Category Archives: Branch Events

9/24/23 – Newly Merged AAUW Branches Kickoff Year with Focus on Women in Science

Teresa Nguyen, Medical Resident at Stanford Hospital and helicopter pilot, will be the featured speaker at the Kickoff Meeting for the newly established Silicon Valley branch of AAUW (American Association of University Women) as the branch begins the 2023-24 membership year.  The meeting will be held on Sunday, September 24 from 3-4:30 PM at the Sequoia Room, , Los Altos Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave, Los Altos.  and will also be available via a ZOOM link.  A social half hour will precede the formal meeting.

5/20 – Judge LaDoris H. Cordell – to speak at a joint Palo Alto/Los Altos-Mountain View meeting

LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, retired Judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, will be the featured speaker at a joint meeting of the Palo Alto and Los Altos-Mountain View AAUW branches of AAUW. The meeting will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2023, at 2 p.m. at Jane Lathrop Stanford (JLS) Middle School, 480 East Meadow Drive, Palo Alto.

5/14: Special Branch Meeting @ 1:30-3:00

Special Meeting to Discuss the Future of AAUW, Palo Alto

Sunday, May 15⋅1:30 – 3:00pm
Location:

Avenidas
450 Bryant St, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA

Why is this meeting being called?

  • we need members to assume required formal leadership roles as well as other volunteer roles for programs and activities

What options will be discussed?

  • Continue as an active branch with 2-3 events a year (which would only be possible if leaders step forward).
  • Merge with another branch in Santa Clara County
  • Disband after 2022-23

If you cannot attend the meeting on May 14, please mail your opinion to Anna Z. at webmaster@aauw-paloalto.org.

3/14: Pi Day pie fundraiser for AAUW Fellowships

Pi Day 2022 –  3.1415926535897932384626433832 …

Pi Day, March 14, approaches. As you’ll recall, the numbers in the date (3/14) match the first three digits of the mathematical constant pi 3.14159 (π).

AAUW Palo Alto will again acknowledge Pi Day with a fundraiser. This year, we will designate donations to the Education Opportunities Fund (Fellowships).

The fun part of the fundraiser also returns. If you send a donation of any amount for National AAUW’s Fellowships, you will be entered into a drawing for a fresh pie of the winner’s choice. Three (3) names of donors will be drawn on March 18 and pies delivered after an appointment is scheduled.

We are not sending letters so please keep this important message. It contains the information you need.

How to enter.

Option 1. Write a check payable to “AAUW” with “Fellowships #4336” on the Memo line.

Send the check to: Marie Wolbach, 3427 Greer Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303.

Option 2. Make a donation with a credit card online at aauw.org. indicating fund #4336.

Then send an email to mariewolbach@gmail.com saying simply “I donated” and you will be entered into the drawing. You need not indicate the amount of your gift. (The aauw site is currently offline for maintenance but should be available soon.)

Celebrate the day.

San Francisco Exploratorium physicist Larry Shaw founded Pi Day in 1988. A celebration is held annually at the Exploratorium and by groups around the world. To virtually join the local one, go to https://www.exploratorium.edu/pi between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on 3/14. You can hear related stories, music and poems, see a pi quilt, and more.