the Month Club in celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month as we talk with 2013–14 AAUW American Fellow Patricia Park about her book Re Jane. What The New York Times calls a “breezy, engaging” first novel that “grapples with real issues of identity, race, and culture from global and historical perspectives”. Register to join the discussion on May 2, 2017 at 7:00pm. Read more.
Nominate an AAUW Member for a U.S. Postage Stamp
There have been more than a dozen women involved with AAUW who have appeared on postage stamps. Including Jane Addams, Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, and Rachel Carson. We’d love to see more AAUW women represented on our nation’s postage stamps — so we’ll be choosing one woman from AAUW’s rich history to nominate for a commemorative stamp. We’ll select the winning nominee to propose to the U.S. Postal Service. Voting closes April 30 at 12 p.m. EST. Read more.
Travel Club Meeting.
Thursday, April 20th at 2:00 P.M. at the home of Gail Minerich.
