The Apple Branch - AAUW Appleton
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The Apple Branch - AAUW Appleton
The Apple Branch American Association of University Women Appleton, Wisconsin Branch Volume 31 Number 2 August 2016 AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. There’s something about August that always makes me start thinking about that first item listed in our mission statement – Advocacy. “ad·vo·ca·cy ˈadvəkəsē/ noun public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy. synonyms: support for, backing of, promotion of, championing of” Advocacy is our organization’s work - women working together to take action, to make the world a better place for women and girls. We have a full slate of work to do this year! August 1 Membership Picnic August 2 Book Sorting Begins August 11 Evening Literature August 16 Board Meeting August 17 Summer Mystery Lunch August 26 Travel Group Sept. 6 Branch Meeting Sept. 8 Sept. 13 Women’s Fund Luncheon Dr. Julie Mead But, before we roll up our sleeves, we can first do a little celebrating how far we’ve come by attending the Women’s Equality Day program sponsored by the Appleton League of Women Voters. August 26 th has been designated as Women’s Equality Day to commemorate not only the passage of the 19 th amendment in 1920 granting women the right to vote, but also continuing efforts towards full equality. 2016 Women’s Equality Day Thursday, August 25th The Refuge (formerly Monte Alverno) 1000 N. Ballard Street Social 4:30 pm Program 5:00 – 6:00 pm Helen Boyd-Kramer speaks on Feminism’s Present Cost 10:00 (Registration form included with this newsletter or register online at www.lwvappleton.org) Mark your calendars for September 6th when we’ll kickoff our AAUW year with lots of info and opportunities to get involved in this fall’s advocacy efforts as well as our educational and fun interest groups. Our next important date to get on the calendar is September 13th when AAUW, the League of Women Voters, and Fox Cities Advocates for Public Education will be co-sponsoring Dr. Julie Mead, a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis at UW-Madison, to speak about Public Education in Wisconsin. The program will be at the Appleton Public Library at 7:00 pm. As we move closer to the presidential election, we will be working to Get Out the Vote! AAUW will be sponsoring viewings of the movie Iron Jawed Angels and providing voter information and voter registration assistance. I do want to assure you that we take seriously AAUW’s stance as a non-partisan organization. For more information about public policy advocacy actions, I encourage you to read the online guide on Political vs. Partisan at http://www.aauw.org/resource/political-vs-partisan-guide/ Enjoy the rest of summer, then I hope you’ll be ready to join me as we get to work this fall! Judy Goodnight President, AAUW-Appleton AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research. BOOK SORTING BEGINS! We will begin meeting in the basement of the Atlas mill on Tuesday morning, August 2. Book sorting will occur every Tuesday morning from 9-12 and Thursday evening from 6-8 from the first week of August until we move to the Northland Mall on October 11. Please join us whenever you can for all or part of the morning or evening. If you are new to the branch and book sorting, we will give you all the information you need to sort books. On Tuesday, August 2 we will have lunch together at Fratellos after we sort books. Hope you are able to join us. Appleton Branch Membership News The prospective member picnic is August 1. We have had a great response so far, but we have room for more. If you know of a wonderful lady that would love to add AAUW to their life please let Jackie Booher or Margie Young know right away and we will invite them to the picnic. Our contact information is: Jackie Booher – VP Membership Margie Young – Asst. VP Membership W4897 Golf Course Rd. 1661 Copperstone PL. Sherwood, WI 54915 Neenah, WI 54956 [email protected] (920) 738-0153 [email protected] (920) 729-6456 We are pleased to add LouAnn Graf to the membership committee. We welcome new members to the committee at any time. Just let Jackie or Margie know if you are interested in joining us. We are pleased to announce two new members: Judy Hohnberger has a BLS from UWO and a MA in counseling from Lakeland College. She is a former counselor at FVTC. Judy is interested in working at the book sale, travel, STEM, the afternoon literature group, and assisting with the scholarship committee. Shirley Phillips has BLS from UWO. She worked for Phillip and Associates. Shirley is interested in working with the book sale, the afternoon literature group, and the summer mystery book group. All at 11:30 a.m. on the following Wednesdays: Aug. 17 June 21 (2017) All members are welcome to join us once, twice, or thrice each summer. How it works: Each month there is a mystery book to read and an AAUW member-written mystery to solve (if you wish) which leads you to the mystery location of the lunch that month. Book for Aug. 17: Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal Discussion Leader: Judy Goodnight Watch for Mystery Lunch emails throughout the summer. Contact Betty Pontius [email protected] or 725-1302 The book we selected for June 21, 2017 is Tell No One by Harlan Coben Discussion Leader: Mary Zanto Evening Book Group The evening book group will meet on August 11th at 11:30 am (the evening literature group meets during the day in June, July, and August). We will be meeting at the home of Pam Ulness, 5409 Nickels Dr, Oshkosh We will be reading A Few of the Girls by Maeve Binchy. GUEST(s) _______________________________________________________________________________ Communications Update: Add the following new members to your directory and be sure to welcome them at our branch events: Judy Hohnberger 11 S Meadows Dr Appleton [email protected] 920-540-4004 Shirley Phillips 2590 Touchmark Ct Appleton [email protected] 920-997-4251 or 920-427-9743 Corrections: Ruth Park email to: [email protected] Ellie Olson email to: [email protected] For any communications issues such as not receiving the newsletter, name changes, email address changes, home address changes, phone number changes, contact Communications Chair, Cheryl Reissmann @ [email protected] or (920) 574-3301 Appleton Branch Online: Facebook: Find our branch on Facebook by looking for AAUW-Appleton. Like our page to get its posts in your newsfeed. Like & share posts to spread the word about our branch happenings. Our branch website can be found at http://appleton-wi.aauw.net/. Much of the website has been updated and more updates are on their way. HELP FOR SEPTEMBER!!! Please consider signing up to help with refreshments at the September AAUW meeting. As has become our custom, we enjoy heavy appetizers and refreshments at the first meeting to welcome everyone back to a new year! We are looking for assistance providing a delicious array at this meeting as well. Call 731-4351 or email [email protected] to volunteer your talents. We'll need supplies and drinks as well for the non-cooks. I'll be at the August mystery luncheon with a sign up, too. See all soon :) AROUND THE WORLD WITH BOOKS Our 80th Annual Book Sale! Preparations are underway for our 2016 Book Sale which will be held Oct. 20-23 and Oct. 27-29 at the Northland Mall. Moving day will be Oct. 11 and the Book Sale work night will be Oct. 13. Please mark these important dates on your calendar. How you can help now: 1. Hand out Bookmarks and Flyers requesting books in as many places as possible. Extras are available downstairs at the Atlas Mill. 2. Help with book pick-up. Call Donna Cook or Stephanie Malaney to volunteer. When you pick up books, please recycle books which can’t be used for the sale. 3. Bring books you have collected to the Atlas Mill. When you come in the main entrance turn right and take the elevator to the basement. In the basement, take a right and go straight ahead to door #2 storage area which will be on your right. Stack full boxes of books inside on the left and put partially full boxes on the cart. The light is on a timer on a pole outside the storage room. 4. Attend summer and fall sortings at the Atlas Mill. They are taking place every Tuesday morning (9-12) and Thursday evening (6-8) starting the week of August 2, until we move to the Northland Mall in October. The Atlas Mill Restaurant is conveniently located on site! On August 2, the first day of sorting, we plan to have lunch together at Fratellos to celebrate the official start of the Book Sale season! 5. Collect as many books as possible. This year we have again decided not to accept donations of books from public libraries, because many of these books do not sell. Therefore, we need to make an extra effort to get other books. 6. Save empty boxes (especially paper boxes with lids), but please don’t bring them until we ask. Questions: Call any of the Book Sale Chairs Sorting: Betsy Mintern (832-9218), Sue Robinson (757-19170 & Shirley Schloemer (843-8888) Pick-Up: Donna Cook(427-6655)&Stephanie Malaney (734-6750) Publicity: Trish Brehm (739-8522) Business Mangers: Mary Ditter (766-1990) & Mary Grace (734-6379) Advertise with Appleton AAUW! $25.00 for add in newsletter! $25.00 for add in yearbook! AAUW values and seeks a diverse membership. There shall be no barriers to full participation in this organization on the basis of gender, race, creed, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or class. The Apple Branch is a publication of the Appleton, Wisconsin Branch of the American Association of University Women. Branch President: Judy Goodnight [email protected] 920-729-9553 Membership VP: Jackie Booher [email protected] 920-738-0153 Newsletter Editor: Carol Ebel [email protected] 715-758-7638 920-660-2539 AAUW empowers all women and girls to reach their highest potential.