Donate to AAUW Funds

Excerpts from letter from Elisabeth Bathgate, AAUW National Major Gifts Committee:
AAUW was built on the belief that our status as educated women obligates us to help other women to achieve an education, while understanding that having an education alone is not enough to achieve equity.

Over the years we have learned that the most effective tactics to achieve our strategic goals are:

Protecting the legal rights of women facing discrimination

Educating women, giving them a chance for a lifetime of success

Advocating for public policy and laws that are fair to woman

Researching to provide understanding of issues that are important to women

and girls, and

Leading and developing other women’s potential to lead in our schools, workplaces, communities and country.

Neglecting any of these priorities would weaken the strategy, diminish the impact and threaten the victory.  With our collective experience, intelligence, influence and resources, we can make a positive difference in the lives of women.

Together we can deliver justice. We are smart enough and strong enough to realize these
dreams for ourselves and those who come after us. Giving to AAUW allows us to create a
unique legacy and allows us to contribute to a greater good with other women who share our
values.

Let us in California not forget to contribute to AAUW Funds by November 30.

Speech Trek News

We've mentioned the AAUW California program, Speech Trek, in a previous post, so thought you'd all like to hear the news just in from AAUW CA Director Cathy Foxhoven, and Speech Trek Coordinator, Donna Erickson:

SPEECH TREK
Eleanor Stem-Allen Memorial

Eleanor Stem-Allen, the Speech Trek Coordinator from Roseville/South Placer passed away this past summer.  Her husband has established a Memorial Fund for Speech Trek in her name and will be funding the AAUW-CA program indefinitely with $4000 per year.

The additional monies have allowed us to increase the State Finalists’ prizes to $1000 for first place, $500 for 2nd & 3rd place.  There will also now be 2 honorable mentions at $100 each.

We are able to put additional prizes back into the budget, which will be announced in the next issue of California PERSPECTIVE.

We hope this exciting information will assist you in your local competitions.  We are in the process of planning a special dedication to Eleanor Stem-Allen at our 2010 Convention and hope that you will be there to honor Eleanor and cheer our State finalists.

Looking forward to another amazing Speech Trek contest!

Southern California Educational Fund Luncheon

The Southern California Educational Fund luncheon was very much enlivened by three American Fellows, three International Fellows, four Career Development Grant Recipients, and one Community Action Grant recipient. What a broad array of talent this represented. This was our opportunity to see and hear where our money has gone and what it’s done, and it was a most rewarding experience indeed.  It was also rewarding to hear the gratitude these women expressed for our help.  Many would not have been able to continue their education without it.

We heard about: minorities and justice (or lack of); mass pageants; preventing disease through public health; teaching women handicrafts for their independence; interpreting for the deaf in order to empower deaf women to speak up; and more; but last we heard about a project to teach writing to inner city girls by having real writers mentor them. Through this process, all the girls who participated not only graduated from high school, but also attended college. What a success story for this ongoing project !

NCCWSL's 25th anniversary-2010

Information sent by Kate C. Farrar, AAUW Director of Leadership Programs:

Mark your calendars for the 25th anniversary of NCCWSL! This special 2010 National Conference for College Women Student Leaders will be held June 3–5, 2010, at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Each year, AAUW and NASPA jointly present NCCWSL—a unique, two-and-a-half-day conference, held in the Washington, D.C., area. The conference gives women student leaders the opportunity to hone their leadership skills and learn how to improve their lives, campuses, and communities. At the conference, attendees have the chance to hear exciting keynote speakers, attend the inspirational Women of Distinction Awards Ceremony, and get involved in community service projects. The conference also offers more than 50 skill-building workshops and the chance to network with other student leaders from across the United States and other countries. See the 2009 NCCWSL highlights to learn more about past successes of the conference.


Here are three great ways to give women student leaders the opportunity to participate in this unique leadership-building conference:

1.      Pay the registration fee and help with transportation expenses for college students from your community to attend the conference.  When the students you are sponsoring register online, they should indicate that their payment will be made by check. You can then mail in a check, made payable to AAUW–NCCWSL Registration, and identify the name(s) of the student(s) you are supporting. Please remember that because you are paying a fee for a specific individual, this payment is not tax deductible.

2.      Make a tax-deductible gift to National Conference for College Women Student Leaders Fund. Make checks payable to AAUW Funds–NCCWSL. In the memo section, please write Fund 2505. By donating to this fund, you ensure a high-quality conference for every attendee, and your gift is fully tax deductible.

3.      Make a tax-deductible gift to the NCCWSL Scholarship Fund. Make checks payable to AAUW Funds–NCCWSL Scholarships. In the memo section, please write Fund 2504. The Scholarship Committee uses this money to provide scholarships to as many deserving women as possible. Preference is given to women who have financial need, and your gift is fully tax deductible. Women who want to be leaders should not be left out of this important conference because they cannot afford to attend.

Please mail all checks and forms to AAUW, P.O. Box 98045, Washington, DC 20090-8045. For questions, please contact 800/326-AAUW (2289) or e-mail NCCWSL@aauw.org. We are delighted to hold the 25th NCCWSL in 2010 and thank you in advance for your invaluable support of this rewarding leadership event.