2022 Annual Scholarship Celebration
Zoom link: aauwmvsv@gmail.com
AAUW Fiscal Year: July 1st, 2022 to June 30, 2023
INTEREST GROUP CALENDAR for Members
AM Morning Book Group
Meets each month on the second Monday at 10:00 am. We meet at various locations around Saddleback Valley, announced via email 10 days or so before the meeting. We choose our syllabus in December at the yearly Holiday Bruch; everyone suggests books they would like to read, and then we vote. We read a good cross-section of titles and authors, fiction and non-fiction. Our discussions are lively and enlightening.
Moviegoers will meet the First Sunday of the month.
LUNCH BUNCH meets the 2nd or 3rd Thursday of the month
Nature Walkers meets on one Friday morning of the month.
The GOURMET DINNER interest group meets every other month.
The Gourmet Dinner group is not meant to be only for couples. It is an open group and works on the principle of first come/first served. The number of people will be limited to the size of the host’s dining area.
Cultural Event/Tour Group. Dates vary depending on the event. Bowers Museum was one of the destinations in 2023.
At various dates on a Thursday
Some of Our Past Events
Many thanks to our members-attendees.
Succesful event sponsored by AAUW Mission Viejo and the Mission Viejo Chamber of Commerce about: “Stop Human Trafficking” on Saturday, February 22, 2021 at the Norman P. Murray Senior Center in Mission Viejo.
John Salamy, Director of Events for the Mission Viejo Chamber of Commerce; John Zielasko, CEO of the Chamber; Lauri Burns, panelist from Vera’s Sanctuary and The Teen Project; Trish Kelley, City of Mission Viejo Council Woman; Karen Dennis, Co-President of AAUW MV/SV; Dr. Sandra Morgan, panelist and Director of the Global Center for Women and Justice and member of the White House Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking; Kathie Perino, Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative of Saddleback Church; Marcia Milchiker, Co-President of AAUW MV/SV and South Orange County Board of Trustee. Not pictured is Jeff Jensen, who was excellent by the way.
TECH TREK
Donna Gough announced that AAUW – Mission Viejo will benefit 4 Middle School girls by covering expenses to attend the 2021 Virtual Tech Trek.
Tech Trek is a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) camp designed to develop
interest, excitement, and self-confidence in young women who will enter eighth grade in the fall. It features hands-on activities in STEM-related fields. All sleeping, eating, instructional and recreational facilities are located on a university campus where camps are held.
The Scholarship Luncheon in June, chaired by Carolina Tercero, for the
End of the Year Celebration to honor scholarship recipients.
(front) Osher Recipients: Nazanin Arjomandr-Nejad, Fabiane Muniz-Penny,
Leslie Toice, and Fereshteh Younesi,
(middle) Lisa, Marcia, Carolina, Mary Jo, and Kathie and Betty who are holding the Certificate
from AAUW CA congratulating us on our 40th Anniversary of the Founding of the Branch, and
Martha Uriarte, Membership Outreach Chair (back) Karen Dennis, Dawn, Elaine, Rachel Maus
(Scholarships Chair), Jean, Donna, and Karen Lewis
