AAUW IBC Branches

Here are a few exciting activities from Branch to Branch for the 2010-2011 year. For more individual Branch activities and contact persons, click on the individual Branch of interest to the right.

Upcoming:

Farmers Branch/Carrollton: Farmers Branch/Carrollton will be hosting a Smart Workshops Facilitator Training on Friday May 20, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM, at the Embassy Suites, 14021 Noel Road, Dallas, TX, 75240 (Spring Valley & Noel). Event contact is DeBorah Whaley-Stephensen, 972-860-4807 or DeBorah@dcccd.edu. This workshop will provide Facilitator training by a WAGE Project (an AAUW partner organization) representative to enable the attendee to market and lead a Smart Workshop. A Smart Workshop is designed to teach a first time or returning to work woman how to negotiate a fair starting salary and why it is important to do so.Cost $60 which includes materials and dinner. Submitted by Jan Domaracki.
Farmers Branch/Carrollton: Farmers Branch/Carrollton will be hosting a Women, Work and Money: Outmaneuver Career Stalls & Stops workshop on Saturday, May 21, 8AM – 4PM, at Brookhaven College, Building H, 3939 Valley View Lane, Farmers Branch, TX 75244. If interested, contact by email aauwcfb@hotmail.com or bhcInfo@dcccd.edu . Cost is $15 ($5 Registration, $10 Materials) Financial Assistance available (e-mail bhcInfo@dcccd.edu). WWAM consists of several workshops designed to assist mature women just entering or reentering the workplace. Workshops available are “The Nuts & Bolts of Budgeting and Credit”, “How to Manage Your Own Start-Up”, “How to Turn Your Age into an Advantage”, “Networking: The GPS of Job Searches: and “$mart $tarts: How to Rev Up Your Salary-Negotiating Skills”. Submitted by Jan Domaracki.

Previously Completed during the Branch Year:

Stephenville: Stephenville Branch will be hosting a Volunteer Fair on October 14th from 6:30-8:00pm. The Fair will be located at the First Presbyterian Church, 1304 North Harbin Dr., Stephenville, TX 76401. The Fair provides a venue for non-profit organizations needing volunteer help and individuals wishing to volunteer services to match up. AAUW will provide space, advertising and refreshments. Click here for flyer, or contact Dannah Proctor at 254-968-2063, or dannahprocterbays@erath.net for more information.
Plano/Collin County: Please join the Plano/Collin County Branch at the AAUW Holiday Tour of Homes on November 20-21. Four Plano homes will be open for viewing. Tickets purchased ahead are $15 each, and $18 on day of tour. Here are the Website Tour Poster, News Release, and Holiday Tour Map. Contact Carol Crawford, 972-862-7460 or cjcrawford2@verizon.net for more information. Tour benefits the scholarship fund.
Tarrant County: Sister-to-Sister Summit, for and about girls, is on Sat, November 6th at downtown's TCC Trinity River Campus. Goodie bag items are still needed for 100 jr high girls; donate 10 items or 100! Volunteers are still needed on the Summit day (Nov 6th); donate an hour of your time or all day from 8:30-3:30pm. Please contact June Hill at 817-371-1436, june.hill@att.net or Mary DuBoise at 817-992-4751, mary.duboise@sbcglobal.net to find the task that best suits you.

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