Lee Battershell (right) presented awards for exemplary service to four of our members.

 

Erin Saberi spoke on the upcoming Women’s Commission for Sacramento Country.  Our CHAR Branch is actively helping to make this Commission a reality.

 

 

 

 

CHAR is working to establish an AAUW  Student Club at American River College.  AAUW branches in the Sacramento area are getting together to share ideas and help each other’s clubs be successful.  To date, ARC,  CSUS, UC Davis and Sierra College are all working together  in this endeavor.

 

 

 

 

 

December 2018 Holiday Social

December charity was My Sister’s House.  We brought needed supplies and placed them under the tree.

December Holiday Social always includes delicious food.  So many choices!  Helen Porter and Jean Bayless making hard decisions!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 2018 AAUW Fundraiser at North Ridge County Club.  President, Lee Battershell-Baird, modeling holiday fashions from Cho-Cho’s Boutique.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary Duval, Co-Chair, inspecting the impressive array of gift baskets to be raffled.  All proceeds go to the American River Local Scholarship fund to aid single mothers returning to college to complete their education.  On the right, obviously a very serious conversation as to which baskets to bid on!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 2018

McGeorge Law Students preparing for the Ballot Forum.  Each election cycle they present objective information of the propositions for the upcoming election. We co-sponsored this meeting with our sister branch – Sacramento AAUW.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good conversation – September 2018 Membership Luncheon

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 2018 –  International fundraiser.  Betsy Rich Gilon “threading Peace”  brought her beautiful collection of costumes of Palestine.   A potluck luncheon was enjoyed by all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 2017 Membership Luncheon.

Enjoying a delicious Chinese Chicken Salad, served creatively in Chinese take out boxes.  Fortune Cookies and a yummy lemon dessert rounded out the lunch.

 

 

 

 

 

July 2017 Board Retreat

AAUW ladies busy at work planning for the upcoming year.  Thank you, President PJ Missman, for the use of your home!

Summer hats are always a necessity in skillful negotiations!