Vol 44 #3 March 2015 MARCH HOTLINE VERO BEACH BRANCH Gail DeGioia, Editor Vero Beach Branch Meeting Salad Luncheon Saturday, March 21st, 11:30 At Christ by the Sea United Methodist Church, 3755 Hwy A1A, Vero Beach, The program will be Old Vero Ice Age Site Please bring a salad to serve 6 and feel free to bring a friend. Reminder- Book Author Luncheon Saturdy February 21st, 11:00 am at Bent Pine Golf Club. Author Mary Alice Monroe Please visit our website: VeroBeach-fl.aauw.net1 for information on the branch and our programs. PRESIDENT’S LETTER It’s hard to believe this is the March Newsletter. Our branch has been busy and I hope you have all enjoyed the programs. On page one of this Newsletter there is information about the next branch event, the March salad lunch. A reminder: The Book Author Luncheon with Mary Alice Monroe will take place on February 21st at Bent Pine Golf Club. There is still time to get a ticket and support the IRSC scholarship fundraiser; the registration form is on page 5. A few words on the January events: The Regional Branch meeting on January 10th was an enjoyable luncheon. I hope you all saw the wonderful press coverage both in 32963 and Vero News. All of our neighboring branches were represented – Melbourne, Stuart, Port St. Lucie and St. Lucie County. We shared information about our branches with a focus on fundraising to support our mission causes. The Co-President of AAUW Florida, Susan Berlin, gave us an update on some the activities at State. A big thank you to all our members who helped make it a success. I want to especially thank Linda Barker who reached out to our fellow branches and conducted the business meeting; Becki Manning who publicized the event, Sandra Lackas and Cindy Beres who handled ticketing; Pat Blossom and Sylvia LaRocca for securing the venue and arranging for the Stein Mart fashion show; all our member models and Sandra Lackas who clearly has a seconding calling as a delightful master of ceremonies. The play fundraiser “Tea for Three” was a huge success. Kudos to Linda Barker! She assumed the enormous task of making it happen from inviting Elaine Bromka, booking the Emerson Center, securing sponsorship, working on staging with Carole Strauss, assisting Becki Manning with publicity, and writing the playbill – let’s just say she produced the play! She made us all proud and enhanced the reputation AAUW in Vero Beach. Thank you also to Emerson Center for helping us accomplish our goal. My best to you all, Linda Directory Additions: A big welcome to our new members! Anne Canarie 3150 N A1A #102, Fort Pierce FL 34949 Tel: 772-460-6960 E-mail: [email protected] Susan Schmitke 3345 65th Street Vero Beach, Fl 32966 Tel: 569-9368 Email: [email protected] Jackea Andoniades 710 3rd Circle, Apt. 103 Vero Beach, FL 32962 Cell: 321-525-6012 Email: [email protected] Rochelle (Shelly) Dewitt 6215 S. Mirror Lake Drive Sebastian, FL 32958 Cell: 845-656-1089 Email: [email protected] Sandra Keith 5582 57th Avenue Vero Beach, FL 32967 Email: [email protected] Corrections: Flora Balu 5576 57th Avenue Vero Beach, FL 32967 Tel: 217-2292 Email: [email protected] Susan Grandpierre Email: [email protected] Leigh Hursh Tel: 803-318-4759 Mary Gorman 950 Regency Square #33W 2 March 2nd Book Review Breakfast Beyond the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo In this brilliant, breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport. As India starts to prosper, the residents of Annawadi are electric with hope. With intelligence, humor, and deep insight into what connects people to one another in an era of tumultuous change, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, based on years of uncompromising reporting, carries the reader headlong into one of the twenty-first century’s hidden worlds—and into the hearts of families impossible to forget. “Reported like Watergate, written like Great Expectations, and handily the best international nonfiction in years.”—New York “Inspiring, and irresistible . . . Boo’s extraordinary achievement is twofold. She shows us how people in the most desperate circumstances can find the resilience to hang on to their humanity. Just as important, she makes us care.”—People Winner of the National Book Award | The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award | The Los Angeles Times Book Prize | the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award | The New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award The reviewer, Dr. Jonna Mackin, teaches American literature, identity studies and expository writing at Dartmouth College. Jonna received her BA at Coe College, her MA at the University of Pennsylvania and her PhD at Rutgers University. Her thesis, called Subject to laughter: Comedy and ethnicity in contemporary American fiction is based on the premise that comedy arises out of social tensions and that comic pleasure has the power to influence the politics of racial and ethnic collectives. 3 ACTIVITIES AND INTEREST GROUPS New Members interested in joining ? Please contact Linda Mattone at 564-7038 MARCH ACTIVITIES 2ND 9:30, Book Review Breakfast at the Richardson Center on the Mueller Campus of Indian River State College 6155 College Lane, Vero Beach 4TH11:00 pm Bridge 1, (1st Wednesday of month) Call Mary Gorman at 231-2200 10TH, 1:30 pm, Reading Group V, (2nd Tuesday of month) Hostess Mary Breglia, 425 West Forest Trail, VB, 32962, 516-642-4804 11TH, 1:30 pm, Reading Group II, (2nd Wednesday of Month) Hostess, Bruna Picco, 2350 Indian Creek Blvd. West, Apt. D221, VB, 32960, 559-3905 5TH &19TH, 12:30 pm, Bridge 2,(2nd and 4th Thursday of month) Call Eleanor Wade, 778-4605 13TH 10:00 am, Reading Group VI, (2nd Friday of month) Hostess Mary Mitchell, 601 Gardenia Lane, VB 32963, 321-0203 13TH, 1:30 pm, Reading Group IV, (2nd Friday of month) Hostess, Joann Milculinich, 4141 Ocean Drive, #309, 231-3105 13TH, 2:30 Public Policy Special Interest Group, ( 2nd Friday of each month) Call Linda Barker 772-257-5275 for information on location. 16TH, 1:00 pm, Reading Group III,(3rd Monday of month) Hostess Kathy Braun, 3870 N A1A, #503, fort Pierce, 34949, 772-465-7385 17TH, 9:30 am, Reading Group I, (3rd Tuesday of month) Fireplace Library at Indian River Estates West Building. Hostess Nora Smith, 7299-7255 17TH, 1:30 pm, Creative Writing, (3rd Tuesday of month), Paula Hardin, 9 Park View Terrace, VB, 778-2561 21ST, SALAD LUNCHEON, Branch meeting at Christ by the Sea United Methodist Church, 3755 A1A, Vero Beach 23RD, 1:00 pm, International Relations Discussion Group (3rd Monday of the month) call Barbara Mandell, 231-5052 All meetings held in the Citrus Room, East Building, Indian River Estates. 27th, 11:30 am, Lunch Bunch, Dario’s, 1558 Ocean Drive, VB, 231-1878 Bring a friend. Contact Sylvia LaRocca 539-2172 or Birgitta Byers 231-1083 4 AAUW Scholarship Fundraiser 33rd Annual Book-Author Luncheon OPEN TO THE PUBLIC All proceeds will support scholarships, grants and programs for women and girls in Indian River County. Saturday, February 21, 2015 Bent Pine Golf Club located at 58th Avenue and 57th Street in Vero Beach. Complimentary Valet Parking Book sales and signing at 11:00 and following the luncheon Lunch at 12 noon Price: $50.00 Reservation deadline – February 16, 2015 Featured Speaker: Mary Alice Monroe Mary Alice Monroe is an award-winning author of nearly two dozen novels, several non-fiction titles, and children's books. Her body of work reflects her commitment to the natural world through literature. ************************************************************************* NAME PHONE_____________________________ Please reserve _____tickets at $50.00 each. Make checks payable to AAUW Vero Beach Branch. Please include all orders in one envelope if you wish to sit with friends. Tables seat eight or ten people. I am unable to attend but wish to support the scholarship effort with a tax deductible donation. Check one and indicate Luncheon Choice on check (vegetarian available on request): _____ Tuna, Egg, Chicken Salads on baby greens with Fresh Fruit Garnish _____ Chicken/Asparagus Crepes with Fruit Garnish SEND CHECK TO: AAUW P.O. Box 2143 Vero Beach, FL 32961 TO PAY BY CREDIT CARD: $50.00 + $2.00 service charge click: Here for Salad Trio: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ZRUKDHQ2MFDAN Here for Chicken Crepes: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A8ZQ9KC6H2Q98 Purchased tickets and seating will be available for pick-up at the door. For information, phone Paula Herbert (772-226-5380) or Linda Clerch (772-564-9297). 5 Vero Beach Branch PO Box 2043 Vero Beach, FL 32961 6
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