Southern Highlights
Austin Minnesota Branch
Volume 8 Number 7 April 2010
Shaping the World One Woman at a Time
Co-President’s Column
The program for the April meeting will be great as witnessed by those of us who judged the Women’s History Month contest at Austin High School. The projects were terrific and the winning entries will present at our April meeting. Laura Tjomsland, Ann Odegaard, Janet Gilbertson and LeeAnn Ettinger worked with me judging the entries. Thanks to each of them.
The entire Women’s History Month activities at Austin High School went very well with Ann Bancroft providing a stimulating program to the entire student body. She also had lunch with the contest winners and met with three large groups of students in the afternoon. All this after flying into the Twin Cities from Norway the day before! Please express your gratitude to members of the Austin Public Education Foundation, the Noon Kiwanis, the Early Riser Kiwanis and the Rotary Club. They provided financial support for the project as did Carolyn Bogott and Sue Grove. If any other members would like to make a contribution, it would be greatly appreciated. Additional donations would offset the amount that we are taking from branch funds. Continue reading