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AAUW Cedar Falls-Waterloo kick-off

Monday, August 28.

5:30–7:00 PM

Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa

3117 Greenhill Circle, Cedar Falls 

The Community Foundation is just off Greenhill Road, east of the roundabout at Cedar Heights Drive.

Come re-connect with fellow members, meet those considering membership or bring a potential member with you to learn what we’ll be offering in 2023-24. We’ll have fabulous food for you to enjoy while you visit.

Congratulations to our Named Gift Honoree for 2023, Rowena Hardinger.

Congratulations to Pauline Harding for 50 years of AAUW membership!

Congratulations to Karen Agee, 2022 Named Gift Honoree.

Linda Morgan, Vice-President for Fundraising presented Sheryl this certificate at the Annual Meeting, held at Gateway Park on May 24, 2021.

The Named Gift Honoree presentation is made annually by our branch to recognize one of our members for her outstanding support of AAUW, such as serving as a longtime and dedicated officer, making other significant contributions to the branch, making significant financial contributions, or supporting or contributing in other ways to AAUW. Our branch will donate $500 to the AAUW Greatest Need Fund in the name of our honoree.

Sheryl Bewyer is a 50 year member of AAUW, first joining in 1971. She served as branch president from 1980-1982 and for 26 years Sheryl was our branch newsletter editor. Anyone who has ever done that type of work knows that it requires attention to detail, patience, and is time consuming. In order to be an informed newsletter editor, Sheryl attended most branch board of directors meetings when she wasn’t traveling somewhere wonderful with her husband Dave. Almost every year, Sheryl volunteered to work at our annual garage and plant sales. Our branch has been enriched in so many ways through Sheryl’s contributions.”

The CV3D September book discussion is the graphic novel, “Moon of the Snow-Blind” by Gary Kelly.
The Hearst Center for the arts has many of his pictures from this graphic novel on display until September 16.

The Cedar Falls library has 4 copies of “The History of the Spirit Lake Massacre” by Abbie Gardner. It is less than 200 pages long.
Abbie was one of the girls captured by Ink-pa-du-ta and his band and she wrote this book after she was rescued.

The library has one copy of Kelly’s graphic novel. But the display at the Hearst Center has many pages from his book.

There will be a public reception with the Artist and book signing on September 2 from 5:00-6:30pm with Book signing at 5:30 pm
Books are available to buy at the Hearst Center for the Arts, 304 West Seerley Boulevard, Cedar Falls.

CV3D will discuss the book on Monday, September 13, 4:30-6:00 at the Hearst Center for the Arts in the Corning patio which is by the gardens behind the Center.

Reconnect with AAUW Cedar Falls-Waterloo

at the Waterloo Public Library (rooms A&B)

415 Commercial St, Waterloo, Iowa

Monday, August 30, 2021 – 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Great Food and Door prizes

The Waterloo Branch is 100 years old!

Come to learn all we have planned for this year!

There will be displays about the mission, Interest/study groups, community projects. Meet Co-Presidents Pauline Harding & Linda Morgan.

We need all of you to help us welcome invited guests who will be considering membership. Bring a friend who might like to join us.

For more information, contact, Shelia Bullock & Beebs Downing, Co-Vice Presidents for Membership AAUW Cedar Falls-Waterloo

To keep everyone safe, the branch has been holding meetings virtually or outside at a distance.  Here, Ardelle Brown poses with a Hard Won, Not Done T-shirt during an informal executive board meeting on July 20, 2020 in Gateway Park in Cedar Falls.

Sandy Lawry has been selected to be this year’s Named Gift Honoree for the Cedar Falls-Waterloo Branch because of her outstanding support of AAUW.  This award is given annually to a member who has served several terms as an officer, made significant financial contributions, and/or contributed to the group’s mission in other ways.

The recipient receives a framed certificate inscribed with her name, $500.00 is donated to AAUW Funds in her honor, and she is listed in the yearbook with past honorees.

Several members nominated Sandy. They all enjoyed working with her on AAUW projects since she joined the branch in 2014.  Here are a few of the ways Sandy has supported the mission of “advancing gender equity for women and girls through research, education and advocacy.”

All mentioned Sandy’s willingness to help with any task that needs to be done.  She is always cheerful and encourages the people she is working with.

Sandy served two years as Co-Vice President of Fundraising, and held the fundraising garage sale at her house for four consecutive years.  During that time the branch also initiated a new fundraiser of shoe-collection and sales.   Sandy was a major collector and bagger of shoes both years, and offered her garage as a shoe-collection site this past year.  She also set up an AAUW account at Stuff, Etc.  Members can use this account to contribute items to our scholarship fundraisers at their convenience.  Sandy still picks up the cash we accumulate and maintains our relationship with Stuff, Etc.

During the past two years, Sandy served as Co-Vice President of Programs, and provided informative programs and outstanding speakers for our dinner meetings during that time.

Besides these major responsibilities, Sandy has done many one-time tasks that simply needed to be done.  For example, she took the reservations for the State Convention the year it was held in Cedar Falls, and she continues to help keep Women-In-Motion participants active and involved.

Sandy is a true leader with many constructive Ideas for our group and has been continuously involved. She has earned the recognition of Named Gift Honoree, and the committee hopes she will continue to be a valued member of AAUW Cedar Falls-Waterloo for many years.

Named Gift Honoree Committee,

Myrna Sandvik, Ardelle Brown, Mary Dove