AAUW – BG Branch
BG 2008-2009 Events

For the latest information and more details about events, please see the latest issue of the BG Branch newsletter.

2008-2009 Branch Program

Sun.,
Oct. 5

Topic:     "Afternoon Tea and Book DIscussion"
Book:      Three Cups of Tea
Venue:    Home of Adriene & Bill Knight, 328 W. Wooster
Time:      2:00 pm -4:00 pm

Mon.,
Oct. 6

Topic:      Silent Witness Program
                 Co-Sponsor with BG Women's Center
Venue:    Stranahan Auditorium, Toledo, Ohio
Time:       6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Sun.,
Oct. 19

Topic:      Candidates' Forum
                 Co-Sponsor with BG Women's Center
Venue:    TBA
Time:       TBA

Sat.,
Nov. 15

Topic:       Elder-Beerman Community Day Fundraiser
 Venue:    BG Elder-Beerman Store
Time:       10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Sun.,
Dec. 7
Topic:     "Winter Solstice Dinner and Music"
Venue:     Bowling Green Country Club
Time:       6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sat.,
Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, March 7
Topic:         Great Decisions
Speakers:
TBA
Venue:       Senior Center
Time:          9:30 am - 11:30 am
Thurs.,
Feb. 19

Topic:       “Women & Health"
Speaker:  TBA
Venue:      BG Community Center
Time:      
 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Thurs.,
March 26

Topic:      "Celebrating Contributions of Outstanding
                  Women"
Speaker: Annual Business Meeting, Presentation of
                  Awards and Dinner
Venue:     Heritage Inn
Time:        6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Tues.,
April 23

Topic:       “Supporting and Promoting Leadership
                  Deli- Dessert and Coffee"
Speaker:  Presentation of Scholarship Winners
Venue:     TBA
Time:        7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Sat. & Sun.,
May 2-3
Topic:       "Ohio AAUW State Meeting and Equity Issue Day"                 
Venue:      Holiday Inn, Dayton-Fairborn
Website:   www.aauwoh.org

Fri., Sat., & Sun.

June 26-28
Topic:       2009 AAUW Convention
Venue:     St. Louis, MO
Website:  www.aauw.org

 

Literature Group

March came in like a lamb for the Literature Group when we met, as usual, the first Saturday of the month. Longtime members Lynn Ward, Evelyn Bachman, Alice Davidson, Marie Johnson, and Nancy Leetch continue to attend on a regular basis. Dorothea Barker is also one of our longer standing members, and Mary Kate Fredriksen and Kathleen McLaughlin join us on a regular basis. Lee Meiser is our most recent member. Here are some of the books that we reviewed at the meeting: 

  • Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
  • Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham  
  • Lincoln  by Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
  • The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon 
  • Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love by Elizabeth Prioleau

As you can see from these selections, we’re an eclectic group. Feel free to bring any book you’ve recently read and would like to review to our next meeting April 7, noon, Grounds for Thought. We would be glad to see some new members “blooming” in the spring. --Holly Norton, literature group leader