MEMBERSHIP DOINGS

MEMBERSHIP DOINGS

By Gloria Yost, Hedda Smithson

Members of AAUW Sacramento, you all need to be proud of yourselves for the part you played in helping our branch start the 2025-26 year with a 91% retention rate!! You:

  • Actively participated in branch meetings and special events.
  • Invited guests to come and learn about our mission of equity for women and girls.
  • Became ambassadors.
  • Promptly renewed your membership.
  • Encouraged fellow members to follow suit.

You made true the statement, “All members are part of the membership committee.”

Let’s do it again! – Join Ambassadors Fran Clarke and Donna Holmes

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Membership Ambassadors Program Continues!

  • Bring in a new member — get your name on our Wall of Honor
  • Bring in a new member — get your name added for our drawings
  • Monthly drawing for prizes at meetings
  • Recruit the most new members — WIN a free AAUW membership for 2026-27

Help us Strengthen our Branch connections and friendships

Gloria Yost and Hedda Smithson – Our contact information can be found in the Membership Directory.

Celebrating October Birthdays! 

  • Kathryn Schrumpf                          10/1
  • Janice Stuter                                    10/5
  • Mary Williams                                 10/8
  • Karen Ann Smith                            10/9
  • Lynn Blair Wood                             10/12
  • Linda Cook                                      10/13
  • Jennifer Virginia Stanley                10/14
  • Susan McLearan                             10/17
  • Elizabeth Hendrickson                  10/21
  • Marianne Rorden                           10/21
  • Christina Calpo                               10/23
  • Darcy Burton                                   10/26
  • Gail Evans                                         10/26
  • Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin         10/27

In Memoriam – Member Jane Pivett By Barbara Smith

Jane Pivetti, a longtime active branch member, passed away peacefully on
August 23, 2025 at the age of 95.

Jane was a voracious reader, and until a few months before her death, she was
still regularly attending Book Section 10 and playing bridge at every opportunity.  She was fiercely competitive at bridge and earned Silver Life
Member status in contract bridge tournaments.

For more than 60 years in the branch, Jane frequently participated in at least two book sections, two bridge sections, a gourmet group, and the Spanish language group simultaneously.

Together with her husband, Chuck, she traveled the world, including many long international summer bike trips.

Education was always very important to her. Jane was an inspiring teacher of
math at Will C. Wood Middle School for her entire teaching career. The busy
mother of five children, and the doting grandmother of seven and great-
grandmother of seven, she was constantly encouraging their curiosity about the world.

Jane was born in the Philippines and lived in several countries around the world while her father was employed by an international corporation, but she completed her high school and college education in the United States. She continued to practice speaking Spanish and French, and organized language interest groups in the branch.

Everyone who knew Jane remembers her positive outlook and upbeat
personality.  She was never without a brilliant smile.

Imagine all the major societal changes, and opportunities for women and girls
that Jane experienced in her lifetime. She took all of them in stride  while participating in AAUW Sacramento and epitomized AAUW’s commitment to
lifelong learning.