The President s Message Dear AAUW Camarillo Members, We had an exciting Annual Kick-Off Meeting on Sunday, September 20 th at the Spanish Hills country Club. Thank you to all who attended. We had over 85 members attend and many new faces and lots of guest. What an exciting time to be a part of the Camarillo branch. I would like to extend a special Thank you to Ventura County Supervisor Kathy Long for joining us as well as a representative from Senator Hannah Beth Jackson's office. Our very own Tech Trek Girls entertained us with a camp song and all of the committee displays were wonderful. Thank you to the all the committees and behind-the-scenes folks, for all of your hard work, helping to get everything set-up for a wonderful afternoon. I have received so many messages speaking about the wonderful afternoon. Pictures on page 6. We had a GREAT day! Now on to our next adventure, our Annual Authors Day Luncheon. Remember this is our largest fundraiser of the year and we need your support. Get your tickets now and remember to bring a friend. This fundraiser allows us to send as many girls as we can to the Tech Trek camp during the summer. PLEASE support this program by attending the event. If you are not able to attend but would like to help, just send in your donation and remind us that it is for Tech Trek. Last year we sent 13 girls to the program, let s send 20 girls next time. As always, if I haven t met you yet, I am looking forward to meeting you soon. This is our year of growth, please help by inviting your friends, daughter, grand daughter and all to our upcoming event. Pamela SAVE THE DATES! PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PAGES FOR DETAILS ON OUR UPCOMING EVENTS! Authors Day Luncheon October 24, 2015 MARK YOUR CALENDARS Sunday, November 15, 2015: We re going to join our Santa Barbara/Goleta Valley AAUW members at the Santa Barbara Symphony for a Shakespeare Experience Sunday, December 6, 2015: Our annual Holiday Party Saturday, January 23, 2016: Inter-Branch Council (IBC) Luncheon Stay tuned for more details in upcoming issues of the Beacon. For more information contact: Judi Gill 805-482-7608 Introducing Our New Beacon Editor JoAnn Cataldo Please send all of your Beacon materials to JoAnn by October 20 th for the November 2015 Beacon. Send all materials and info to: Camarillo.Beacon@gmail.com. You can reach JoAnn at 209-598-4734
Please Join Us And.... GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! Authors' Day tickets are now on sale. We want to make this October 24 th event a huge success so that we can continue to apportion scholarships to deserving CSUCI students, and local 8th grade Tech Trek girls. See Flyer on Next Page To purchase either single tickets or a table of 9. Four Points Sheraton Hotel Tickets: $50 each Lunch: Salmon, Tri-Tip, or Vegetarian For more information contact: Diana Dingler 805-987-8013 P.M. Book Review Our next meeting will be held on Monday, October 26, 2015, where we will be discussing the book The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown. You are welcome to join us at the home of Joyce Klemann, 2612 Aloha Street in Camarillo. Please give her a call if you plan to attend at 805-484-1343. More Info Contact: Diana Dingler - 987-8013 BRIDGE ANYONE? Bridge News for October We are looking to form an evening bridge group! Are you interested? Even if you don t know how to play and would like to learn, contact Nancy Jaeger nancyjaeger@verizon.net or call 805-484-3778. We would like to set up a group or groups schedule that fits the needs of our working people. We have two daytime groups that play on the second and fourth Fridays starting 12:00 Noon on October 9 TH. We will be at the home of Diana Hagen and October 23 rd we will be at the home of Nancy Wood. Looking forward to hearing from lots of enthusiastic bridge players!
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October 2015 AUTHORS' DAY LUNCHEON October 24, 2015 WE NEED BOOKS We are in need of more gently used books to be used as part of the table decorations and prizes for our upcoming Authors Day. Please drop off your donations at the following locations: Janet Lindquist Leisure Village Diana Dingler West End Camarillo Anita Kuzas Mission Oaks area Jane Belbusti Ventura/Oxnard area Celina Biniaz Camarillo Estates Wine Tasting Committee We are forming a new committee that will be meeting 4 times per year to discuss and visit the local wineries. Look for upcoming details in the Beacon. More info send an email to: aauw.camarillo.president@gmail.com NONFICTION BOOK GROUP We are inviting more members (new and old) to come and join us. We meet the second Tuesday of every month in one of the group members homes. Our group is friendly, welcoming, and extremely stimulating! Here is the current line-up of books we will be reading: Words Without Music by Philip Glass (October) Heretic by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (November) The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (December) Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir (January) Dreams of Earth and Sky by Freeman Dyson (February) The Wright Brothers by David McCullough (March) Ashley s War by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (month TBA) If you would like to join us, please email or call me and I will add you to the email list. We hope to see some new faces! For More Information contact Barbara Hilburn 805-647-8970 hilburndesigns@gmail.com
September 2015 GREAT DECISIONS Great Decisions will be meeting Wed, Oct 28, to watch a video and discuss, "Brazil in Metamorphosis," from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at Linda Cohenour's home. This will be the last meeting of 2015 Newcomers are welcome. No experience is necessary to join these informative, nonpolitical discussions. Feel free to contact Kim Stephenson for more info at kimstep@rocketmail.com or visit www.greatdecisions.org. Newcomers are welcome. No experience is necessary to join these informative, non-political discussions. For more information contact : Kim Stephenson at 805-231-2733 kimstep@rocketmail.com or visit www.greatdecisions.org. Kim is stepping down after this last meeting and we have identified her replacements. Please look for the announcement in the November Beacon. THANK YOU, KIM! Your dedication and commitment to this group for the last 10 years is commendable. We will always celebrate you!