Our Fund Raiser was very successful with much gratitude going  to Claire Carney who shared her lovely home and Pat Dyer who handled all the financial work, Elaine Power who provided a magnificent quilt which led our raffle, Phyllis Bershader, who entertained us with her lovely music, Felice Levine, Joyce LeBlanc, Millie Marino, Paula Alderson and all who generously contributed in many ways.  Our special Visionaries and Supporters  and prize contributors will be listed in our next Newsletter. Following are some pictures taken at the event.

We had a great presentation by Renee Tong, one of our newest members to our group, on the "Navigating Systems" Program she's putting together to empower women and young girls from lower income communities to pursue a higher education. Her objective is to perform an outreach into Palm Beach and Broward counties, and provide sevices such as workshops, seminars,  technical skills, mentorship and movivation. In addition to the Grant that Renee is seeking through the National AAUW website (to be awarded in March 2008) to fund this program, other assistance is welcome. Some items that would allow the program to go forward now are laptop computers, a projector, books, office supplies, and refreshments. Jacquelyn Keely has been very helpful in providing a conference room and computer lab to be available in August 2007, but the program could begin prior to that with some of the resources mentioned above. Renee is pictured on the left with AAUW Boca Raton President Faith Campbell and on the right by herself.

We had a great luncheon at The Gold Coast Seafood Grill on Saturday December 9th, 2006. Irma gave us an excellent "heads up" on things that are going on with women around the world. Felice chose a great location. Thanks to all who helped make this a nice affair.

The picture on the left was taken at the Boca Raton AAUW meeting featuring speaker Dr. Cecelia Campoverde, PhD, MSW, MA. The program took place on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006, at 6:00 pm. The topic of the meeting was "The Guatemalan Project - Successful Story of Micro-financing - Real Change for Women". Dr. Campoverde, professor at FAU (where she teaches Policy, Research, International Social Work, and Counseling in Groups within the Social Work Department) is the Director of this project. The meeting took place at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Rockberger Room at 2601 St. Andrew's Blvd. in Boca Raton. The program was free to members and guests. The  Picture on the left is a photo of Marsha Endahl Kramer (AAUW Boca Raton Director for International Issues), Faith Campbell (AAUW Boca Branch President and Cara Sansonia (AAUW Boca Raton Project Chair) behind Dr. Campoverde. The picture on the right contains some of the recipients who are benefiting from the project. For more information go to www.guatemalanproject.com. At the meeting we were able to collect enough in donations to help build a house for one family in Guatamala.

The above pictures were taken at the Boca Raton AAUW meeting featuring Elisa Cramer, Editorial Writer for the Palm Beach Post, and Kate Volman, creator and instructor of FAB (Female and Beautiful) and member of the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce. The program took place on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, at 6:00 pm. The topic of the meeting was "2006: A Look at Self-Image Issues". The meeting took place at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Rockberger Room at 2601 St. Andrew's Blvd. in Boca Raton. The program was free to first-time guests. The First Picture is a photo of Cara Sansonia (Program Chair for the Boca Raton AAUW Branch),Cyndi Bracken (President of Zonta Club), Faith Campbell (AAUW Boca Raton Branch President), and Kate Volman. The second picture is a photo of Cara Sansonia, Elisa Cramer and Dorothy Bradley (AAUW Boca Raton Director).

Mike (left) and Alene Brewer of Boca Raton recently hosted a fund-raising cocktail party at their home on March 11th, 2006. The event included a silent auction and raffle, and raised more than $2,500. Pat Dyer (right),was the group's president at the time.

New Officers were installed at a Luncheon May 13, 2006 at Muvico Theater Banquet facilities in Boca Raton.