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Soup
Kitchen Suppers at Christ House – Margaret
Zebrowski, Jan Jaynes
We
provide and serve a hot meal to anyone in need of one at Christ House
Soup
Kitchen on S. West St. in Alexandria, on the 5th Wednesday of every
month that
has a 5th Wednesday. Meals consist of pizza from Marino’s Pizza and
Subs, (1234 Jefferson Davis Highway
,
Alexandria), and
packaged brownies, cookies, and salads from Alexandria
Branch members. This is a very popular meal with the
Christ House supper
guests. Supper dates this membership year are: April 30 and July 30
Scholarship
Awards to T.C. Williams students – June Hajjar
In
1998 our Branch presented a $500 scholarship award to a senior girl
from
T.
C.
Williams
High School
. We gave scholarship awards to seniors in
1999, 2000, and 2001. We increased
the Scholarship Award to $1,000 and presented it to a senior
in 2003, 2005
and 2006. Any of our members who wish to donate to the
scholarship fund may
do so with a check written to AAUW,
Alexandria
Branch, memo-Scholarship Award. Mail it to
Mary Trimbell, Treasurer.
Legal
Advocacy Fund – Vera
Willis
The
nation's largest legal fund focused solely on sex
discrimination in higher education, the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund
provides
funding and a support system to women fighting sex discrimination at
colleges
and universities. The Branch provides monetary donations
through the Annual
Blizzard of Funds, a phonathon to encourage each member to donate a
minimum
amount. Raffles and fundraisers are held throughout the membership year.
Educational
Foundation –
Sylvia Linke
The
Educational Foundation (EF) raises and distributes philanthropic funds
to
advance women's educational and career opportunities through
fellowships,
grants, and groundbreaking research. EF is the largest source of
funding
exclusively for graduate women. The
Alexandria
branch supports EF by earmarking $1 from
the annual dues, encouraging
individual donations, and, through fundraising events. Two annual
Alexandria
Branch events are devoted to raising money
for EF: the holiday luncheon in
December and the sponsorship
of an evening of theater at the Little Theatre of Alexandria.
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OUR
INTEREST GROUPS
Francophile Group – Susan Cash
We meet
monthly to discuss topics related to French and
European
culture, literature and history. Our recent topics have included books
such as, The
Piano Shop of the Left Bank, A Place in the World Called
Paris, Five
Quarters of the
Orange
,
and The Arrogance of the French.
We also recently celebrated Bastille Day at Le
Gaulois Restaurant in Old
Town Alexandria.
Cultural Events – Susan Werner, Priscilla Wiener
The
Cultural Events group usually meets
on a Saturday. We explore the myriad events and sites available to us
in this
culturally rich area. Past outings included the Spy Museum and historic
Culpeper
with a local author as tour guide. Events planned for this coming year
include a
selection from the John Yagerline Fall Lecture Series on Tavern
Beverages at the
Gadsby’s Tavern Museum on Thursday nights in October; a visit to the
recently
reopened National Museum of American Art and The National Portrait
Gallery; a
visit to a special exhibit at the National Gallery of Art; and an
exploration of
the Bead Museum. The Cultural Group welcomes new ideas and the
opportunity to
take advantage of new events as they become available.
Book
Group
–
Ellen Pickering
Love
to read? Wish you could talk to someone about the latest book you read?
The Book
Group offers you an opportunity to engage in lively discussions about
current
books and choice classics. The group has been meeting since the fall of
1980
with few breaks. The
Book Group meets on Sunday afternoons at
4:00
P.M. Check The
Alexandria Schooner newsletter for Book Group meeting
locations and book
selections.
Mystery Book Group – Susan Werner
This
very popular book group meets monthly throughout the year usually on
the 4th
Tuesday of the month. Meetings are hosted by group members or held in
local
restaurants and coffee shops. Topic books are recommended by group
members. The
focus has been on women mystery authors, but male authors are not
excluded. Some
of the livelier discussions were centered on local authors such as
Donna Andrews
and Marcia Talley. This year, we will discuss a mystery written by
Alexandria
AAUW Branch member, Linda Rainwater. Linda’s book is entitled The
Second
Milagro. During holidays, we look for mysteries that might
have a holiday
theme. We always welcome new members as well as suggestions for new
mysteries.
Please join us.
On The Go With AAUW cable TV
show – Ruth Bennett
Once
a month, we tape a public access cable TV. The shows are on topics of
interest to AAUW members and women in general. Each shows airs three
times a month on Channel 10 in Fairfax County on the:
Second Sunday of the month at 4:00 p.m.
Thursday of the same week at 9:30 p.m.
Saturday of the same week at 12:30 p.m.
Topics
of three recent shows were: Hollin
Hills on the National Historic Register,
Shadow Patriots by Lucia St. Clair Robson, Women in
Aviation,
The American Institute of Wine & Food.
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