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AAUW Sussex County (NJ) Branch Calendar (2011-2012)

Date, Time and Place
 Event
Sat. Sept. 17, 2011 at 11:30am
JC's Grill House
144 Spring Street in
Newton, NJ 07860		 Our "kick off" meeting will be a luncheon at JC's Grill House in Newton. Sally Goodson, AAUW-NJ's President, will be the Guest Speaker. She will be discussing many of the state and national programs that were presented at the 2011 AAUW National Convention in Washington, D.C.
Sat. Oct. 1, 2011 at 10:00 am
SCA&HC Gallery
133 Spring Street
Newton, NJ 07860		 Our Monthly Bagels and Buns Meeting will be at the Sussex County Arts and Heritage Council Gallery. Our attending members will have a prized private viewing/hearing of the Smithsonian Touring Exhibit. The Sussex County Arts and Heritage Council will host New Harmonies, a traveling exhibition brought to the public by the Smithsonian Institution and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. One of only six sites chosen in New Jersey, the SCA&HC Gallery, at 133 Spring Street in Newton, will be the exhibition’s only venue north of Trenton. Consisting of seven freestanding modules with interactive listening stations, the exhibit will allow visitors to experience a journey through the rich musical heritage of our country and the sounds that emerged, from African and American drums to gospel, blues, country, folk, and historical protest music.
Sat. Oct. 29, 2011at 10:00 am
Pickup point at McDonalds Parking Lot
Route 206
Byram Twp. NJ 07874		 Halloween Road Rallye This is our major fundraiser!
Roads of Sussex & Warren Counties
Presented by AAUW Sussex County Branch and the Mortorsport Club of NJ MCNJ
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Sat. Nov. 12, 2011 at 10:00am
Sussex County Main Library
125 Morris Tpke
Frankford Twp, 07860
 Guest speaker, Sylvia Montero, spoke at the Sussex County Main Library. From a plantation shack in Puerto Rico to the Projects of the Lower East Side of New York, Sylvia Montero talks of her rise to becoming the highest ranking Latina in the history at Pfizer Inc, the world’s largest pharmaceutical company, as head of their global Human Resources Unit. In her book, Make it Your Business, she tells her story of challenges as a young girl and a young woman: immigration, learning a second language, being a minority, poverty, failed marriage, single motherhood, failure, and layoff. She has condensed a 30+ year career in Human Resources into themes that illustrate how to climb the Corporate Ladder.
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Sat. Dec. 17, 2011 at 11:30 am
Lynn Beckmann's home
12 CO Drive
Andover, NJ 07821 		Enjoy fun and good times at our Holiday Party at Lynn Beckmann's beautiful home. Everyone is asked to bring a specialty for the delicious brunch. Thank you, Lynn!
No Meeting January, 2012 We have no scheduled meeting because of generally snowy conditions.
Feb. 11, 2012 at 10:00 am
Sparta Methodist Church
71 Sparta Avenue
Sparta, NJ 07871
The guest speaker at our February Bagels and Buns Meeting is Ann Pompelio, one of our branch members. Ann plans to give a talk/presentation on how she arrived at her career and her current establishment as an attorney in our county.
March 17, 2012 at 10:00 am
Sparta Methodist Church
71 Sparta Avenue
Sparta, NJ 07871
 Guest speaker, Vince Parrillo, author of Guardian of the Gate, will discuss his new historical novel about Ellis Island and the people who worked there in the 1890s.  Having previously spoken at other AAUW branches, and being familiar with our mission, Mr. Parrillo plans to focus on the dramatic events that occurred during that time frame, with special emphasis on women.
April 21, 2012 at 10:00 am
Sparta Methodist Church
71 Sparta Avenue
Sparta, NJ 07871
 Lee Williams, the Promotions & Special Projects Manager at the New Jersey Herald, has invited us to meet her at the NJ Herald building.  She will share her story of becoming a successful woman in the business world. She will also show us slides from the two books that the NJ Herald published about Sussex County people in the past.  Her focus will be especially interesting women of those times.
May 19, 2012 at 11:30 am
Location to be announced 		A luncheon will be scheduled at which there will be election of officers and our annual scholarship recipient will be our guest speaker.
June 9, 2012 at 11:00 am
Sally Larson's home

At our June picnic, we will enjoy each other's friendship, cooking, experiences, and to just have a great time. Sally Larson has always been the perfect hostess and I imagine it will again be at her gorgeous home. Thank you, Sally!