You will want to attend our March 24 meeting, to be held at the 57th Fighter Group Restaurant from 11 am to 1 pm.  Alison Spitz, Health and Wellness Manager at the International Rescue Committee Atlanta Office will be our speaker. She will address efforts to provide refugee and immigrant clients access to quality health education and health services.

The cost of luncheon is $20, cash or check. Please respond to the evite or email hospitality@aauwatlanta.org by March 19 to be part of this interesting program. The restaurant is located at 3829 Clairmont Road, Atlanta 30341. See you on Saturday, March 24!

You already know we will be meeting on Saturday, February 3, at St. James United Methodist Church from 11 am to 1 pm. Here is some more information about the meeting.

The program features Staci Fox, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast. Jason’s Deli will be providing assorted box lunches; cost will be $15.00, cash or check. You should have received an evite and please RSVP by Monday, January 29th.

St. James United Methodist Church is located at the corner of Peachtree Dunwoody Road and Loridans Drive. Use the Loridans Drive entrance to the back parking lot behind the church. Enter the far left door into the Sunday School building and take the elevator to the 3rd floor. We will gather in room 305-309.

Please join us for an informative meeting!

We are honored to have Dr. Benedict Benigno, a well-known and respected gynecologist, as our March 5, 2016, Branch meeting speaker. He will be talking about advances in treatment of gynecological cancer in women, a subject of great interest to our members and friends. A business meeting will precede Dr. Benigno’s presentation.

The meeting will be held at the Hilton Perimeter Suites located at 6120 Peachtree Dunwoody Road NE. We will have a buffet luncheon; cost of the luncheon is $20. If you have not already done so, please respond to your evite ASAP or call Hospitality chair Betty Arden if you have questions.

The hotel is located one block north of the intersection of Ham-mond Drive and Peachtree Dunwoody Rd.- Take Hammond Drive off 400 or 285 Peachtree Dunwoody Exit.

Plan to attend our annual Legislative Update meeting on February 6. At this year’s meeting State Senator Elena Parent, who represents north and central DeKalb County, will be our speaker. Bring your questions about current legislation!

The meeting will be held at Nancy G’s Cafe and Bistro (4920 Roswell Road, Suite 55, Sandy Springs) in the Fountain Oaks Shopping Center. The cost of the buffet luncheon is $25.00

An evite will be coming shortly. Please RSVP by February 1. See you there!

Mark your calendars for December 6 when we gather at the home of Mary and Darwin Womack  (3945 Club Drive, Atlanta, Ga  30319) at 3 pm to welcome the holiday season!   There will be lots of goodies, supplied by the Board, and a Silent Auction to benefit Legal Advocacy.  So round up some items to contribute to the auction and plan to do some holiday shopping.  Recipients of scholarships awarded locally and nationally have been invited to attend.  Look forward to seeing your there!

Please note:  There will be a Board meeting at 1:30 pm preceding the holiday party.

Our October Branch meeting  will be held on Saturday, October 10th,  at the Hilton Atlanta Perimeter Suites (6120 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, NE, Atlanta) from 11am to 1pm in the Magnolia Room.  Attorney Julie Childs will be our featured speaker and provide us with crucial information about planning your estate.  There will be a choice of entrees (chicken, fish, or vegetarian) and you must indicate your choice in the evite, which will be mailed soon. Cost of the lunch is $20.00.  Parking is available in front of the building.  Please RSVP to the evite or to hospitality@aauwatlanta.org by Tuesday, October 6.   Looking forward to seeing you there!