Coastal Georgetown Branch

Covering Eastern Sussex County and Ocean City, MD Since 1957

Coastal Georgetown Officers

Co-Presidents: Betsy Baumeister & Sheri Borrin, georgetown.president@aauwdelaware.org

Co-Program VPs: Penny Deiner & Charma Konnor, georgetown.programs@aauwdelaware.org

VP Membership: Rose Laird, georgetown.membership@aauwdelaware.org

Treasurer: Johanna Barbati, georgetown.treasurer@aauwdelaware.org

Co-Secretaries: Mary Dickson & Linda Stigile, georgetown.secretary@aauwdelaware.org

Past President: Marty Johnson

Coastal Georgetown Meeting Dates

The third Thursday of each month is the usual meeting day.

Coastal Georgetown Publications

Coastal Georgetown January-February 2012 Newsletter

Coastal Georgetown September-October 2011 Newsletter

Coastal Georgetown May-June 2011 Newsletter

Coastal Georgetown Branch - January Calendar

Public Forum January 20th - RACE TO THE TOP-Implications for Sussex County Schools

Coastal Georgetown January-February 2011 Newsletter

Coastal Georgetown November-December 2010 Newsletter

Recent Coastal Georgetown Branch magazine article

Summary Report: Coastal-Georgetown AAUW January 2010 Forum on Early Childhood Poverty, Health and Education

Appendix to Summary Report: Sussex County DE statistics

Coastal Georgetown Activities

Activities include: mentoring elementary school age girls; advocating for AAUW mission through the Issue/Action Group; studying the importance of diversity through the Diversity Book Group; raising monies for local scholarships through various fundraisers; studying foreign policy through Great Decisions seminars; donating books for young children in lieu of member holiday exchange; participating as judges in the Sussex county Science Fair and presenting C-G AAUW awards to winners; sponsoring 2 ALA Notable Book Groups, one at the South Coastal Library and one at the Lewes Library; sponsoring a NY Times Notable Book Group at the South Coastal Library.

Coastal Georgetown Scholarships & Awards

AAUW awards science fair participants. Left to right Bansri Patel, Gopika Lakshmanan, Kourtney Bastianelli, Richard Brokaw and Marty Johnson, President of Coastal-Georgetown AAUW. Not shown are Grace Cummings and Adam Johnson.

This is an excerpt from a letter to our DE AAUW President, Nadyne Rosin re: the awarding of a Public Policy Grant for the second year in a row to our state AAUW. Lana Cobb and Jean Wastler should be congratulated for the many hours they spent preparing our proposal:

"Congratulations! AAUW of Delaware has been selected to receive a fiscal year 2010-2011 AAUW Public Policy Impact Grant. We knew when we began to review applications that we would be faced with a very difficult selection process. All of the states that applied were invited to do so because of their excellent public policy potential. Despite the tough competition, your state is among the eight that exhibited the highest potential for the strongest public policy impact as a result of intensified AAUW resources. The other states that join you as Impact Grant awardees are: Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and North Dakota. The amount of the grant is $1,000."

With this grant AAUW DE will focus on the following objectives:

• Increase awareness of AAUW public policy program and ways for members to get involved;
• Create a plan for increased public policy activism among branch members and members-at-large, including increasing participation in Action Network;
• Organize a public policy committee or task force to help implement policy activities throughout the state;
• Build capacity and support among state leaders in order to respond to important and timely policy issues of importance to AAUW;
• Provide opportunities for member activism on AAUW public policy issues at either the state or federal level;
• Provide public policy programming at the branch and state level; and
• Evaluate the progress of the plan on a regular basis.

Coastal Georgetown Upcoming Events for January 2012