Did You Know? 

You can get up to 75% off of office supplies! By Liz Jordan

Refer to the December 2023 newsletter for information on this discount.

Ordering AAUW Name Badges By Nancy McCabe

You probably have seen some of our members wearing AAUW badges with our branch inscribed. We ordered them about six years ago when we were using paper badges on a string around our necks. It reminded some of a work badge or a nametag for a cocker spaniel. Ten dollars looked like a bargain for a bit of self esteem. Strangely, the badges are still $10 and can be ordered at aauw.source4.com, then choose Accessorize. My second line is ‘Sacramento Branch, Inc.’ We chose not to add our leadership position name as we often change jobs within our branch. After all, $10 is $10! When we ordered the badges earlier, they added ’empowering women since 1881′ but I gather they are no longer doing that. Anyway, the badges are pretty cool, so feel free to order yours, and shop the site for other logo stuff!

Sunshine Chair

Pat Winkle is our Sunshine Chair and needs to hear from you if you know members who might appreciate a get well, sympathy or “thinking of you” card. As she doesn’t know everyone, she needs your help in remembering our friends. Her contact information is in the directory.

RBG Stamp

The U.S. Postal Service has issued a Ruth Bader Ginsburg stamp! The Postal Service has issued a new Forever stamp that honors the legacy of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Available now!

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Membership Happenings By Gloria Yost and Vicky Lovell

Strengthening our AAUW Sacramento connections and friendships

Holiday seasons can be a mixed blessing. On the one hand, a number of different religious celebrations occur, there are parties, gatherings, gift giving and more. On the other hand, there can be isolation and loneliness that can make this season very hard for some of our fellow members and neighbors.

Our hope is that each and every one of you, our members, receives that greeting, or phone call, or invitation of inclusion that will make this holiday season a blessing for you.

Congratulations to our Membership Ambassadors

These eight women – Marlys Huez, Karen Burley, Hedda Smithson, Cherril Peabody, Jean Bonar, Bonnie Penix, Gloria Yost and Michele Hobza – have recruited 12 new members so far! We have held two “bring in a new member drawings” so far and the winners are

• October – Karen Burley
• November – Jean Bonar

Congratulations ladies!

Please be sure Gloria Yost knows when you bring a guest and potential member to a meeting so you can get your name on the wall of recognition.

Member in the News

Jessica Waugh recently presented at the BPIS Conference for teachers and administrators that focused on non-punitive strategies to help students engage at school. Her topic was on ways to support students who may be experiencing racism at school. Congratulation Jessica!

Meet our New AAUW Sacramento Members!

Please join the membership team in welcoming eight new members to the Sacramento Branch!  If you meet them at an event, or a book group or interest group, let them know what you enjoy and appreciate most about our branch — after telling them how glad you are they joined. These folks joined our branch in October and November 2023:

• Darcy Burton
• Gail Field
• Diane Ouellett
• Jill Peckingham
• Lina Rincon
• Cathy Sallas
• Julie Sporrer
• Jessica Waugh

In Memoriam – Jean Brown
February 24, 1937 – October 31, 2023

Sacramento, California – Jean E. Brown of Sacramento passed away on Oct. 31, 2023 surrounded by her loving family.  Jean was born on Feb. 24, 1937 to Raymond and Marie Boyd in Springfield, Missouri.  Her parents moved to California when she was 5 years old, and she and her three sisters grew up in Sacramento. After graduating from Grant Union High School and Sacramento State University, Jean taught in Washington Unified School District for 30 years after which she taught at James Marshall Preschool for another 20 years. Jean married Kenneth Brown in 1964 and had two daughters, Kathryn and Amy.

Jean was a 56-year member of AAUW where she shared her love of music by directing the Musettes, our branch choir.  The Musettes performed for a number of holiday branch meetings over the years.  She directed again when she led the choir for our 100^th Anniversary party in 2020.

Celebrating December Birthdays! 

Happy Birthday to All!

• Becky Anton                                   12/1
• Diana Squire                                  12/1
• Jean Bonar                                     12/4
• Marcia Becwar                              12/8
• Diane Petersen                             12/8
• Angela Scarlett                              12/11
• Karen Burley                                 12/12
• Laraine Silberstein                       12/14
• Lynn Anderson                             12/17
• Linda Whitney                              12/27
• Bonnie Penix                                 12/30
• Susan O’Connell                           12/31

Membership Happenings By Gloria Yost, Vicky Lovell

Are you in the loop?
Do you know what different activities are happening?
Did you accidentally unsubscribe to AAUW Sacramento?
Do you know who to contact?

Being in the “know” is a useful way to take advantage of all the opportunities your AAUW Sacramento membership has to offer, and to get the most value from your dues dollars.

• Our newsletter Capital Ideas is our primary way of communicating important branch information, so we hope you read each one thoroughly!  Watch for them close to the end of each month. When you get an “AAUW Sacramento” email, it’s branch news!!
• Eblasts are sent out multiple times with details before our branch events. Read them, mark your calendars, forward them as invitations to friends and more. Note if an RSVP is needed.
• Check our website, https://sacramento-ca.aauw.net, to read the Membership Resource Handbook and learn more about all our various activities.
• Open California Connections, the AAUW CA eblast – a quick and often humorous read.

 Member in the News

 AAUW member Monique Stovall has recently been promoted from assistant superintendent to chief business officer in Washington Unified School District in West Sacramento.

CONGRATULATIONS Monique!

Meet our New AAUW Sacramento Members!

Please join the membership team in welcoming six new members to the Sacramento Branch!  If you meet them at an event or a book group or interest group, let them know what you enjoy and appreciate most about our branch — after telling them how glad you are they joined.  These folks joined our branch in July through September 2023:

• Susan Cox
• Joyce Humphrey
• Sascha Mowrey
• Tom Smithson
• Joy Allender
• Robin Howlett

Join our growing Membership Ambassadors Group

• Bring a guest to a meeting – get your name on our wall of honor
• Bring in a new member – get your name added to our basket
• Drawing at every monthly branch meeting for a prize
• Recruit the most new members and WIN – a free AAUW membership for 2024-25

Our goal is to strengthen our AAUW Sacramento connections and friendships

Your Membership team is Gloria Yost and Vicky Lovell. You can find our contact information in the Membership Directory.

Glee Scully Celebration of Life

You are invited to member Glee Scully’s Celebration of Life on Friday, November 17 at the Firehouse, 1112 Second Street, Sacramento. Note that the RSVP deadline is November 1st! More information about the memorial can be found <here>.  The family is requesting , in lieu of flowers, that donations be made to the Scully Social Justice Endowed Scholarship at McGeorge School of Law.

Celebrating November Birthdays! 

Happy Birthday to All!

• Kathleen Asay                                    11/2
• Esther Gaines                                    11/3
• Alicia Hetman                                    11/7
• Ann Arneill                                         11/11
• Eileen Heaser                                    11/12
• Joy Allender                                       11/13
• Donna Holmes                                  11/14
• Linda Lawrence                                11/16
• Carole Cline                                       11/18
• Jennifer Henderson                          11/19
• Elaine Ellers                                       11/23
• Elaine Moody                                    11/30

Membership Happenings By Gloria Yost, Vicky Lovell

We are off and running!
Take action on our list below!

• Be on the lookout for a new member orientation before Halloween
• Bring in a potential new member and become a Membership Ambassador
• When you convince your potential new member to join, you’ll be eligible for our monthly drawing
• Let us know when congratulations are in order for members who have been promoted, received rewards, made themselves known in the community
• Let us know who among our fellow members may need to hear a friendly voice

Together we can strengthen our AAUW Sacramento connections and friendships.

Gloria and Vicky would love to hear from you. Their contact information can be found in the Membership Directory.

Glendalee “Glee” Scully 

Glendalee Pierce Scully (Glee) was born on Oct. 18, 1937 in Santa Barbara, California, and died peacefully in her Sacramento area home on July 4, 2023.

Glee is survived by sons Greg and Gavin Garfield, Sean and Zachary Scully, stepchildren Patrick and Andrew Scully, Suzanne Anderson, by thirteen grandchildren and by her sister, Cynthia Pierce. Her beloved husband Jed (Skip) Scully predeceased her in 2019.

She graduated from high school in Roseville and from the University of California, Davis. In 1972 she graduated as valedictorian from McGeorge School of Law and later joined its faculty. As director of the Clinical Legal Education program at McGeorge, she and her colleagues and students served many Sacramento residents who could not afford to hire an attorney.

Glee was a nurturing and supportive mother and grandmother, and a loyal and loving partner to her husband Skip. She was, as mentioned, a determined and accomplished lawyer between 1976 and 2008. Her interest in people, politics and women’s rights was unflagging. She was inquisitive, generous, focused and kind. In both California and France—the latter where she spent considerable time in her later years—she designed, created and tended verdant and colorful gardens, and she cultivated many lasting friendships.

A memorial service/celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Celebrating October Birthdays! 

Happy Birthday to All!

• 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
• Lyn Roefs                                           10/15
• Susan McLearan                               10/17
• Elizabeth Hendrickson                    10/21
• Marianne Rorden                             10/21
• Christina Calpo                                 10/23
• Gail Evans                                          10/26
• Bakula Maniar                                   10/27
• Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin          10/27

Did You Know? By Liz Jordan, Nancy McCabe, Karen Burley

You can get up to 75% off of office supplies! By Liz Jordan

Every AAUW member is entitled to a number of perks and discounts. As a member of leadership for the last few decades I used the old Office Depot discount to make copies of all kinds of materials for different programs in which I participated. Recently, I learned that Office Depot has completed a reorganization of their discount program, and if I wanted to continue to get a great discount on printed copies, etc. I needed to take a few new steps. It was easy to do. If you want to get an Office Depot discount card, here’s is what you do:

1. Go to aauw.org. Click Log In and sign into your membership. You probably set this up when you first paid your membership online. https://www.aauw.org/membership/
2. Once on your Profile page, click Membership tab on the upper right corner of the menu band across the top of the page.
3. On the new page, on the right side there is a menu list. The very last item is Discounts and Perks. Click through to the list of opportunities.
4. Scroll down. Under the red band Other Discounts and Services, the third item is Office Depot.
5. When you read through the information, it will tell you that to receive your member discount, you’ll need to re-enroll or register for an account through our dedicated ODP site. REGISTER NOW. Click through and follow the directions, giving your name and address to register for the program. Once you have registered, you will receive an email at the address you gave, to click through and get access to the card you can carry in your wallet.

You print the paper, take it with you the next visit to Office Depot, and they will laminate the card for you.

TA-DA! “Up to 80% discount off of Preferred Products!”

Ordering AAUW Name Badges By Nancy McCabe

You probably have seen some of our members wearing AAUW badges with our branch inscribed. We ordered them about six years ago when we were using paper badges on a string around our necks. It reminded some of a work badge or a nametag for a cocker spaniel. Ten dollars looked like a bargain for a bit of self esteem. Strangely, the badges are still $10 and can be ordered at aauw.source4.com, then choose Accessorize. My second line is ‘Sacramento Branch, Inc.’ We chose not to add our leadership position name as we often change jobs within our branch. After all, $10 is $10! When we ordered the badges earlier, they added ’empowering women since 1881′ but I gather they are no longer doing that. Anyway, the badges are pretty cool, so feel free to order yours, and shop the site for other logo stuff!

Sunshine Chair

Pat Winkle is the new Sunshine Chair and needs to hear from you if you know members who might appreciate a get well, sympathy or “thinking of you” card. As she doesn’t know everyone, she needs your help in remembering our friends. Her contact information is in the directory.

RBG Stamp

The U.S. Postal Service is issuing a Ruth Bader Ginsburg stamp! The Postal Service has announced plans for a first-day-of-issue ceremony to unveil a new Forever stamp that honors the legacy of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The ceremony is scheduled to take place Monday, Oct. 2 at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. at 6 p.m. ET.

Sacramento’s Own

Sacramento born-and-bred Greta Gerwig’s movie, “Barbie, ” is now the biggest movie of the year so far at the domestic box office, as of Aug. 25. Way to go, Greta!

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Membership Happenings By Vicky Lovell, Gloria Yost

Membership outreach and recruitment has a new look!

We are reorganizing our efforts to bring more focus to recruiting, engaging and retaining members.

Membership Co-Directors for the 2023-2024 year:

• Vicky Lovell will coordinate outreach to new and continuing members.
• Gloria Yost will manage recruitment activities.

Please contact us.  We want your help, in the following ways:

• committee volunteers to help with planning activities
• creative ideas for fun ways to build a sense of belonging
• innovative ideas for design and distribution of outreach materials
• your suggestions for recruitment opportunities
• your participation

Let’s make this a year to strengthen our Sacramento AAUW connections and friendships.

Sunshine Chair

Pat Winkle is the new Sunshine Chair and needs to hear from you if you know members who might appreciate a get well, sympathy or “thinking of you” card. As she doesn’t know everyone, she needs your help in remembering our friends. Her contact information is in the directory.

Ann Louise Kinnison

We regret to inform you of the passing of another member this summer. Here is the message Ann Louise’s son asked that we share:

“This is Michael Kinnison, Ann’s son.  My sister and I want to advise that Ann Louise Kinnison passed quietly and with dignity on 7/7/2023.

She was 90 years young.

She wanted a private funeral, so she got one.  Those in attendance were her kids and grandkids only.

We wanted to let you know that Ann Louise was honored to be a part of AAUW and expressed her heartfelt longing of all the friends she was able to have with this great organization.

Thank you.  – Michael Kinnison

Celebrating August Birthdays! By Donna Holmes

Happy Birthday to All!

• Jennifer Krebsbach                           8/5
• Linda Patterson                                 8/5
• Marlys Fredrickson Huez                 8/6
• Pamela Harder                                  8/8
• Nancy McCabe                                  8/14
• May Ruth Lynch                                8/22
• Barbara Smith                                   8/25
• Vicki Nicholson                                  8/28
• Catherine Locke                                8/31

Celebrating September Birthdays! 

Happy Birthday to All!

• Kathleen Keers                                   9/3
• Anne Just                                             9/6
• Fakhri Alereza Rice                            9/6
• Susan J Cox                                         9/9
• Rebekah Machado De Quevedo     9/9
• Jeanette Finn                                      9/10
• Barbara Kamilos                                9/12
• Marchetta Schneider                         9/13
• Pamella Vaughn                                 9/15
• Malinda Rice                                       9/20
• Hedda Smithson                                9/20
• Cherril Peabody                                 9/22
• Elinor Anklin                                       9/26
• Kathryn Brann                                   9/26
• Karen Humphrey                              9/27
• Joy Clous                                             9/28