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NEWS
FOR AND ABOUT
AAUW GRAND RAPIDS
BRANCH
MEMBERS
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Volume
39, Issue 6 March 2015
FROM THE PRESIDENT – Think
SPRING, AAUW State Convention
It is starting to be light out when we eat dinner
now so I’m feeling like spring is almost here. The days will get even longer
with Daylight Saving Time starting March 8.
Even though it was cold outside, a warm sunny glow
radiated from all the beautiful ladies gathered for our February 16th meeting.
Our speaker was Bri Solem from the Healthy Communities Partnership at Grand
Itasca Hospital & Clinic. It was interesting and exciting to hear about the
work and effort to promote wellness and healthy living in our community.
Karen Karls gave us information about our branch’s
Walking group, assuring us that everyone is welcome at any time.
I have received information about the AAUW Minnesota State Convention April
10-11, Friday and Saturday, in Austin. We have the opportunity to send five
delegates. You may register online at www.aauwmn.net and click on "Minnesota Pine/Winter 2015” or
click here. The registration deadline is March 13th.
Please consider attending; it is always very informative with great
speakers.
Our board meeting is set for March 23, 4:00 p.m. at
the Public Utilities Building, Grand Rapids.
Remember that our March 16th meeting is back at the
Methodist Church at our normal evening time with 5:45 dinner, 6:30 business
meeting, and 6:45 program. I hope to see you there.
Warm Regards … Marj Lavalier
QUOTABLE
“The strength of a woman is not
measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her; but the
strength of a woman is measured by the extent of her refusal to allow those
hardships to dictate her and who she becomes.”
― C. JoyBell C., writer
** BRANCH NEWS **
March 16 Dinner Program
Location: Methodist
Church, Grand Rapids
REGISTRATION/SOCIAL: 5:15-5:30 PM DINNER:
5:45 PM
Business Meeting: 6:15 AM PROGRAM: 6:45 PM
MENU: Chicken Supreme with vegetable, roll and dessert.
Business Meeting: 6:15 AM PROGRAM: 6:45 PM
MENU: Chicken Supreme with vegetable, roll and dessert.
TOPIC: Insights into Itasca County Children Living in
Poverty
PRESENTERS: Deanna Winge, AEOA Youth Services; Jessica Babrowski, Master’s degree
student, advocate at Advocates for Family Peace, foster mother; and Susan Bubacz, Director of Bovey Youth
Center
These
three speakers will give their insights into children living in poverty in
Itasca County, covering myths and troubling realities for these youth and their
families.
UPCOMING
PROGRAMS
April
will feature a program about school
lunches and their power and meaning for schools and children. It is a bigger issue than you think. May will
find us at Ruttger's with a style show
like none you have ever seen or imagined.
FINANCIAL UPDATE 02/11/2015
bank statement from Cheryl Vogel, Treasurer
DUES INFORMATION FOR POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS:
·
From now until March 15, the
Association dues are $35.00, which is 50% of full price (National - $24.50;
State - $4.50; & Local - $6.00).
·
After March 15, the full price
($70) will include the rest of 2015 and all of
2016). At present, there are two new members waiting
to join in March to take advantage of the discount.
TAX INFORMATION
AAUW national individual
member dues for fiscal year 2015 is $49.00, of which $46.00 is tax
deductible; the remaining $3.00 is not tax deductible and will go to support the AAUW Action Fund's
Section 501(c)(4) activities (Lobby Corps and get-out-the-vote activities). Student Affiliate dues: $16.00
will be tax deductible and $1.00 will not be tax deductible for the same
reason.
GENERAL
CHECKING ACCOUNT: $6,088.18; Savings Account: $1,694.26
·
Total Assets: $7,782.44
·
Dedicated Funds included in total
checking account, which have not yet been distributed.
§ AAUW
Educational Foundation: $500.00
§ GRACF
Anniversary Foundation: $374.00
§ NCCWSL –
Leadership: $400.00
DEDICATED FUNDS - Local Foundations: $64, 583.07
v Local
Scholarship ICC Foundation:
$28,222
§ $
19,269 (endowment – permanently restricted)
§ $
8,953 (temporarily restricted funds)
v Community
Foundation: Grand
Rapids AAUW Anniversary Scholarships:
(Ending Balance: June 30, 2014 – no
other updates have been provided at this
point) $28,304.88
GRACF (Endowed
Fund): $25,956.77; GRACE (non-endowed)
$2,348.11
ORGANIZATION
DONATIONS: National
AAUW funds in December 2014:
AAUW Education Foundation: $500.00; AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund: $500.00
Membership: As of
February 2015: 86 Paid Members with two additional members pending:
- 82 Regular Members; 2 Life Members; 2
Dual Members
** INTEREST
GROUPS **
Any
member can start a new interest group.
Current interest groups are open to any member. Each group decides on its meeting time,
calendar of meetings and subject or purpose of the group.
BRIDGE
There is only
one Bridge group playing now on the first Thursday, 12:30 PM at Grand Rapids
State Bank community room. If you are interested in playing bridge, contact
Sandra Nyvall at sandra.nyvall@gmail.com or 218-327-1009.
CREATIVE ART
Open studio for painting is held at the MacRostie
every Tuesday, 10 AM through the afternoon. Free for members; nonmembers pay
$5. Margaret Z. Morris sends an email to those interested each week, including
if this group will not meet some weeks. Bring your lunch. This is open for
anyone of any level of painting or any media. We have watercolor and
acrylic, and welcome other media. No cost or instruction, learning
from each other and having fun. Margaret’s email: ipaint@paulbunyan.net or phone 999-9683.
LITERATURE –
Monday group
Group meets on 1st Monday at
10:00 AM at
Grand Rapids State Bank Annex. For more
info, call Jan Hill, 246-9791.
March 2: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. Contact is Cheryl Vogel,
763-229-8098.
LITERATURE – Wednesday group
Group meets at 10:30AM on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, Grand Rapids Library, September-May. Contact is Barbara Zimmer, 327-0911.
Group meets at 10:30AM on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, Grand Rapids Library, September-May. Contact is Barbara Zimmer, 327-0911.
March
11: Road
Back to Sweet Grass by Linda Grover (Community Read selection)
April
8: Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan
PUBLIC POLICY
The group will meet Thurs., March 12, 4 pm to 5:30 pm, KAXE meeting room. Issues affecting economic stability for women and updates on education issues currently in the state and national legislatures. We will be considering sustainability in a plastic environment, food and obesity issues from a public policy viewpoint, responding to the February AAUW program about wellness, and the clothing industry's effect on economic stability. We plan to choose a common read book for a spring meeting. We will consider a project about equal pay awareness. All members are welcome as are guests.
The group will meet Thurs., March 12, 4 pm to 5:30 pm, KAXE meeting room. Issues affecting economic stability for women and updates on education issues currently in the state and national legislatures. We will be considering sustainability in a plastic environment, food and obesity issues from a public policy viewpoint, responding to the February AAUW program about wellness, and the clothing industry's effect on economic stability. We plan to choose a common read book for a spring meeting. We will consider a project about equal pay awareness. All members are welcome as are guests.
At
our first meeting of the year we talked with Scott Hall of KAXE about the
internet becoming a public utility, and as we learned in the news this week,
this has become a reality. Thus the
internet system we are used to will be open to all on an equal basis.
The
Grand Rapids Public Library will be showing documentary movies the first
Wednesday of the month. On Mon., March
2, the documentary Fed Up will be shown at 6 PM.
It is about the food industry. It
was very well reviewed by the film critics in 2013.
All
members are encouraged to look at the public policy weekly and monthly
information on the national AAUW website.
AAUW In Action Network www.advocacy@aauw.org
AAUW Washington Update
WALKING & TALKING
The regular fall/winter schedule is Tuesday afternoons. We meet at 1 PM and walk for 1 to 1½ hours and then have coffee. The group is open to all members and is a "come when you can" group. We talk as we walk so this is not speed-walking, but does get us out and about. The group decides on walk locations and members are notified weekly of the plan. We generally walk in the Grand Rapids area, especially fall and winter, but have taken a few "road trips." If you want to join the group, email Karen at k.karls@yahoo.com
The regular fall/winter schedule is Tuesday afternoons. We meet at 1 PM and walk for 1 to 1½ hours and then have coffee. The group is open to all members and is a "come when you can" group. We talk as we walk so this is not speed-walking, but does get us out and about. The group decides on walk locations and members are notified weekly of the plan. We generally walk in the Grand Rapids area, especially fall and winter, but have taken a few "road trips." If you want to join the group, email Karen at k.karls@yahoo.com
MARCH BIRTHDAYS – Best Wishes!
4 – Jan
Hill 8 – Kathy Pliska
19 – Joyce
Chalupsky 20 – Betty Akre 21
– Vicki Holmstrom
**Community
News**
Scholarship season is
here
Anyone
interested in getting any training or education of any type should apply at the
Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation (GRACF) at www.gracf.org before the March 15 deadline.
The application
deadline is March 15 for our branch’s AAUW Anniversary Scholarship fund. Applications are
accepted through the Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation's website (see
above). Please encourage all women interested in furthering their education to
apply. GRACF has one application and more than 80 different scholarships.
You can receive more than one scholarship!
Rapids Reads 2015 …Everybody read!
From Marcia Anderson
The 2015 selection, The Road Back to Sweetgrass by Linda LeGarde Grover, is a powerful novel of love, hardship, and family bonds on an American Indian reservation. Set in northern Minnesota, this novel follows a trio of American Indian women, from the 1970s to the present, observing their lives intersect on the fictional Mozhay Point reservation. The narrative connects the sense of place with the experience of Native women who came of age during the days of the federal termination policy and the struggle for tribal self-determination. The Road Back to Sweetgrass is a literary carousel where time moves backward and forward—and around again. Various characters tell their own story through narration that shifts between third and first person; following the same characters, the novel weaves an interconnected narrative.
From Marcia Anderson
The 2015 selection, The Road Back to Sweetgrass by Linda LeGarde Grover, is a powerful novel of love, hardship, and family bonds on an American Indian reservation. Set in northern Minnesota, this novel follows a trio of American Indian women, from the 1970s to the present, observing their lives intersect on the fictional Mozhay Point reservation. The narrative connects the sense of place with the experience of Native women who came of age during the days of the federal termination policy and the struggle for tribal self-determination. The Road Back to Sweetgrass is a literary carousel where time moves backward and forward—and around again. Various characters tell their own story through narration that shifts between third and first person; following the same characters, the novel weaves an interconnected narrative.
Multiple copies of The Road Back to Sweetgrass are available for checkout at the Grand Rapids Area Library, along with discussion questions.
Upcoming Rapids Reads events:
Thursday, March 19, 6 pm
An evening with the Author
Linda LeGarde Grover is a member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe and a professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Monday March 30, 6:00 pm
Songs & Stories of the Ojibwe
Anne Dunn & Annie Humphrey
Thursday, April 16th at 6:00 p.m.
Elaine Fleming from the Leech Lake Tribal College discussing the historical context of The Road Back to Sweetgrass.
AAUW GRAND RAPIDS BRANCH MEETING
February 16, 2015, 11:30 AM, Sawmill Inn, Grand Rapids
Before the meeting some new members met with Nancy
Raymond, hospitality chairwoman, and a few other members for an orientation.
There were at least 7 new members in attendance. Marj Lavalier opened the
business meeting with the recognition of February birthdays and introduction of
two guests. The annual election is in April. Cheryl Vogel has agreed to
continue as treasurer. The position of program chair is open. There will be a
board meeting on March 22, 4PM. Marj mentioned that the state convention in
April is in Austin. One can go online to AAUW.org to find out more about it.
Karen Karls gave a short talk about the activities of the walking group and
invited all to join if interested. Bri Solem from Healthy Communities
Partnership gave an informative presentation on services that are taking place
in our community. For more information, she can be reached at brianne.solem@granditasca.org
Respectfully submitted, Jan Miland, Secretary
ADVANCING EQUITY FOR
WOMEN & GIRLS
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