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
jlbooher@athenet.net
(920) 738-0153
wismarge@new.rr.com
(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 pontiusb@athenet.net 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
judyhohnberger@gmail.com
920-540-4004
Shirley Phillips
2590 Touchmark Ct
Appleton
Randsphillips16@new.rr.com
920-997-4251 or 920-427-9743
Corrections:
Ruth Park email to: ReadyRuth9765@gmail.com
Ellie Olson email to: oleellie77@gmail.com
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 @ CherylRonR@gmail.com 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 suet248@msn.com 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)
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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
judy@gwd.org
920-729-9553
Membership VP:
Jackie Booher
jbooher@athenet.net
920-738-0153
Newsletter Editor:
Carol Ebel
cebel@ezwebtech.com
715-758-7638
920-660-2539
AAUW empowers all women and
girls to reach their highest potential.