2011-2012 Branch Program
Tuesday, September, 6, 2011 at 7 pm
Branch Meeting in private home in Bennington
Doug Radziewicz, Executive Director of the Second Chance Animal Shelter,
will speak on the topic: "The Evolution of Animal Shelters and the Welfare of
Companion Animals".
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 12 noon
Book Group meeting at Arlington Library
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 8 pm
Oldcastle Fundraiser to raise money for local scholarships and national AAUW fellowships at the Center for the Arts on Gypsy Lane.
The play is Night and her Stars by Richard Greenberg.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 7 pm
Branch Meeting in private home in Bennington
Sue Maguire, Principal of Mount Anthony Union High School, will speak about new programs for high school students.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 12 noon
Book Group meeting at Arlington Library
Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America by Cullen Murphy.
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 7 pm
Branch meeting in private home in Pownal
Nola White, President of the Honduras Community Support Corporation,
will present "Helping Rural Hondurans to Live Better on the Land and to
Protect the Land They Live On"
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 12 noon
Book Group Meeting at Arlington Library
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 2 pm
Holiday Party at the Village at Fillmore Pond
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 12 noon
Book Group Meeting at Arlington Library
The White Garden, a Novel of Virginia Wolf by Stephanie Barron
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 2 pm
Branch Meeting
Members will speak about their travels to Cambodia and Vietnam.
Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 2 pm
Branch Meeting
Sue Andrews, Executive Director of Greater Bennington Interfaith Community Services Inc., will speak about the Bennington Free Clinic and The Kitchen
Cupboard.
Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Branch meeting at the Shambhala Meditation Group, 107B Bonnet Street,
Manchester. Sophie Leger will give an introduction to Buddhism and the
practive of meditation.
April
Public Meeting on the Middle East. TBA
Saturday, May 5, 2012
State AAUW Conference hosted by Bennington Branch
June
Branch Picnic. Date and location TBA.
All members are welcome to attend meetings of the Northshire Special Interest Group which typically take place on the first Monday of the month at 12:30 in members' homes. Speakers and discussion topics are announced in the monthly branch newsletter.
The book group meets every third Monday at noon at the Martha Canfield
Library in Arlington. Books are announced in the branch newsletter.
