Thank you for your interest in learning more about AAUW. Our mission is: To empower women through education and career development. One important way we do this is through our scholarship program. To raise funds, we will be collecting and selling used books and accepting cash donations. To help provide educational opportunities to more women in our community, please make your tax-deductible donation now.
Regular Branch Meetings resume in September
SUMMER LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
By Roxann King
Summer Greetings to all our members. I never expected to be running the branch again, but here I am. My summer has been a real wipeout: I have had pneumonia since mid-June. I am hoping it is gone by the time you get this. I seem to be getting better each day.
We have a lot to look forward to this coming year, and a lot of it should be fun as well. In August, used book collections start on August 16. We need you to sign up for the collections. The book sale, now scheduled for the second weekend in November to avoid conflicts with elections, remains our most important annual event. It brings our members and the community together in a big way to support our scholarships. If you can join us for our August planning meeting on Zoom on August 12 at 7 p.m., please do! We are running the sale by a committee again this year; we do not have a chairperson. Details for the collections sign-up and the planning meeting are in the Book Sale article.
Thank you to Susan Crawford and Alice Harrison for helping create a program for the upcoming year. We are trying to respect the results of the survey Joyce Moyer shared with us last year. We will have meetings on Saturday mornings, not just on Monday evenings. If we have a live evening meeting, we will try to make it accessible on Zoom as well. And we will continue to offer events in different areas of the county. Here are events to anticipate for fall. Also look for details on our Meeting Times or Upcoming Events pages.
On August 26th, we will celebrate Women’s Equality Day with a C&C (Cocktails & Conversation) at 5 p.m. at The Rumor Reel, 1701 Poplar Ridge Rd, in Pasadena.
On Saturday, September 13, the Membership Luncheon will be potluck at Woods Church, 11:30 a.m.
Lunch Bunch is back, starting Friday, September 19, at noon. Our first lunch will be held at Nona Angela’s, 225A Defense Hwy, in Crofton. The group that attends will decide how often we will meet and when. Initially, we are considering the third Friday.
Our October Branch Meeting will be the AAUW Maryland Fall Meeting, which we are hosting at Wood’s Church on Saturday, October 18, beginning at 9 a.m.
This year the Holiday Breakfast will be held on December 6 at the Lighthouse Bistro, 202 West Street, Annapolis.
Our branch board of directors meets monthly. The meetings are held on Zoom and all members are welcome. We will be meeting briefly on August 14 and on September 11, at 7:30 p.m. If you want to join us, let me know.
And now, the 2025-26 AAUW year begins. It looks like a interesting year ahead.
For information about the branch’s Special Interest Groups and activities, please browse our website and contact us using the link above.
In accordance with its bylaws: AAUW is not affiliated with and does not support any other non-profit organizations; AAUW does not support the campaigns of any candidates for public office; but AAUW does support public policy initiatives related to education and equity for women and families that have been approved by the bi-annual voting of the AAUW members.