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Holiday Party December 7 @ 11:30 am

AAUW ATLANTA Holiday Party
🌿🌺 It’s That Time of Year! 🌺🌿

Mark your calendars! On Saturday, December 7th at 11:30 a.m., we’ll have our annual AAUW Atlanta holiday gathering with a change this year to Roshambo Restaurant for lunch. Roshambo is in the Peachtree Battle Shopping Center and thanks to Betty Slater, home to our most successful book drop.  Kristie Scruggs, Peachtree Battle Shopping Center Senior Property Manager, will be our guest.

This year we are providing gift donations of new underwear to the residents of My Sister’s House, a residential facility for women and children, and a part of the Atlanta Mission.   If you’d like to participate, please bring unopened packages of ANY size women’s underpants and/or stretchy sports bras to the luncheon, or to the Bookroom.  My Sister’s House also urgently needs clean, used women’s winter clothing in good condition for all sizes.  We’ll be happy to collect any items you might have and deliver them.

Be on the lookout for the Holiday Party EVITE and be sure to RSVP as space is limited.

Remembering Mary Womack

Long-time AAUW Atlanta member Mary Womack  passed away Thursday, October 17, 2024.
Her service has been confirmed for Saturday, November 9, 2024 12:00-1:00 p.m.  at Patterson’s Oglethorpe. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. at Arlington Cemetery.Address: H.M. Patterson & Son-Oglethorpe Hill Chapel
4550 Peachtree Road Ne, Atlanta, GA, 30319

Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers.

October 19, 2024 11:00 am Meeting

Please join us as we meet for a fantastic program:  Staci Fox, President and CEO  of  Georgia Budget and Policy Institute  (GBPI)  will be discussing  Georgia’s 2025 budget changes, trends and impacts regarding taxes, education, health care, human services and criminal legal systems.  Each year, GBPI publishes the Georgia Budget Primer The Primer is GBPI’s signature annual examination of state revenues and investments. Staci will also recap Women’s Equality Day in Georgia.  
 
 
 
The meeting will be held at the Chamblee Library, 4115 Clairmont Road, Chamblee, GA  30341.  There are 2 handicapped spots or drop off at the front of the building to avoid stairs.  Free parking is available at the back of the library, but the back entry requires stairs. 
 
This is the perfect opportunity to bring a guest who might be interested in AAUW so bring a friend.  Coffee, donuts and juice will be served.   Please be sure to sign up to let us know how many will attend using EVITE or an email to programs@aauwatlanta.org

REMEMBERING RUTH YURCHUCK:

              A few weeks ago Atlanta Affiliate lost a long-time very engaged member.  Ruth Yurchuck, an honorary life member, lost her battle with failing health.

              Ruth held a doctorate in nursing education from Columbia University Medical School.  Until just a few years ago she was employed by Johns Hopkins University after retirement to help graduate nursing students with their dissertations.

              As I was looking through the twenty years that I have been a member I noted the many leadership positions that Ruth filled.  She served as co-president for three years.  She was elected to the nominating committee five times.  And, most amazing, she was our communications chair for 10 years—from 2013 to 2022.  She was elected secretary twice and was part of many committees over many years.

              Atlanta AAUW was important to Ruth, and she served long and well.

              How we will miss her!

                Ruth’s service is scheduled for Saturday, September 28 at 1:00 PM at St Luke’s Episcopal Church (435 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA, United States, Georgia). There will be a reception afterwards in the parish hall.

First Fall Meeting Saturday Sept. 28, 2024 Membership Tea and Celebration of Scholarship Winners

Saturday, September 28, at 2:30 p.m.

Program:         Membership Tea and Celebration of Scholarship Winners

Location:
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Building
Room 276
1520 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30322

Join us as we gather for our new year and celebrate our 2024 Scholarship winners,  eight of whom are from Emory University’s Nursing Program.  The meeting will be held in Room 276 of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Building, 1520 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 on the Emory campus.  After the presentation of the awards, light refreshments will be served.  
 
This is the perfect opportunity to bring a guest who might be interested in AAUW so bring a friend.  New members at the meeting will go home with an AAUW gift bag!  Please be sure to sign up through the Sign-Up Genius which will be emailed soon.     
 
Free parking is available at the Michael Street Parking Deck across Rollins Way from the School of Nursing and the Department of Environmental Health.      
 
The Michael Street Parking Deck may be accessed from Rollins Way off Houston Mill Road.  The first entrance to the parking deck on Rollins Way is the closest to the School of Nursing.  It is labeled Permit Parking Only, but our Emory hosts have assured that the gates are open on the weekends and parking is free.  On Google Maps, enter “Michael Street Deck Entrance, Atlanta” for driving directions. Navigating the campus can be tricky, so please allow extra time to park and find the School of Nursing.  

End-of-Year Branch Meeting – May 4, 2024 11:00 am

Program:
Presentation by board members of Court Appointed Special Advocates, one of the organizations we support.
Installation of officers.
Cross Creek Cafe
1221 Cross Creek Pkwy NW
Atlanta, GA 30327
Individual lunches will be ordered off a menu. Cash and credit cards will be accepted.
Contact the Program Chair for more information.