AAUW November 2009 Notes

AAUW November 2009 E-Notes

November 27

Calendar items: 1)Evening Literature. Story of a Marriage by Andrew Greer. Hosting: Roberta Black at 820-8847. 2)December 1 and Maj Jongg will be at Helen Pearlstein's at 10 a.m. on December 1. Please RSVP Helen if you would like to attend.

The December Newsletter will be out shortly. Hope you have received your Directory by now. It was well done and we all commend and thank Marian Bliss for her work on the 2009-10 Directory. Please check it for contacts.

Our 5th Annual Holiday Home Tour is set for December 11 & 12 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. This is the branch’s yearly fund-raiser for Local Scholarships and Tech Trek summer science camp. Please sign up to be a docent or bring some finger desserts for the refreshment home. Call: 838-8632 to help. Remember the holiday party on the 12th.

Condolences to Edith Lucas on the loss of her husband, Walter.

Community notes: The Alamo Danville Artist's Society now is exhibiting art at the Blackhawk Gallery and you are invited to the opening reception on Friday, December 4, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Address: 3461 Blackhawk Plaza Circle, Danville, CA 94506, 925-648-8023, Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday 10 - 8 PM, Sunday 11 - 7 PM

my chinese auntie jewelry trunk show: bring friends and neighbors and anyone who loves hand made jewelry! DATES SUNDAYS NOV 29 DEC 6 OR DEC 7-12 11A-3P OR BY APPT 736 4250, 10 red Maple Place, Danville, silver maple gate at blackhawk

AAUW Noember 18 E-Notes

11/18 9:30 a.m. Wednesday WC: Contemporary Book Group. Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh. Hosting: Mary Jo Pugh. Contact: Diane Stangel at 939-0373.

11/18 7 p.m. Wednesday An Evening with SRVUSD Superintendent, Steve Enoch. Bring your neighbors and friends. Charlotte Wood Middle School, 600 El Capitan Dr., Danville.

11/18 7:30 p.m. Wednesday WC: Travel Section. Traveling through Sicily. Hosting: Luisa Hansen at 935-5004.

11/19 10:00 a.m. Thursday WC: Books II. Ernie Pyle’s War by James Tobins. Hosting: Jane Conner at 933-7066.

11/20 7:30 p.m. Friday Travel Group 2. Viet Nam. Hosting: Marcia Steinhardt at 944-5173.

11/21 7:00 p.m. Saturday International Gourmet: Foods of India. Contact: rkrane@yahoo.com

11/21 7:30 p.m. Saturday WC: Gourmet Group. Contact Judy Finch at 946-0249 for details.

11/21 8:30 a.m. Saturday Hiking Group. Upper San Leandro Reservoir. Meet at Sycamore Park N Ride. Contact Kathie Hixon at 838-8632.

11/23 9:30 a.m. Monday Daytime Duplicate Bridge. Contact Sandy Hoffman at 837-8759.

11/23 9:30 a.m. Monday Daytime Literature. The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad. Hosting: TBA. Contact: Robin Halloran at 743-8262.

12/01 7:30 p.m. Monday Evening Literature. Story of a Marriage by Andrew Greer. Hosting: Roberta Black at 820-8847.

November 12, 2009 Please check our newsletter calendar for daily activities

1)Please read Steve Enoch's white paper before the November 18 meeting. It is in the SRVUSD district newsletter and called the Next Level. (http://newsletter.srvusd.net/). We meet on November 18 along with the San Ramon AAUW branch at 7:00 p.m. at Charlotte Wood Middle School, 600 El Capitan Dr., in Danville. We will sponsor an open forum with SRVUSD Superintendent Steve Enoch. Bring your friends and neighbors and your questions. The moderator for the evening will be Marianne Gagen.

2) Please come to the November 13 Bagel Street Chats at 9:30. Bagel Street Cafe, Livery. Contact our presidents for info.

3) Mah Jongg - a lesson will be on Tuesday, 11/17, at Paula's home at 11:30 a.m. Bring a sandwich and beverage. pauladuck@yahoo.com to rsvp.

4) International Gourmet has been moved to November 21. Indian Cuisine with Clayton AAUW, Hosting: Roseann Krane. See the menu and recipes at www.aauw-da.org/gourmet/India

November 2, 2009

1)Alert : we are sold out of seating for the November 5 Arts dinner and general meeting.

2)Bylaws: Voting will take place at the beginning of the November 5 evening.

3)Holiday Home Tour tickets are now on sale! Send stamped self-addressed envelope and check to 255 Morris Ranch Ct. $30.00 prior to Dec.3, $35.00 after and all senior tickets are $25.00. Payable to Danville-Alamo AAUW. Sign up to docent and or bring finger desserts to the refreshment home. Contact: Kathie Hixon at kathiehixon@comcast.net

4) International Gourmet is co-meeting with Clayton AAUW International Gourmet on November 21. See India Foods

5) Luisa Hansen says The WC Travel(Group #1)show on Sicily is on Wednesday, November 18th. The WC travel sessions are on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.

6) Support Alamo - Come and help the community. Recycle. Clean your closets. see the attachment.

7) Welcome new member Sandy Moody.

8) We salute: In Memoriam – Rachel Holmes
At the end of August the Pleasant Hill branch lost an unusually talented member, Rachel Holmes. This gracious 93 year old lady was an active supporter of all PH branch activities and was always quick to offer her help.

Her own life was a vivid testament to the value of education. She dropped out of schoolat 15 but was left with a strong personal goal to finish high school and attend college.

She studied accounting at night and worked as a bookkeeper. During the war she worked in the shipyards. Her degrees included a certificate in dental hygiene from U. of Oregon Dental School, B.A. from Portland State, and an MA from Columbia University in New York. This former dropout retired in 1976 as Head of the Dental Hygiene Dept. at U. of Oregon Dental School. Having moved to Calif. to be near her family, Rachel joined PHAAUW. She was an active member and she will be missed.