WELCOME
For our last GENERAL MEETING of the year, we will meet on Jun 11th from 1-3 pm at the Eastview RB Community Center at 17520 Drayton Hall Way. First, we will install our new officers, and the rest of the afternoon will be bingo, snacks, beverages, and socializing! The theme will be “Luau“! We hope you will join us as we plan our summer activities and, most importantly, RELAX. This meeting is for friends and family, as well. Please RSVP by Mon, Jun 9th to aauwboard@gmail.com.
Thank you to our authors, the volunteers, and everyone who attended and helped to make the 25th Annual COVER TO COVER event a success! Cover to Cover is one of our important fundraisers for re-entry scholarships and was again a fun and lively event for all who attended.
Just a reminder that MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL emails from National will be going out soon. Most members need to renew before July 1st, but some members now renew on the anniversary of their joining date, so be sure to check your renewal date when you receive the email.
We have an AAUW-CA SPEECH TREK Winner! On Saturday, April 28, AAUW-CA held its Annual Event which included the finals in teh statewide Speech Trek Competition. Our branch’s winner, Aditya Kumar, was awarded THIRD PLACE. He was presented with a prize of $1,000. Aditya’s speech can be viewed on YouTube.
This will be the last statewide Speech Trek contest. We have been given permission by State to use the name and existing names
Our 12 selected TECH TREK campers have completed their paperwork. All are excited about camp for the week of Jun 22-28. Prior to that a meeting will be hosted for all the girls and their parents where they will meet and be able to ask any remaining questions. A previous will be there to give her perspective on camp.
We still have room for a few more volunteers, if interested please consult our June newsletter or contact the committee at powaypqtechtrek@gmail.com.
For insurance reasons, all volunteers much be AAUW members.
For all the Girl Scouts out there, this month’s FEATURED HISTORY MAKER is Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927) who founded the Girl Guides, and later renamed Girl Scouts, in 1912. Previously she had worked as a Girl Guide leader while she was in the United Kingdom.
While the first troop registered 18 girls, the organization has greatly expanded to 3.7 million members today. The focus of Girl Scouts is for girls to learn skills for the future as well as to provide service to others. In addition, Girl Scouts promote confidence, courage, and camaraderie among young girls and women.
Juliette was deeply committed to the group, always wearing her uniform, and recruiting girls wherever she went. Her legacy was honored in 1979 when she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
Learn more about Juliette Gordon Low and her powerful legacy that still feels relevant to all Girl Scouts, past and present: https://www.girlscouts.org/en/discover/about-us/history/juliette-gordon-low.html (photo credit Girl Scouts)
Happy Healthy Hikers on the bridge walk near Balboa Park
Happy Healthy Hiker’s will walk the boardwalk in Mission Beach followed by breakfast at World Famous on Sat, Jun 13th … Join Travel Group for a visit to North Park Produce Bakery and Grill in Poway on Jun 27th …. Bring a friend and sample wine with Grape Expectations at LJ Crafted Wines in the Bird Rock area of La Jolla on Sat, Jun 21st …. Or join one of our Book Clubs to discuss North Woods Reef by Daniel Mason, Holly by Stephen King, and/or Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang.
Great Decisions, is a world affairs policy discussion group assisted by reading material from the Foreign Policy Association, this month on Jun 5th, they will discuss International Climate Cooperation in an Era of Geopolitical Turmoil.
We welcome potential members who would like to participate and visit a few of these activities. Please contact us if you are interested. You may reach us via email at aauwboard@gmail.com.
MEMBERSHIP MATTERS – Contact us to get involved!
“Our mission is to advance equity of women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research”
Chartered in 1971, our branch has over 100 members residing in the Poway, Penasquitos and Inland North County communities.
Need to renew your membership? Most memberships expire each year on June 30. You have until then to go to the AAUW website to renew by credit card. Currently the membership dues are $115: $72 for National; $20 for CA; and $23 for our affiliate.
The first step is to log into the AAUW website. You may be asked to reset your password so you’ll have to enter your email address, then request to reset your password, which will be sent through your email account. Once you log in with your new password (remember to write it down and keep it for future use), click membership, and then renew national membership. Locating our affiliate is a bit tricky because they are listed by state, so look for the code CA0159 for Poway-Penasquitos. Once you check the branch, make sure you scroll down to the bottom and click submit. From there it will prompt you to the state, choose CA again, and scroll down to the bottom to submit. Then the process will take you to the payment page where you will enter your credit card info. Bingo, you are renewed for another year!
If you run into any problems, let us know. If you can’t pay on-line, you can send a check to our affiliate’s treasurer. Thank you to those that have already renewed!
Anyone interested to Join Us , please follow the link or contact us at aauwboard@gmail.com. We are happy to invite you to join us at a few meetings and/or activities so you may see why you should Join Us.
Updated: Apr 27, 2025.