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Vol 44 #3 MARCH HOTLINE

March 2015 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.net for information on the branch and our programs.

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER

It’s hard to believe this is the March Newsletter. Our

branch has been busy and I hope you have all en-

joyed 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 secur-

ing the venue and arranging for the Stein Mart fash-

ion 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 suc-

cess. Kudos to Linda Barker! She assumed the enor-

mous task of making it happen from inviting Elaine

Bromka, booking the Emerson Center, securing spon-

sorship, working on staging with Carole Strauss, as-

sisting 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: acanarie1@aol.com Susan Schmitke 3345 65

th Street

Vero Beach, Fl 32966 Tel: 569-9368 Email: sss1941@att.net Jackea Andoniades 710 3

rd Circle, Apt. 103

Vero Beach, FL 32962 Cell: 321-525-6012 Email: jackea.lucy@gmail.com

Rochelle (Shelly) Dewitt 6215 S. Mirror Lake Drive Sebastian, FL 32958 Cell: 845-656-1089 Email: wdjakede@gmail.com

Sandra Keith 5582 57

th Avenue

Vero Beach, FL 32967 Email: ollydances@yahoo.ca

Corrections: Flora Balu 5576 57

th Avenue

Vero Beach, FL 32967 Tel: 217-2292 Email: fabalu37@gmail.com

Susan Grandpierre Email: susang.nai@rcn.com

Leigh Hursh

Tel: 803-318-4759

Mary Gorman 950 Regency Square #33W

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March 2nd

Book Review Breakfast

Beyond the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo

In this brilliant, breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewilder-ing 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 resi-dents 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 inter-

national 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 exposi-tory writing at Dartmouth College. Jonna re-ceived her BA at Coe College, her MA at the University of Pennsylvania and her PhD at Rut-gers University. Her thesis, called Subject to laughter: Comedy and ethnicity in contem-porary American fiction is based on the premise that comedy arises out of social ten-sions and that comic pleasure has the power to influence the politics of racial and ethnic collec-tives.

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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

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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.

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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).

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Vero Beach Branch

PO Box 2043

Vero Beach, FL 32961