President's
Message
From Helene
Carr
Thanks to everyone who helped with our
Holiday Party, especially Joyce Morrison, Peggy Robinson and
Linda Slater. It was a great success. Many positive comments
were heard regarding the venue – it was held at the
Hill and Valley Club in Hayward and may be a good location
for future events. The auction raised $1,430.00 for the Education
Foundation. Good work, ladies.
February 3rd is the date for the annual
Tri-Branch Education Foundation Luncheon. The speaker, Lumina
S. Albert, is an AAUW International Fellow recipient and will
speak on the relationship between work, family stress, and
depression in women. I hope we have a great turnout. For more
information, please contact Erica Campisi as she is accepting
reservations and arranging carpools.
Another February event is the showing
of the movie “An Inconvenient Truth” which we
are co-sponsoring with the League of Women Voters. The film
will be shown Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 6 pm at the San
Leandro Library. Admission is free – so bring your family
and friends to see this important film. A discussion will
be held following the film.
A big “THANK YOU” to Liz Bathgate
for all of her hard work on the Grapefruit Sale. 300 cases
were sold and it is the proceeds of this sale that helps to
pay our overhead. So thanks to Liz and thanks to all of you
who purchased these delicious grapefruit.
Please keep your Shareline on hand and
mark your calendar for upcoming events. We have quite a few
planned and would like to see all of you there. If you have
any questions or need a ride to any of the events, please
let one of the board members know. Remember, the board meetings
are open to all members and are held the second Tuesday of
the month. If you would like to attend, please call me for
more information.
Thanks for your continued support and
I hope to see you at one of our events.
Membership Corner
by Darlene Scott, Membership VP
HALF YEAR MEMBERSHIP:
Do you know any friends who would like to become members of
our wonderful branch. As you can see from the application
below, the dues from now thru June are less than our normal
yearly dues. This is a great chance to introduce friends for
a very inexpensive price. Copy this application form, share
it with your friends, and invite them to join you at one of
our special programs.
Member News
Jane Lovelady, a member of our branch
since 1976, died recently from complications of Alzheimer’s.
Jane had moved to Nevada last year to be near her family and
was in a facility for Alzheimer’s patients when she
suffered a stroke which debilitated her even more.
Jane had worked for the Castro Valley
Unified School District for many years as a teacher in the
Adult School working with developmentally disabled adults.
She had a degree from the University of Nevada in teaching
and went on to get a Masters Degree in education from St.
Mary’s College.
In our branch Jane served as President
with Erica Campisi in 2001-02. She was always offering her
assistance in all our events and was a pleasure to work with.
She took a great deal of initiative in helping with the Health
Fair we had at Eden Hospital. Her presence will be missed
by all of us in the branch as well as her four sons and their
families.
On January 6th at 1:00pm there will be
a memorial service held at Don Jose’s Restaurant in
Castro Village. Donations may be made in her name to our AAUW
Branch. Be sure and specify to which fund you wish it to go.
Please continue to send news of members
to Barbara Jones at bb_jones@pacbell.net or by telephone.
Let's let members know we care.
Educational
Foundation Luncheon
Come One Come All To Enjoy The Famous
Tri-Branch Ef Luncheon
This year we are featuring a woman fellow
to speak about her studies. The speaker is Lumina Albert,
an International Fellow who will speak about depression in
women. Many of us saw her at the fall viewing and chose her
from about 12 EF recipients. In order to raise more money
mfor the EF cause, we are asking that everyone bring one or
two white elephant items for a silent auction. Each branch
is asked to bring one larger item for a live auction.
Please join us for an enjoyable day to
hear from Lumina, make new and meet old friends from our neighboring
branches, and have fun with the auction items.
WHERE: Sunol Valley Golf Club (off 680
freeway south of Pleasanton)
WHEN: Saturday, February 3, 2007 11:30am-2:30pm
BRING: One or two White Elephant items for auction
COST: $32.00
Please send checks, made out to AAUW to
Erica Campisi, Hayward, CA 94541
MENU CHOICES: Chicken Piccata, Grilled
Salmon, Tortellini Privavera. Please indicate which menu item
you wish to have with your reservation. We have guaranteed
Sunol 80 participants.If you have any questions call Joyce
Morrison. Please send in your reservation check to Erica early,
as this very popular. The event is great fun and we can set
up carpools. We all look forward to sharing a wonderful day
of friendship and fellowship.
The
League of Women Voters and AAUW
invite you to a program featuring the latest film on global
warming called:
“AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH“
“Humanity is sitting on a ticking
time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists
are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe
that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic
destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics
and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced.”
(An Inconvenient Truth)
With wit, smarts and hope, “AN INCONVENIENT
TRUTH” is a persuasive argument that we can no longer
afford to view global warming as a political issue - rather,
it is the biggest moral challenge facing our global civilization.
Larry King called
it "One of the most important films ever" and Roger
Friedman of FoxNews.com wrote, "It doesn't matter whether
you're a Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative...your
mind will be changed in a nanosecond."
The film will be followed by a town-hall-type
discussion, facilitated by an expert in the field. Informational
handouts will be provided on what YOU can do to decrease global
warming.
WHEN: Thursday, February 22, 2007@ 6:00pm
WHERE: San Leandro Library Theater, 300 Estudillo Avenue The
program is free and refreshment will be provided after the
showing.
Questions? LWVEA@aol.com or call 510-538-9678
Other Supporters of this forum include: Starr King Unitarian-Universalist
Church, Sierra Club
Take Action! Create Change!
Join us for CCRF's Reproductive
Freedom Day
at the Sacramento Convention Center
March 21, 2007
• EDUCATE your Legislators
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Early Bird registration (before January
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Register today at the California
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Entertainment
Books
Entertainment Books are available
for $25.00 for the year of November 2 2006 through 2 November
2007. $5.00 from each purchase goes to the Educational Fund.
The books offer great savings on both gourmet and casual dining
, sporting events, movies, and attractions, such as: Zoo,
Aquarium, Miniature Golf, as well as coupons for travel, airlines
and special events.
Please contact Betty Lucchesi or
Joyce Morrison
