2017-18 Season
List of programs, officers, and refreshment committees as of November 14, 2017
AAUW programming 2017-18 as of 11-14-17 (no May)
2016-17 Season
October 12, 2016
Welcome Back Dinner
Bertucci’s, 45 Walkers Brook Drive, Reading
- President, Secretary: Patti Henni, Maureen Hatch
November 9, 2016
Travel Destination: Dharamshala, India; Jaya Tripathi
- President, Secretary: Mary Pat DeSwarte, Nancy McLellan
- Hostesses: Alison Burke, Susan Murray
- Committee: Mary Pat DeSwarte, Patti Henni, Maureen Hatch, Nancy McLellan
December 14, 2016
A History of Boston in 50 Objects, Joe Bagley AND Bake and Craft Sale to benefit Scholarship Fund
- President, Secretary: Alison Burke, Susan Murray
- Hostesses: Ursula Daley, Regina Lucas
- Committee: Gail Infurna, Joyce Zeiner
January 11, 2017
Bikes, Not Bombs
- President, Secretary: Pat McConville, Susan Bishop
- Hostesses: Alison Burke, Annalise Anderson
- Committee: Susan Dole, Ruth Conti
SPECIAL EVENT Sunday, February 5, 2017, 12PM
Super Bowl Brunch at Mary Pat DeSwarte’s
February 8, 2017
Women’s Health & Wellness, Ginger Verge
- President, Secretary: Regina Lucas, Judy Clark
- Hostesses: Monique Barnum, Karen Gareis
- Committee: Jackie Coogan, Karen O’Connell
March 8, 2017
Movie Night, “50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. & Mrs. Krause
- President, Secretary: Karen Gareis, Karen O’Connell
- Hostesses: Judy Clark, Susan Bishop
- Committee: Virginia Luscinski, Mary Lou Newbern
SPECIAL EVENTS
Monday, March 13: Potluck Dinner at Patti Henni’s
Tuesday, March 14 OR 16: Potluck Dinner at Gail Infurna’s
April 12, 2017
Goods & Services Auction to Benefit Various AAUW Funds & Foundations
- President, Secretary: Jackie Coogan, Angela Singer
- Hostesses: Kendra Nedjar, Tamara Nedjar
- Committee: Phyllis Blacklock, Adele Maciejowski
May 10, 2017
Program TBD
- President, Secretary: TBD
- Hostesses: Pat McConville, Angela Singer
- Committee: Edna Beaton, Doris DeAmicis, Lorna Philley
SPECIAL EVENT June 2017, Date TBD
Boston Pops Outing; Program TBD; contact Joyce Zeiner for more information
2015-16 Season
October 14
Welcome Back Dinner
LOCATION CHANGE: Fusilli’s Cucina, 107 Main Street, Reading
- President, Secretary: Patti Henni, Maureen Hatch
November 11
Hiking the 500-Mile Camino De Santiago, Theresa Fersch
- President, Secretary: Mary Pat DeSwarte, Nancy McLellan
- Hostesses: Alison Burke, Susan Murray
- Committee: Mary Pat DeSwarte, Patti Henni, Maureen Hatch
December 9
Dance Performance by students of the O’Shea-Chaplin Academy of Irish Dance & Bake and Craft Sale to benefit the Scholarship Fund
- President, Secretary: Joyce Zeiner, Angela Singer
- Hostesses: Kendra Nedjar, Gail Infurna
- Committee: Annalise Conti, Monique Barnum
January 13
Backyard Chickens 101, Khrysti Smyth, “The Chickeness”
- President, Secretary: Pat McConville, Susan Bishop
- Hostesses: Lorna Philley, Karen O’Connell
- Committee: Mary Lou Newbern, Joyce Zeiner, Jackie Coogan
SPECIAL EVENT Sunday, February 7, 12PM
Super Bowl/Valentine’s Brunch at Mary Pat DeSwarte’s
February 10
Women’s Heart Health, Ginger Verge
LOCATION CHANGE: Perkins Lecture Hall, Melrose-Wakefield Hospital (map here)
- President, Secretary: Jackie Coogan, Judy Clark
- Hostesses: Connie Lewis, Regina Lucas
- Committee: Alanna Nelson, Angela Singer, Ursula Daley
March 9
Movie Night, Top Secret Rosies: The Female “Computers” of WWII
LOCATION CHANGE: Windsor at Oak Grove Clubhouse, 12 Island Hill Avenue (across from Pine Banks)
- President, Secretary: Karen O’Connell, Ursula Daley
- Hostesses: Susan Dole, Ruth Conti
- Committee: Nancy McLellan, Karen Gareis
SPECIAL EVENTS
Monday, March 14: Potluck Dinner at Patti Henni’s
Tuesday, March 15: Potluck Dinner at Gail Infurna’s
April 13
Guiding Eyes for the Blind, NH Region Chapter, Trainers & Puppy Trainees
- President, Secretary: Karen Gareis, Alanna Nelson
- Hostesses: Phyllis Blacklock, Pat McConville
- Committee: Jan Crafts, Adele Maciejowski, Althea Brown
May 11
The Great American Songbook, Patricia Perry, Living History Interpreter
- President, Secretary: Alison Burke, Karen O’Connell
- Hostesses: Edna Beaton, Susan Bishop
- Committee: Judy Clark, Doris DeAmicis
SPECIAL EVENT Thursday, June 16
Boston Pops, “Best of Broadway” with Keith Lockhart; contact Joyce Zeiner for more information
2014-15 Season
NOT POSTED
2013-14 Season
October 9, 2013
Welcome Back Reception
- President, Secretary: Patti Henni, Maureen Hatch
November 13, 2013
Joseph R. Gallo, Jr., author of “Boston Bronze & Stone Speak to Us”
- President, Secretary: Mary Pat DeSwarte, Nancy McLellan
- Hostesses: Nancy McLellan, Mary Pat DeSwarte
- Committee: Susan Eason, Maureen Hatch
December 11, 2013
Musical Performance by Wilmington High students, annual Bake and Craft Sale
- President, Secretary: Susan Eason, Susan Murray
- Hostesses: Alison Burke, Kendra Nedjar
- Committee: Patti Henni, Lorna Philley
January 8, 2014
The Prettiest Places in the Commonwealth, Lynn Hildenbrand, Head of Visitor Services for Middlesex/Essex District of MA State Parks
- President, Secretary: Pat McConville, Judy Clark
- Hostesses: Karen Gareis, Annalise Conti
- Committee: Gail Infurna, Susan Murray
February 12, 2014
Textilelations, Bevery Hinckley, fiber artist and award-winning (retired) Melrose teacher
- President, Secretary: Alison Burke, Monique Barnum
- Hostesses: Ursula Daley, Ruth Conti
- Committee: Judy Clark, Angela Singer
March 12, 2014
Coffee, Tea and Me of Melrose, Owners: Lorenzo and Emily Tenreiro
- President, Secretary: Karen Gareis, Gail Infurna
- Hostesses: Jan Crafts, Connie Lewis
- Committee: Pat McConville, Susan Bishop, Jackie Coogan
April 9, 2014
Movie Night: The Help, directed by Tate Taylor (NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: Oak Grove Village Clubhouse, Main Street, across from Pine Banks)
- President, Secretary: Joyce Zeiner, Ursula Daley
- Hostesses: Monique Barnum, Regina Lucas
- Committee: Edna Beaton, Alanna Nelson, Adele Maciejowski
May 14, 2014
An Evening with Hallie Ephron, Author
- President, Secretary: Karen Gareis, Alison Burke
- Hostesses: Joyce Zeiner, Doris DeAmicis
- Committee: Phyllis Blacklock, Mary Lou Newbern, Susan Dole
2012-13 Season
October 12, 2012
Welcome Back Reception
- President, Secretary: Susan Eason, Maureen Hatch
November 14, 2012
Voices from the Back Stairs: Domestic Servants in 19th and 20th Century New England, Jennifer Pustz, Museum Historian at Historic New England
- President, Secretary: Mary Pat DeSwarte, Judy Clark
- Hostesses: Nancy McLellan, Ruth Conti
- Committee: Mary Pat DeSwarte, Edna Beaton
December 12, 2012
SoundScape: Performance by Wilmington High School’s a cappella group
- President, Secretary: Patti Henni, Nancy McLellan
- Hostesses: Leila Tutela, Kendra Nedjar
- Committee: Patti Henni, Lorna Philley
January 9, 2013
An Evening with Rosie Sultan, author of Helen Keller in Love
- President, Secretary: Pat McConville, Susan Murray
- Hostesses: Karen Gareis, Phyllis Blacklock
- Committee: Gail Infurna, Ursula Daley
February 13, 2013
China Summer Study Tour, Angela Singer, MHS English Teacher and Department Chair
- President, Secretary: Karen Gareis, Gail Infurna
- Hostesses: Pat McConville, Susan Murray
- Committee: Carol McKinley, Virginia Luscinski
March 13, 2013
Movie Night: Iron Lady, directed by Phyllida Lloyd (NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: Oak Grove Village Clubhouse, Main Street, across from Pine Banks)
- President, Secretary: Carol McKinley, Mary Pat DeSwarte
- Hostesses: Monique Barnum, Judy Clark
- Committee: Alison Burke, Annalise Conti
April 10, 2013
Auction to benefit various AAUW Funds and Foundations
- President, Secretary: Alison Burke, Mary Lou Newbern
- Hostesses: Susan Eason, Mary Lou Newbern
- Committee: Doris DeAmicis, Connie Lewis
May 8, 2013
Community Supported Agriculture and Sustainable Farming, Farmer Dave
- President, Secretary: Leila Tutela, Monique Barnum
- Hostesses: Maureen Hatch, Monique Barnum
- Committee: Joyce Zeiner
