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AAUW BULLETIN
June 2016
BIRMINGHAM BRANCH
Birmingham, Michigan - Since 1920
MARK YOUR
CALENDAR
birmingham-mi.aauw.net
Wed., June 8,
Noon. Study and Interest
Group chairs brunch at
Kerby’s Coney Island at
Woodward south of Square
Lake Rd.
Wednesday,
September 14, 2016
EACH ONE BRING ONE
Sunday, June 26: 2 pm,
Theater Goers to see
Morning’s at Seven. Purple
Rose Theatre, Chelsea.
NORTHBROOK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
OPEN HOUSE 10:00 - NOON
June 30, Deadline for
the 2016-2017 branch
directory. (See pg. 6.)
Saturday, Aug. 20: 11:30 am
- 2:30 pm, Women’s Equality
Day luncheon, St. Mary’s
Cultural & Banquet Center in
Livonia.
Sept. 9 - 11: Used Book Sale
Wed., Sept. 14: 10 am.
Each One Bring One Open
House.
Sat., Oct. 22: AAUW of MI
leadership conference,
Traverse City.
Needed: A chairperson
(or co-chairs) for 2016-17
Excursions Unlimited.
If you are interested in
participating in the leadership
of this study group, please
contact Lorraine Clay 313-535-2787, or Lynn Hipp 248-420-4615.
22055 W. FOURTEEN MILE ROAD AT LAHSER
BEVERLY HILLS
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Light refreshments
Browse the various study and interest group tables and
exhibits. Members will answer your questions.
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Discover the variety of interests our members pursue.
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Join study groups that are of interest to you.
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Bring friends and potential new members.
2016-17 BRANCH DIRECTORIES WILL BE AVAILABLE.
Please plan to pick up and deliver directories to people you
know who will not be attending the Open House and save the
cost of delivery.
Board of directors meeting to follow at noon.
Hats off to Our Convention Crew!!
Our Michigan AAUW Convention, held on April 30, was a huge
success, due in part to our members. Many of our Birmingham
Branch women stepped up to help in various capacities. They
helped as greeters, with registration, with meals, hospitality, technology, and
other activities on both Friday and Saturday.
The convention, along with the Feet on the Street Tour and Chico’s and Soma
We'd like to put together After-Hours shopping event, were well-attended by many branch members and
enjoyed by all. We received many positive comments from attendees from
a new study group.
If you can play Canasta, or across the state.
would like to learn, please
call Sue Winowiecki at
248-635-0462.
Hats off to you ladies!! We couldn’t have done it without you!!
Sandi Spencer and Karen Boyk
JUNE 2016
AAUW BULLETIN
AAUW Bulletin
Vol. 43, Issue 10
June 2016
Publication No. 012-130
The AAUW Birmingham Branch
Bulletin is published monthly,
September through June, for the
members of the Branch.
Postmaster: send corrections to
Karen Linnell, AAUW Bulletin, 1025
Fairfax, Birmingham MI 48009.
Known office of publications is 1025
Fairfax, Birmingham MI 48009.
Periodical postage paid at
Birmingham MI 48012.
AAUW Birmingham Board
Branch President:
Sue Longstreet
248-332-2284
Vice President-Program:
Kathy Rice
248-642-4764
Vice President-Membership:
Sandra Dickerson 248-673-8591
Recording Secretary:
Sandi Spencer
248-651-5491
Corresponding Secretary:
Mary Samulski
248-549-2078
Treasurer:
Sally Doty
248-909-4583
Dues Treasurer:
Karen Boyk
248-321-6026
Study Group Coordinator:
Lynn Hipp
248-420-4615
Communications:
Jean Ivory
248-454-8750
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PRESIDENT’S CORNER
It is always a pleasure to watch the
ducks placidly gliding across our lake, taking in
the scenery and pausing to commune with each
other from time to time. Yet, as we all know,
their little webbed feet are paddling furiously
below the water to keep them afloat and moving
forward.
Those ducks remind me of our recent
state convention, where everything went smoothly, and we all had a
chance to enjoy the activities, as well as spend time with each other.
You may not have realized how fast so many people were paddling to
make everything look so calm. I would like to thank the many members
who worked hard to make the convention a success, who included the
following:
Co-Chairs:
Karen Boyk and
Sandi Spencer
Registrations:
Pam Hoffman, Chair
Patti Bannasch, Cindy
Clement, Irene Sharpe, Karen Linnell, Susan
McKinnon, Christine Dagenais, Beverly Pintar,
Carol Pyke, Kathy Rice,
Linda Kevorkian, Linda Schnorbus
Greeters:
Cindy Clement, Lead
Najwa Khuri, Marjorie Dilido, Kitty Stephenson
Meal Hostesses:
Colette Stager, Lead
Joanne Brown, Joan Birney, Christine Dagenais
Hospitality Room:
Kitty Stephenson, Jacqueline Werner, Geetha
Balakrishnan
Technology:
Jean Ivory, Lead
Sally Kendrick, Cindy Guerrieri
Branch Website:
birmingham-mi.aauw.net
Friday Reception:
Bulletin Editor:
Marion Muma
Colette Stager, Lead
Patti Bannasch, Joanne Brown, Marjorie Dilido,
Pam Hoffman, Najwa Khuri
Centerpieces:
Joanne Brown
Publicity:
Marion Muma
248-792-9780
Bulletin copy deadline is the 10th of
the previous month. Send copy
and/or corrections to:
[email protected]
AAUW of Michigan info:
aauwmi.org
Thanks you so much to all who once again made us proud of our
branch. Now we will get our ‘ducks in a row’ for our September book
sale, and I know many of you will be part of the summer activities - both
above and below the water. Have a great summer!
Sue Longstreet
CONGRATULATIONS TO LINDA SCHNORBUS, WHO WON THE
50-50 RAFFLE DRAWING AT OUR MAY 11th LUNCHEON.
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WELCOME TO NEW MEMBER:
Alberta Lupin
1920 Shore Hill Drive
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
248-335-9653
Wayne State University
IMPORTANT: DIRECTIONS TO
SORTING - SUMMER 2016
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOARD MEETING
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
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We are sorting this summer at the
Bloomfield High School Dublin
Building and sharing space with
Bloomfield Youth Services.
THE DIRECTIONS FOR SORTERS:
The site is behind the Physical Plant office across
from the new BHS high school on Andover Road.
Take Andover Road to the parking lot for Staff and
Visitors and Parking Lot C. If you are coming south
on Andover (which means you have accessed
Andover from Long Lake), the parking lot is just
before the Physical Plant; if you are coming north
on Andover (which means you have accessed
Andover from Telegraph), then the parking lot is just
after the Physical Plant. Either way, the parking lot
is east of the new high school. Drive to the very
back of that lot which is Parking Lot C to park. You’ll
have to cut across a small patch of grass to get to
the sorting site. We’ll eventually wear a path that
you can find easily. PLEASE DO NOT PARK
ANYWHERE ELSE FOR SORTING.
If you are a barrel picker or delivering home
pickups: Take Andover Road to Dublin Drive on
the east side of Andover Road; you can only turn
east on Dublin Drive. Follow it around to the Dublin
Building and pull in to the semi-circle drive in front to
unload. We will NOT be parking in that drive
except to unload.
It shouldn’t take long for us to get into our summer
routine, but if you run into problems, call Pam
Hoffman, 248-770-8476 or Carol Pyke, 248-2256698, and we’ll talk you in.
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Treasurer Sally Doty reported that the total assets
as of April 30, 2016 were $28,027.54, and the net
assets were $26,987.54.
President Sue Longstreet reported that:
 Diane Bert was awarded as our Champion
at the Race Relations and Diversity
Champion breakfast. (see pg. 8).
 Women’s Equality Day luncheon will be
held on August 20. (see calendar pg. 1)
 The Haven is requesting donations for their
summer program.
Vice President for Membership Sandra Dickerson
announced that a new member tea will be held in
June, the date and location to be announced.
Fundraising representative Patty Orlowski reported
that our branch fundraising policy will be reviewed
and updated by the committee, and it will be
posted to our web site when completed.
Jean Ivory reported that she will be implementing
some new ideas from AAUW for our website this
summer.
Lynn Hipp reported that the study and interest
group chairs brunch will be held June 8 at 11 am
at Kerby’s Coney Island. (see calendar pg. 1)
Carol Pyke explained that the sorting location this
summer is located across from the new Bloomfield
Hills High School. (see directions to sorting on the
left.) More information will be forthcoming.
YOU CAN NOW
DOWNLOAD THE SIGN UP
SHEET FOR THE
SEPTEMBER 9-11 USED
BOOK SALE FROM OUR
BRANCH WEBSITE:
birmingham-mi.aauw.net
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STUDY AND INTEREST GROUP CALENDAR
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Modern Art
12:30 pm, Thurs., June 9
(Please note date change)
Program: Planning meeting
Hostess: Miriam Mercier, 248-515-1649
Music Appreciation
BOOK CLUBS
Afternoon Readers
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International Relations
10 am, Mon., June 6
Topic: International Criminal Court & Planning Meeting
Hostess: Carol Pyke, 248-203-2952
No event scheduled
The Breakfast Bunch
No Event Scheduled
Co-chairs: Callie Schmidt (248-334-6943) &
Patty Orlowski (248-641-3892)
No event scheduled
ON THE TOWN
Excursions Unlimited
No Event Scheduled
Opera Divas
No Event Scheduled
Belles Lettres
7:30 pm, Thurs., June 2
Topic: To the Heart of the Nile: Lady Florence Baker &
the Exploration of Central Africa, Pat Shipman
Hostess: M. Moran, 248-646-7387
Beyond Adelante!
6:00 pm, Tues., June 7
(Please note time change)
Topic: Planning meeting
Hostess: Mary Hannah, 248-646-8611
Contemporary Books
No event scheduled
Morning After Readers
No event scheduled
Mystery Book Club
1 pm, Wed., June 22
Topic: Share in Death (Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James
novel), Deborah Crombie
Hostess: Carolyn Packard, 248-514-9790
Northside Books
1 pm, Mon., June 6
(Please note date change)
Topic: Fire & Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkle,
James Taylor, CSNY & the Lost Story of 1970,
David Browne
Hostess: Cindy Clement, 248-433-3629
Political Inquiry
10 am, Wed., June 15
Topic: Planning meeting
Hostess: Sue Stoll, 248-645-9453
Potpourri
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No event scheduled
HOME AND GARDEN
Artistic Endeavors
No event scheduled
Green Thumb
12:30 pm, Tues., June 21
Topic: Successful Flowers
Hostess: Margretta Steinmueller, 248-642-8641
Let’s Cook … Something New
No Event Scheduled
Cooking Light
5 pm Thurs., June 2
Event: The Green Space Café, Ferndale
A vegetarian restaurant founded by a local cardiologist
Please RSVP to Sue Allen by May 18, 248-649-2319
AAUW AND SOCIAL ISSUES
Public Policy
2:30 pm, Thurs., June 9
Topic: Title IX
Hostess: Karen Linnell, 248-594-9871
Theater Goers
2 pm, Sun., June 26
Event: Morning’s at Seven, Purple Rose Theater
Morning’s at Seven is a gentle comedy about folks just
like us. The story, set in a small Midwestern town in
1938, revolves around four sisters, two of whom shake
things up when they decide to change their lives while
they still have time. Join us for this wonderful comedy
which celebrates love and family. Then, if you can, for
dinner.
Tickets are $34 (made payable to Birmingham AAUW) as
long as we sell 14 (friends and family are welcome). The
deadline for checks made out to Birmingham AAUW is
June 5. Please send check to Sharon Grisdale, 2961
Viking Drive, Walled Lake, 48390
Questions: call Sharon at 586-612-5940
Two Thumbs Up
No Event Scheduled
JUST FOR FUN
Mah Jongg
Wed., 1:30 pm, June 1, 15, 22 & 29
Hostess: Py Wolfe, 248-851-3338
Bridge
4th Monday
June 27, 11:30 am, Heathers
st
1 Tuesday
June 7, 11:00 am, Village Club
Hostess: Beverly Pintar– 248-626-4311
3rd Wednesday
June 15, 11:30 am, Village Club
Chair: Mary Hines – 248-642-1881
3rd Wednesday Evening
June 15, 5:30 pm, Heathers
Chair: Kay Norton –248-737-0648
2nd Thursday
June 9, 11:30 am, Village Club
Chair: Lynn Gavras - 248-851-2414
2nd Friday
June 10, 11:30 am, Village Club
Chair: Mary Lou Harrison - 248-643-8983
3rd Friday
June 17, 11:30 am, Village Club
Chair: Carol Wiseman – 248-540-2178
4th Friday (Duplicate) June 24, 11:30 am, Village Club
Chair: Kay Norton –248-737-0648
CONTACTS
Kay Norton for bridge - 248-737-0648
Lynn Hipp for calendar changes 248-420-4615; Information due before
the 10th of the month. Study/Interest
Group Membership – call Chair listed
in the AAUW Directory, pages 8-10.
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Forever 29 Club 2016 Honorees:
Joanne Brown
Cindy Clement
Pat Graf
Peter Goulding
Carol Pyke
Barby Reider
Please send your $29 tax-deductible contribution
honoring birthdays of friends and family to Carol
Pyke, 2459 Hickory Glen Drive, Bloomfield Hills
48304. Carol will send a tax receipt to the donor;
and Kathy Rice, foundation corresponding
secretary, will send the honoree a birthday notice.
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The 90th annual Birmingham
Branch Used Book Sale
begins soon.
Think of it! In 1926 twenty-some women
held the first sale to raise money for scholarships for
high school girls. Here we are 90 years later doing the
same thing on a scale we only hope they could imagine!
Sorting will begin on June 14 at the Bloomfield Hills
Schools Dublin Building. We’ll sort on Tuesdays/
Thursdays from 9:30—noon until mid-August. It
primarily involves putting books pre-sorted for condition
and age into 26+ categories. This is a new location with
some logistical issues, so we’ll sort a bit differently this
Carol Pyke, Treasurer year. (see pg. 3 for driving directions.) Dorie Marshall is
AAUW Birmingham Branch Foundation, Inc. chair of sorting; call her if you are interested: 248-4804422.
One of the huge jobs of the summer is picking up
HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR KROGER REWARDS books from our blue barrels at 12 drop-off sites in Troy,
Bloomfield Hills, Southfield and Royal Oak. We also
CARD? OR WANT TO SIGN UP FOR ONE?
urge those volunteers to pre-sort for condition before
This is a painless way to raise funds for our missions bringing their loads to sorting. Carol Pyke, summer
chair, handles that operation which requires almost 100
(no books to sort or lift). We don’t get a lot of money
volunteers. Call Carol if you can help with barrels: 248from this, but a few hundred dollars a year can only
203-2952. Another part of book collection is home pickhelp. There is no cost to you, so sign up and save
ups for large numbers of books; Kathy Rice schedules
money, Also, every year in May, Kroger requires rethose; call her if you can do that: 248-642-4764.
enrollment. See directions and/or sign up on their
website: www.Kroger.com.
The weekend of the sale, September 9—11, 2016,
again requires a large number of volunteers. Pam
You will need to have our branch Kroger Community Hoffman chairs that part of the sale which involves
unpacking boxes on Friday morning, setting up and
Rewards Enrollment Number:
tearing down boxes (a skill none of us should be
without), working the floor to tidy and straighten all
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weekend, handing out bags for bag day, helping in the
kitchen. Sally Kendrick schedules the floor workers for
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!
the weekend and would appreciate volunteers; call her:
248-593-5651 to schedule a time.
Please watch your email blasts from Sally Doty for
important directions and information as we go through
the summer AND for information and volunteer requests
for the weekend. Last year we raised almost $12,000
for our local scholarships and contributions. Almost 2/3
of the branch members contribute in whatever way they
can. We hope you will too and continue the legacy of
our branch’s founders.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Pam Hoffman, Dorie Marshall,
Carol Pyke, Coco Siewert
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Patron Donor Friend Contributor Fund
One of the most gratifying aspects of the book sale is giving up to $100 worth of free
books and materials to teachers in the tri-county area on Saturday from 1:00—5:00. We
offset that potential loss of income to the book sale through the Patron Donor Friend
Contributor (PDF) Fund. While the money we raise from the book sale itself stays
locally, the money from PDF goes to AAUW Funds nationally to support the Eleanor
Roosevelt Fund, Legal Advocacy Fund, Leadership Fund and Public Policy, among
others, and our own Jean Ivison Walker Project and Research Grant.
Last year, 85 branch members contributed almost $11,000 through the PDF to support AAUW Funds
nationally. You should receive a letter in mid-July with more information about PDF. Please contribute
whatever you can to support women all over the country!
Pam Hoffman, AAUW Funds Chair
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
2016-2017 Dues Renewal Information
DEADLINE FOR THE 2016-2017 DIRECTORY - JUNE 30, 2016
(Renew before that date in order to be included in the new directory.)
(You may renew online at www.aauw.org - or download this form at our branch website.)
AMOUNT DUE: Member, Birmingham Branch $78
**Assoc. $49; State $12, plus Branch $17
**$46.00 of the $49.00 AAUW Assoc. dues are deductible as a charitable contribution for IRS purposes.
Paid Life Member - $29 (State & Branch)
Student Affiliate - $19 (State & Branch)
Dual Member - $17
(State & national dues paid to another branch)
Honorary Life Member - 0
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AAUW 2016-17 BIRMINGHAM DUES RENEWAL FORM
Please complete form below exactly as you wish it to be printed in the directory
and indicate any necessary changes.
PLEASE PRINT : Your Name__________________________________________________________
Check the appropriate place: ____All MY INFORMATION IN THE CURRECT DIRECTORY IS CORRECT
or _____ MAKE CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE NEW DIRECTORY AS FOLLOWS:
Address____________________________________________________________________
City________________________________________________________ Zip_____________
E-mail Address_______________________________________________________________
Phone(s) Home_____________________________
Cell ____________________________
Make checks payable to AAUW-Birmingham Branch and send with the completed form to
Karen Boyk, 385 Tanglewood Ct., Rochester Hills, MI 48309. [email protected].
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Explorathon 2016
Our annual STEM project for young women occurred on March 23 at Cranbrook Kingswood Middle
School for Girls, our third year at that venue. Our 356 enrolled came from Ecorse, Woodhaven, Warren,
Harper Woods, Melvindale, Detroit, Livonia, Wyandotte, Canton, Ferndale, Oak Park, and from our own back
yards, West Bloomfield and Birmingham—and all points in between. We offered twenty workshops in seven
STEM areas and also offered concurrent workshops for the chaperones.
While the weather held and the day went smoothly and we had wonderful feedback from attendees, we
did have one fatality in Workshop 4, “Protecting the Great Lakes from Vampire Fish.” The presenter brought
a lamprey eel which expired sometime early in the workshop day. She was philosophical, noting: “It had
‘been on its last legs’ for quite a while!” And, “It was easier for the girls to handle—not quite so wiggly.”
One great new idea came from committee member Karen Boyk who suggested we have sticky notes and
markers at the lunch tables and tri-fold boards so participants could write their comments about Explorathon.
The comments were poignant,
insightful, helpful and funny. See
related article.
We are so grateful to Cranbrook
Kingswood Middle School for Girls
and the Cranbrook staff who
contributed greatly to the day’s
success. A special thanks to the
Explorathon committee and all our
volunteers who remarked on the
politeness and maturity of our
attendees. It was a most fulfilling
day for all!
Thank you,
Sally Doty, Pam Hoffman
and Chris Salley
Groves and Seaholm High School students who attended
2016 Explorathon
“Heard it at Explorathon”
The chaperone from Melvindale schools wrote a note about one of her students who comes from an
indescribably difficult home life: “Yesterday was very special when [the student] told me she is going to be an
engineer after attending the workshop. That is what Explorathon is all about—creating that spark!” Indeed.
From the lunchroom stickies: “I liked my lunch”; “better food”; “need more time in workshops”; “I learned
that the female pelvis is bigger than the male pelvis”; “neurophsycology is awesome!”; “touch more skulls in
forensic anthropology”; “positive atmosphere”; “I really liked that all women are teaching us. The women are
smart and strong”; “Accounting rocks!” and, “I learned not to give up because it will lead to amazing
opportunities!”
We probably gathered over 400 comments and will try to act on as many as are feasible for Explorathon
next year.
AAUW Bulletin
Birmingham Branch
Karen Linnell
1025 Fairfax
Birmingham, MI 48009
Entered as a Periodical in
Birmingham, Michigan
Diane Bert was
awarded as our
branch Diversity
Champion at the
2016 Race Relations
and Diversity Task
Force breakfast at
the Birmingham
Community House on
May 6th.
Front Row from left:
Coco Siewert, Diane
Bert, Laurie Cooper
(Diane Bert’s
daughter), Sue
Longstreet, and Carol
Pyke.
Second Row from
left: Kathy Rice,
Linda Schnorbus,
Pam Hoffman, Sally
Doty, Patty Orlowski,
and Colette Stager.