FREMONT, CALIFORNIA BRANCH
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Installation Dinner a Dazzling Success By RoseMarie Everett, Installation Dinner Committee Chair |
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Our Annual Installation Dinner on Tuesday evening, June 8 at Papillon in Fremont was a feast for the palate and the spirit. Some 46 members were in attendance to enthusiastically vote on and welcome the new executive presidential team for the next two years, and to bid farewell to a few of the members who are stepping down. New presidential team members are: Jo Szeto, Sara Hinkel, Shirley Gilbert and returning from last year Jeanne Delp, Carolyn Hedgecock and RoseMarie Everett. Stepping down after many years of service are Mary Lynn Pelican and Kathy Garfinkle. Randy Fewel and Genevieve Angelides have agreed to stay on as mentors to the team. And both Mary Lynn and Kathy consented to mentor new presidential team members. Genevieve and Mary Lynn were awarded certificates for their many contributions to AAUW this year. Peter Angelides, Genevieve’s husband, accepted the reward on behalf of his wife who is recovering from injuries due to an auto accident. Sandy Cashmark received special recognition from the branch this year for her outstanding contributions with regard to the Women’s History Tea in May. She worked very hard to research and write scripts for Eleanor Roosevelt and Sojourner Truth that helped make the program such an unqualified and memorable success. Aside from AAUW Fremont Branch business, members saw a slide show of branch activities throughout the year, had a fabulous meal, participated in a raffle for gift baskets and ended the evening with dessert and a rousing champagne toast in honor of the new year and the new leadership. As committee chair, there are so many people to thank for staging such an elegant and well-received evening. The five people on our committee -- Mary Lynn Pelican, Kathy Garfinkle, Shirley Gilbert and Randy Fewel and myself – worked well together and made this a labor of love. Our thanks to those who donated gift baskets – Suzanne Miller, Kathy Garfinkle and Shirley Gilbert. Ed Huff created the colorful hot air balloon with our AAUW logo that epitomizes the direction our branch will continue to take – up, up, up. Ed, a retired graphic artist and the husband of Judy Huff, has created so many original flyers, programs, banners and name tags for our branch. Kudos go to Randy Fewel who set up the slide program and Mary Lynn for providing the excellent pictures of every event taking place over the course of the year. And a special thanks to all the members present. When you listened to the happy and contented chatter throughout the evening you realize how lucky we are to have such a great branch. |
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Here are some Pictures of the proceedings. |
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